"How I Met Your Mother" to Get a CBS Spinoff The CBS comedy "How I Met Your Mother" may be ending this spring, but the show could continue at least in spirit: CBS has ordered a pilot for a spinoff, "How I Met Your Dad." The development was first reported by Deadline.com and was confirmed by the series creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas on their Twitter feeds. Mr. Bays said the show would feature a new setting and new characters. The pilot will put a female spin on the original concept and is to be written by Emily Spivey, who created the NBC comedy "Up All Night." It's no surprise that CBS want to keep "How I Met Your Mother" going in some form. The ninth and final season has averaged 8.2 million total viewers this fall and has remained among the 10 highest-rated broadcast programs in the 18-to-49-year-old demographic, the category most cherished by advertisers. It is also the third highest-rated comedy in that demographic, finishing behind only "The Big Bang Theory" on CBS and "Modern Family" on ABC.