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CBS Orders 4 More Scripts for ‘Mother,’ Boosting Likelihood of Renewal

CBS is giving “How I Met Your Mother” a big vote of confidence, ordering four additional scripts of the Monday night hit.

The scripts are for the 2009-10 season, and the early order is designed to give producers a head start on planning the show’s fifth year. While technically not the same as an early renewal, the script order makes it a virtual certainty that “HIMYM” will be back next fall.

CBS has previously kept “HIMYM” fans and producers on pins and needles regarding renewals, often waiting until May before giving the show the greenlight for another season. But given the penny-pinching ethos at all the networks these days, it’s hard to imagine CBS executives spending money on four scripts of a show it doesn’t plan to bring back.

Helping the case for “HIMYM”: The show is having a stellar season in the ratings, adding 33% more viewers compared with last season, according to Nielsen. It’s now the third most-watched comedy in TV among adults 18-49, behind only “Two and a Half Men” and “The Office.”

“HIMYM’s” success is part of an overall Monday night comedy surge for CBS.

News of the “HIMYM” script orders comes as CBS and Warner Bros. continue discussions over multiseason pickups for “Two and a Half Men” and “The Big Bang Theory.” The studio also is hoping to get another season for “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” which is just a couple dozen episodes away from being syndication-worthy.

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Bill

It matters little if CBS actually picks up the show or not, as the fine print of the major syndication deal signed earlier this year requires Fox to deliver 110 half-hour episodes in 2010.

At the end of this year only 90 episodes will be in the can, meaning that no matter whether CBS picks it up or not, Fox will have to make at least 20 more first-run episodes, guaranteeing a fifth season.

Thus if CBS didn't give it a pick up it would likely move to Fox.

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Posted March 11, 2009 1:03 PM

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Good point Bill, but there's 0% change of CBS NOT picking it up. With Worst Week failing and HIMYM's ratings going up 33%(!) in it's 4th season, it WILL BE BACK. Probably don't want to upstage the WB sitcoms during the negotiations with an actual renewal.

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