CBS Orders How I Met Your Mother Spin-Off How I Met Your Dad

How I Met Your Mother will live on!

CBS has given a pilot commitment order to spin-off How I Met Your Dad, TVGuide.com has learned.

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From HIMYM creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, as well as Up All Night creator Emily Spivey, the comedy would tell a brand new story from a female's point of view. Original reports said the new characters could be introduced in the upcoming series finale of HIMYM, but the pilot will be shot as a standalone.

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