CBS Announces One-Hour How I Met Your Mother Finale, Friends with Better Lives Premiere

CBS has revealed that the one-hour series finale of How I Met Your Mother is set to air Monday, March 31st at 8:00, which will then lead into the special premiere of Friends with Better Lives. The latter, which stars the likes of James Van Der Beek and Majandro Delfino, tells the story of a group of six friends at different stages of their lives who might seem outwardly happy but inwardly question whether their friends have it better off than they do. Friends with Better Lives then moves to its regular 8:30 timeslot on April 7th, leading into the NCAA Men s Basketball Championship, before being joined the following week by 2 Broke Girls at 8:00. It s the third move of the season for 2 Broke Girls, which started the season off at 9:00 before being shifted to 8:30 in favor of Mike & Molly s return. It s surprising that CBS isn t opting to use the ratings power of the final episodes of How I Met Your Mother during May sweeps, though it does make sense for the network to use said power on

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