Confirming reports from last month, CBS today officially announced that How I Met Your Mother will return for Season 9. It was also confirmed that Season 9 will be the final year for the series.
All of the cast -- Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris and Alyson Hannigan -- have signed on, along with creators Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.
Many HIMYM fans, including some of us at IGN, have felt the show hasn't been nearly as strong in recent seasons as the early years, with a frequent complaint being that the show was taking its concept (with its specific end point in mind) and stretching it far longer than anyone would expect. While it's still pretty strange that How I Met Your Mother will be a nine-season show, the good news is that, at last, an etched in stone finale has been decided upon and there doesn't have to be any more delays, as Bays and Thomas hold off on reveals they were waiting for.
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