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HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER Has Life on Lifetime

September 24, 2008 by  

After a highly competitive bidding war, Lifetime bought the exclusive cable rerun rights to “How I Met Your Mother”. Alas, you’ll be holding on to your remotes for awhile, our gang won’t be heading to Lifetime until 2010.

The terms per The Hollywood Report is a four-year licensing deal including up to eight seasons, should the CBS comedy run that long, and $725,000 per episode. “Mother” had a big Monday season debut, jumping 21% from last season. Yay gang!

Per The Hollywood Reporter: JoAnn Alfano, Lifetime’s new executive vp entertainment, said “Mother” is a good fit for the network’s lineup. “It’s fresh and contemporary,” she said. “There are not a lot of shows out there that are right for us, so it was really important to go after this.”

She added that “Mother” could serve as a launching pad for new original series.

“For me, to be able to develop like sitcoms with this kind of voice is exciting,” she said. “The direction we want to go in for acquisitions is to not only allow us to fresh up our comedy block but also launch original series.”

–as reported by Jen

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5 Responses to “HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER Has Life on Lifetime”

  1. Emily on September 24th, 2008 1:25 pm

    Hmm, to me, it doesn’t seem like a good fit for Lifetime. Not sure why, though.
    However, I love the show, and in 2 years, if I am flipping around for repeats, I’m sure I will watch it, whatever channel its on.

  2. Jen (HIMYM) on September 24th, 2008 2:01 pm

    There was more than six channels vying for the series, which is excellent news to me. But I agree Lifetime doesn’t seem like the network HIMYM should land on. I would prefer TBS alongside The Office. I hope this is a good sign to show CBS that if they know they have the ability to sell up to eight seasons upfront now, maybe they won’t allow the series to be on the brink of cancellation every year.

    Lifetime also “stole” Project Runway from Bravo, so they are really trying to build their name as a network.

  3. Billiam on September 24th, 2008 8:22 pm

    I don’t watch Lifetime, but I’m not sure if womanizer Barney is a good fit for the network.

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