How I Met Your Father premiere leads to mixed reviews and reactions from critics and fans

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Hulu's How I Met Your Father debuted the first two episodes on Tuesday, a spin-off of CBS' How I Met Your Mother, which ran for nine seasons from 2005 to 2014.The show features most of the same hallmarks of its predecessor - a group of friends in New York City trying to figure out their lives while hanging out at a bar, along with a narrator revealing the thoughts of the main character.Early indications from the first reviews is that the spin-off will not match the critical acclaim of the original, with The Hollywood Reportercritic Angie Han perhaps putting it most succinctly: 'It feels so far like a pale imitation.' Debut:Hulu's How I Met Your Father debuted the first two episodes on Tuesday, a spin-off of CBS' How I Met Your Mother, which ran for nine seasons from 2005 to 2014 Pale:Early indications from the first reviews is that the spin-off will not match the critical acclaim of the original, with The Hollywood Reporter critic Angie Han perhaps putting it most succinctly: 'It feels so far like a pale imitation'Han adds that the spin-off tries to 'recreate the spark' from the early seasons of the original show, but it only succeeds in the most 'superficial aspects' and feels like 'a pale imitation' in 'the ways that count most.'The show follows Hilary Duff's character Sophie, with Kim Cattrall voicing the future Sophie from the year 2050, looking back at her time in 2022, following in Bob Saget's footsteps as the narrator for Josh Radnor's Ted Mosby in HYMIM.

Duff, like Mosby before her, is a hopeless romantic looking for love, with Han praising Duff for her, 'delicate balance of starry-eyed and grounded keeps Sophie on just this side of relatable.' Recreate:Han adds that the spin-off tries to 'recreate the spark'.