LOS ANGELES – The mysteries that surround the CBS sitcom “How I Met Your Mother” extend to co-creator Craig Thomas’ office on the Fox studio lot.
A white board on the wall that outlines the seventh season’s episodes ends with Barney’s wedding in the May finale. “___ is the bride,” the board says.
You never know who’s going to walk in, and Thomas and partner Carter Bays hold tight to their secrets. That will be a pivotal episode: Not only will the ultimate bachelor come off the market, but the show has revealed it’s also the day that Ted meets his future bride — the mother that is the conceit upon which the entire show is built.
That doesn’t necessarily mean viewers will meet the mother in that episode, however. Stay tuned.
This has been a big year for the comedy that launches CBS’ Monday nights. Ratings are the best they’ve ever been, up 19 percent over last season, and it has the youngest average audience on the network’s prime-time schedule.
“There’s almost no scientific explanation and we couldn’t have counted on that,” Thomas said.
Time may make viewers more invested in the lives of Ted (Josh Radnor), horndog buddy Barney (Neil Patrick Harris), Ted and
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