The Minds Behind "How I Met Your Mother"

The new Script Mag had a great article about the Sitcom, "How I met your mother." The two creators worked on Letterman for 4 1/2 years, and also worked on American Dad. They felt some comedy was not clever and mean-spirited. When they started their own show, HIMYM, they wrote what they knew, drawing from their own relationship experieces.

There are 10 writers on the show, with 3 female writers, most with comedy background working on shows like Friends, Will&Grace, Frasier, and SNL. They break their writing staff into smaller groups, and found that this way moves everything faster. They rotate writers around so everybody gets to work with each other.