"How I Met Your Mother" Spin-off To Get Another Shot with New Writers
by Nellie Andreeva
August 8, 2017


Last season, 20th Century Fox TV took a second stab at developing a spin-off from its long-running CBS comedy series "How I Met Your Mother". The project, titled "How I Met Your Dad", was spec-ed by the studio with "This Is Us" co-executive producers Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger.

But as "This Is Us" took off, the duo were busy working on it and were subsequently elevated to co-showrunners with creator Dan Fogelman for Season 2.



With Aptaker and Berger no longer available, “the studio will try with different writers,” Fox chairman Dana Walden told Deadline. “They will be starting from scratch,” she said of the new effort, potentially for next season, which is currently looking for writers.

“It’s one that’s been slowly cooked. If it’s the right idea the right execution, we’ll take that,” Walden said about doing a HIMYM spin-off, which the studio first attempted at CBS during the original series’ final season.

http://deadline.com/2017/08/how-i-met-your-mother-spinoff-how-i-met-your-dad-new-writers-modern-family-empire-spinoffs-1202145158/

Alison Bennett Tapped to Write New HIMYM Spin-off "How I Met Your Father"
by Nellie Andreeva
August 11, 2017


20th Century TV has set Alison Bennett (You’re the Worst) to write a spin-off from the studio’s long-running comedy series "How I Met Your Mother".

Bennett will write under the overall deal she signed with the studio in April.




It will be a brand new take on the general concept of a young ensemble show built around a storytelling device of a person — in this case a mother — telling the story of how they met their spouse.

I hear it incorporates some of Bennett’s personal experiences. She had been earmarked for the job as 20th TV executives felt she might be perfect for it when they sat down with her after signing her into an overall deal.




“We’re always on the lookout for fresh, new voices, and Alison’s work on You’re the Worst has been incredible,” said 20th TV President of Creative Affairs Jonathan Davis when Bennett’s deal was announced.

“She is completely original, hilariously funny and a big, big talent.”





"How I Met Your Father" is being written on spec at the studio, with no network attached, though CBS brass had stated publicly that they would be interested.

Like with last season’s "How I Met Your Father" script, Bays and Thomas are attached to executive produce as creators of the original series, but their involvement is expected to be very limited as they are under an overall deal at Sony TV.

http://deadline.com/2017/08/how-i-met-your-father-alison-bennett-writer-new-himym-spinoff-1202147370/