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Awards and Nominations:
toc This table provides a complete up to date list of all the awards and nominations the series and crew have received.

__**Source for information:**__ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_I_Met_Your_Mother#Awards_and_nominations
 * Year || Result || Category || Award || Recipient(s) ||
 * **2006** ||= Won || Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series || Emmy Awards || Crew ||
 * ^  ||= Won || Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series ||^   || Crew ||
 * ^  ||= Nominated || Favorite New Television Comedy || People's Choice Awards ||   ||
 * **2007** ||= Won || Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series || Emmy Awards || Crew ||
 * ^  ||= Nominated || Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Series ||^   || Crew ||
 * ^  ||= Nominated || Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series ||^   || Neil Patrick Harris ||
 * ^  ||= Nominated || Choice TV Actor: Comedy || Teen Choice Awards || Neil Patrick Harris ||
 * **2008** ||= Won || Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series || Emmy Awards || Crew ||
 * ^  ||= Nominated || Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series ||^   || Neil Patrick Harris ||
 * ^  ||= Nominated || Favorite Scene Stealing Star || People's Choice Awards || Neil Patrick Harris ||
 * ^  ||= Nominated || Choice TV Show: Comedy || Teen Choice Awards || Cast and crew ||
 * ^  ||= Nominated || Choice TV Actor: Comedy ||^   || Neil Patrick Harris ||
 * **2009** ||= Nominated || Outstanding Comedy Series || Emmy Awards || Crew ||
 * ^  ||= Nominated || Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series ||^   || Neil Patrick Harris ||
 * ^  ||= Won || Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series ||^   || Crew ||
 * ^  ||= Nominated || Outstanding Picture Editing for a Comedy Series ||^   || Crew ||
 * ^  ||= Nominated || Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role || Golden Globe Awards || Neil Patrick Harris ||
 * ^  ||= Nominated || Favorite Scene Stealing Guest Star || People's Choice Awards || Britney Spears ||
 * ^  ||= Nominated || Outstanding Achievement in Comedy || TCA Awards ||   ||
 * ^  ||= Nominated || Individual Achievement in Comedy ||^   || Neil Patrick Harris ||
 * **2010** ||= Nominated || Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role || Golden Globe Awards || Neil Patrick Harris ||
 * ^  ||= Won || Favorite TV Comedy Actress || People's Choice Awards || Alyson Hannigan ||
 * ^  ||= Nominated || Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series || Emmy Awards || Neil Patrick Harris ||
 * ^  ||= Nominated || Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics ||^   || Crew ||
 * ^  ||= Nominated || Outstanding Art Direction For A Multi-Camera Series ||^   || Crew ||
 * ^  ||= Nominated || Outstanding Hairstyling For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special ||^   || Crew ||
 * **2011** ||= Nominated || Favorite TV Comedy Actress || People's Choice Awards || Alyson Hannigan ||
 * ^  ||= Won || Favorite TV Comedy Actor ||^   || Neil Patrick Harris ||
 * ^  ||= Nominated || Favorite TV Comedy ||^   || Cast and crew ||
 * ^  ||= Won || Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series || Critics' Choice Television Award || Neil Patrick Harris ||
 * ^  ||= Won || Outstanding Picture Editing For A Comedy Series (Single Or Multi-Camera) || Emmy Awards || Crew ||
 * ^  ||= Nominated || Outstanding Art Direction For A Multi-Camera Series ||^   || Crew ||
 * ^  ||= Nominated || Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series ||^   || Crew ||
 * ^  ||= Nominated || Outstanding Makeup For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special (Non-Prosthetic) ||^   || Crew ||
 * ^  ||= Nominated || Outstanding Cinematography For A Multi-camera Series ||^   || Crew ||
 * **2012** ||= Won || Favorite TV Comedy || People's Choice Awards || Cast and Crew ||
 * ^  ||= Won || Favorite TV Comedy Actor ||^   || Neil Patrick Harris ||
 * ^  ||= Won || Favorite TV Guest Star ||^   || Katy Perry ||

Ratings:
This table provides supplementary information on the series seasons, time slot, season premiere, season finale, tv season, rank, and most importantly the average viewers per season in millions.

__**Source for information:**__ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_I_Met_Your_Mother#Nielsen_ratings
 * Season || Time slot || Season premiere || Season finale || Tv season || Rank || Average viewers (in millions) ||
 * = 1 ||= Monday 8:30 P.M. ||= September 19, 2005 ||= May 15, 2006 ||= 2005-2006 ||= #43 ||= 9.94 ||
 * = 2 ||= Monday 8:30 P.M. ||= September 18, 2006 ||= May 15, 2007 ||= 2006-2007 ||= #61 ||= 8.94 ||
 * = 3 ||= Monday 8:30 P.M. ||= September 24, 2007 ||= May 15, 2008 ||= 2007-2008 ||= #70 ||= 8.72 ||
 * = 4 ||= Monday 8:30 P.M. ||= September 22, 2008 ||= May 15, 2009 ||= 2008-2009 ||= #49 ||= 9.58 ||
 * = 5 ||= Monday 8:00 P.M. ||= September 21, 2009 ||= May 15, 2010 ||= 2009-2010 ||= #42 ||= 8.88 ||
 * = 6 ||= Monday 8:00 P.M. ||= September 20, 2010 ||= May 15, 2011 ||= 2010-2011 ||= #48 ||= 8.55 ||
 * = 7 ||= Monday 8:00 P.M. ||= September 19, 2011 ||=  ||= 2011-2012 ||=   ||=   ||

Here's a little fun fact about ratings: "the highest viewed episode was the season 1 episode " The Pineapple Incident ," watched by 12.27 million viewers. The lowest-viewed episode was the season 6 episode " Landmarks ", watched by 6.41 million viewers, approximately 48 percent lower than the show's series high." __**Source:**__ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_I_Met_Your_Mother#Nielsen_ratings

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 * John Cleary - New episode coming up tonight, should be a good one. Can't wait!**

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Here is an external link that allows you to catch up with all the episodes of How I Met Your Mother that you have either missed or if you just want to restart the series from point A like me because you can't get enough of it this is an awesome site to watch the sitcom absolutely free. However, due to SOPA a couple links might be removed. Anyways enjoy! http://www.cucirca.com/2009/06/05/watch-how-i-met-your-mother-online/

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