hollywoodreporter.com - 9/24/2008
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Lifetime has snapped up exclusive cable rerun rights to "How I Met Your Mother" from Twentieth Television. The half-hour comedy is set to air as a strip starting in fall 2010, joining a schedule that includes such other off-net comedies as "Reba," "Still Standing," "Will & Grace" and "Frasier." ...
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... There was a battle going on in the TV World for who would get the syndication rights to How I Met Your Mother and the winner is Lifetime according to The Hollywood Reporter. Out of all the networks that the show could repeat on, I never would have thought Lifetime. ...
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... “It’s fresh and contemporary,” she said. “There are not a lot of shows out there that are right for us, so it was really important to go after this.” She added that “Mother” could serve as a launching pad for new original series.“For me, to be able to develop like sitcoms with this kind of voice is exciting,” she said. “The direction we want to go in for acquisitions is to not only allow us to fresh up our comedy block but also launch original series.” –as reported by Jen [ Source ]
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... · Lifetime outbid six other networks for the rerun rights to How I Met Your Mother, which execs are reportedly considering spinning off with the Lifetime original series How I Survived Your Father Knocking Me Up at 15. [THR] ...
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