Bei diesen Zweijahresverlängerungen geht es hauptsächlich um Syndication, Lizenzgebühren und dergleichen. Wobei bei CBS sicherlich auch die ungewisse Zukunft von Two And A Half Men mitspielt und sie sich so auch ihren soliden Montagabend-Anchor für zwei weitere Jahre sichern wollen:
Industry insiders tell us CBS and 20th have been haggling over just how much coin the network should shell out for each episode of HIMYM. Up until this year, money hasn't really been a factor with the series. When HIMYM was green-lit back in 2005, the Eye and 20th agreed to a pretty standard six-season deal that gave the network just about full control over the show's fate. It could be canceled at any time, while the amount the network paid only increased by a relatively modest amount each year. The upside for 20th: It knew that if HIMYM made it through six seasons and was still a hit — a long shot in a medium where most series are axed after less than a year — then CBS would have to hammer out a new deal with the studio, or risk the prospect of 20th moving the series to another network. Studios have used this threat before: Back in 1998, NBC was forced to shell out $13 million per episode to keep Warner Bros. TV from pulling the plug on ER (back then, license-fee deals often expired after just four and a half seasons). And in 2001, 20th actually called the bluff of the WB network, moving Buffy the Vampire Slayer to UPN when the Frog refused to meet the studio's monetary demands.
But, wait, you might be thinking: HIMYM is great and all, but it's surely nowhere close to where ER was at its apex in terms of Nielsen firepower. Plus, isn't CBS in a much stronger overall position than NBC was back in 1998, when losing ER might have completely demolished the must-see momentum that had turned the Peacock into a primetime powerhouse? Well, yes and yes — and so what? The fact remains that HIMYM is the No. 13 show in all of TV with viewers under 50 and one of two anchors holding up the Eye's Monday night comedy block, not to mention the youngest-skewing show on the network's entire schedule (HIMYM's average viewer is 44; the median age of a typical CBS viewer is 55).
All of this explains why CBS started talking to 20th about HIMYM months ago, and why 20th has not been shy about asking for a significant bump in the license fee it gets for the show. While there was already plenty of incentive for the Eye to step up, it seems safe to assume that the Sheen situation has only given CBS yet one more reason to want to work out a deal. Just how much more money 20th will end up making is unclear. CBS is currently believed to be paying the full production cost for HIMYM, or around $2 million per half-hour. A 50 percent bump, to the $3 million per episode range, would be well within reason for a show of its value. Vulture's spies expect a deal to get done, perhaps as soon as today or early next week. And in the unlikely event talks head south? Although 20th hasn't made any overtures to other networks, industry insiders say either Fox or NBC would almost certainly jump at the chance to steal away a top fifteen comedy.
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Ich freue mich über die Verlängerung. Letztes Jahr wäre es vermutlich anders gwesen, aber die aktuelle Staffel ist sehr gelungen. Abwechlungsreich, die Charaktere sind nicht mehr nur Karikaturen ihrer selbst wie in den letzten Jahren, sondern haben wieder ein bisschen mehr Tiefe bekommen und es wird ihnen Charakterwachstum erlaubt und es geht nicht mehr nur jede Woche um Barneys Verrücktheiten und Ted Dates der Woche. Wenn sie die Qualität auch in zukünftigen Staffeln so halten, dann wäre ich auch okay damit, wenn wir am Ende der 8. Staffel immer noch nicht die Mutter kennen, wobei ich nach wie vor zu der Fan-Front gehöre, welche die Mutter gerne längerfristig in der Serie haben möchtte, um zu sehen, warum gerade die Mutter die Richtige für Ted ist und natürlich um zu sehen wie sie in die Gruppe passt.
Josh Radnors Film-Debüt, Happythankyoumoreplease, ist übrigens ziemlich gelungen und ich empfehle jeden den Film zu sehen. Gefiel mir, glaube ich, sogar besser als Zach Braffs Garden State.