http://whatculture.com/tv/6-reasons-why-how-i-met-your-mother-will-never-topple-friends.php

First airing a year after Friends’ series finale, How I Met Your Mother was an obvious attempt at continuing the success found with the ‘group of friends with a regular hangout in New York’ formula. Having now reached its eighth season, How I Met Your Mother is a great show in its own right, but has never quite reached Friends’ heights in the sitcom hall of fame.

Both shows include love and career turbulence- the two most common kinds- as well as the addition of a baby, hilarious side characters and nuisance parents, but there are things that hold How I Met Your Mother back from true greatness, which is undeniable even to its biggest fans. So what’s the problem? Here are 6 possible reasons How I Met Your Mother can’t match up to Friends…


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I still think "Friends" is funnier than HIMYM!

Someone told me to watch the show, a "Try it, you'll like it" scenario...and I can't get into HIMYM...especially the character Barney Stintson!

i love both shows but even though it comes close at times how i met your mother has never quite equled friends