CBS is making it clear that they would like another. Entertainment president Nina Tassler addressed the series' recent ratings boost and ensuing speculation about an early pick-up for a ninth season, confirming the network is in talks.

"They had an incredible year last year and we have an incredible relationship," she told reporters at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. "They know we want the show to come back next year, we're having conversations right now. We're not there yet in terms of resolving the season, we're in early conversations and we're pretty optimistic."

Co-creators and showrunners Craig Thomas and Carter Bays, who have said they go into each season with a plan for its end, are working under very specific circumstances for a sitcom -- given the series' need to ultimately reveal the identity of the titular mother. Speaking to the TCA earlier in the year, they said they weren't sure if that meant they'd need a fixed end date long in advance. "We've talked about it," said Bays. "It's not a high priority for us. I know Lost did it. We've gotten that question a lot. I would imagine, going into the final season of the show, we'd hint people to that... It's hard for us to say that on May 14, 2000-whatever, we will officially be out of ideas."

The cast, which includes especially prolific actors like Jason Segel and Neil Patrick Harris, would also have to be on board -- something most of them have, at least publicly, seemed amendable to. "I would like to see the show come to its natural end, whether its eight years or nine years," Segel said in January. "I was so relieved to hear there was a plan."

How I Met Your Mother starts production of its eighth season in August.

滬江娛樂快訊：據(jù)悉，美國(guó)CBS電視臺(tái)的王牌劇集《老爸老媽的浪漫史》或?qū)⒗m(xù)訂第9季作為該系列的最終季，目前CBS電視臺(tái)已經(jīng)著手展開談判。《老爸老媽的浪漫史》第八季將在今年的9月24日播出，而由于負(fù)責(zé)制作該劇的20世紀(jì)?？怂闺娨暤呐普諏⒂诿髂?月到期，因此此前曾有人猜測(cè)，《老爸老媽的浪漫史》第八季有可能成為劇終季，甚至就連該劇的主創(chuàng)們也曾表示：“我們能夠想象到，這部電視劇有可能進(jìn)入了她的最后一季，雖然這讓我們感覺很難受。”

不過讓《老爸老媽的浪漫史》的粉絲們高興的是，鑒于該劇成功的收視率，CBS正打算排除萬難繼續(xù)走下去，目前已經(jīng)就續(xù)訂第9季展開了談判。雖然談判還處于起步階段，但是CBS對(duì)于第9季的前景還是相當(dāng)樂觀的。

其實(shí)，無論是否還有第九季，只要該劇能順其自然地收尾，便是最好的結(jié)局。