Matthew Gilbert's TV picks for 2007

6. 'How I Met Your Mother' (CBS) 'CBS's old-style laugh-tracked sitcom 'How I Met Your Mother' ... toyed endlessly and cleverly with time scheme and perspective.' - Matthew Gilbert Pictured, Characters Ted (left) and Barney (played by Neil Patrick Harris). Read more about Matthew Gilbert's TV picks
6. "How I Met Your Mother" (CBS)

"CBS's old-style laugh-tracked sitcom 'How I Met Your Mother' ... toyed endlessly and cleverly with time scheme and perspective." - Matthew Gilbert

Pictured, Characters Ted (left) and Barney (played by Neil Patrick Harris).

Read more about Matthew Gilbert's TV picks

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