Hilary Duff starrer How I Met Your Father cancelled after two seasons

How I Met Your Father, the sitcom spinoff from the uber-successful series How I Met Your Mother, stands cancelled. The cancellation by Hulu - the streaming platform offering the show, comes after a short two season run. The original series, How I Met You Mother, had enjoyed a successful 9 season run.

3 things you need to know

• How I Met Your Father debuted on Hulu, on January 18, 2022.
• The show notably starred Hilary Duff coupled with the same format and storytelling style of its source show.
• Season 2 of the show had concluded on July 11 of this year with an inconclusive finale.

How I Met Your Father cancelled after two seasons

Hulu has decided to not move forward with a season 3 for How I Met Your Father. The show stands cancelled after a fairly lukewarm run spanning two seasons. News of the show's cancellation came just two months after the second season's finale aired. 

(A still from How I Met Your Father | Image: X)

The show follows Hilary Duff's Sophie Tompkins who looks for love in New York City, along side her friend group, in the year 2022. Sex And The City fame Kim Cattrall, plays the older version of Duff's Tompkins, from 2050 who narrates to her son, the story of how she met his father. Despite the spinoff having a similar format and style of storytelling, the show could not match up to the long-standing popularity of its source sitcom, How I Met Your Mother.

Creator Craig Thomas bids farewell to How I Met Your Father

Craig Thomas, one of the creators of the show who had also helped create How I Met Your Mother, took to his X account to acknowledge How I Met Your Father's cancellation. His note read, "Thanks to the wonderful cast and crew who worked so hard on #HIMYF, and to all who checked it out, sometimes this is how it goes in this crazy business..." Besides Thomas, the show notably had Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger as creators. The duo had formerly been the showrunners for This Is Us.