Fans have taken to Twitter to loudly proclaim their wishes for How I Met Your Father’s fate after the season 2 finale. The Hulu series is a spin-off of the hit sitcom How I Met Your Mother, which aired for 9 seasons on CBS from 2005-2014. How I Met Your Father occupies a similar premise to its predecessor, following a friend group navigating questions of love and personal identity in New York City, all told through the framing device of the protagonist telling the story to her future son.

While How I Met Your Father has experienced some growing pains, the series has met with a strong audience reception and studio . The series’ success can be traced to the creators’ sharp eye for interpersonal chemistry and romantic tension, an engaging central performance from Hilary Duff and rewarding How I Met Your Mother cameos that feed into the series narrative. How I Met Your Father has already earned a legion of dedicated fans, who are lobbying for the series as they await news of its renewal or cancelation.

How I Met Your Father Has Not Been Renewed Or Canceled By Hulu

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Hulu has not yet made any announcements about How I Met your Father’s future. The second season aired its final episode on July 11, 2023, having fulfilled a bumper order of 20 episodes after Hulu renewed the show for a season 2 halfway through the series’ 10-episode first season. The mid-season renewal and expanded order was huge vote of confidence for the fledgling series, but the lack of a similar head start for season 2 shouldn’t be taken as a bad sign.

Generally, Hulu waits about 2 months before announcing a series’ renewal, making it likely that any news on the show’s fate will come around September at the earliest. While streamers are often reticent when it comes to viewing numbers, every available analytic points to the show having performed strongly this season (via Parrot Analytics), even debuting at no.1 on the streaming originals chart (via Media Play News). It’s worth noting that, even if season 3 is announced imminently, there will likely be a longer-than-usual wait for How I Met Your Father’s next installment, due to the ongoing writers’ strike.

Fans Think How I Met Your Father Season 3 Needs To Happen

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The Twitter reaction among fans of How I Met Your Father has been swift and decisive. As soon as the final episode of season 2 aired, fans took to the social media site, reacting to the numerous relationship changes and couple teases offered by the season’s hurricane finale. Several fans even tweeted directly at Hulu over Twitter, demanding the renewal of the sitcom. One even tweeted some variation of “‪@hulu_ PLEASE RENEW HOW I MET YOUR FATHER FOR SEASON 3” 13 times following the final episode’s broadcast (via Twitter).

Critics have been less effusive about How I Met Your Father season 2, with the majority of reviews skewing negative. Nevertheless, several How I Met Your Father reviews have acknowledged that the show’s second season is an improvement on the first in many ways, and a third season could be what the series needs to come into its own. The poor critical reception calls to mind the lukewarm initial response to the show’s predecessor, How I Met Your Mother, which saw mixed reviews in its first season, before going on to enjoy overwhelmingly positive reviews for the majority of its run.

Sources: Parrot Analytics, Media Play News, @giorgiostg/Twitter