The aptly titledHow I Met Your Motherspinoff,How I Met Your Father, has been given an official season 2 release date on Hulu, with the sitcom heading back to the same January slot it had for its debut season.How I Met Your Fatherstars Hilary Duff as Sophie, with Kim Cattrall playing her older version, in a sitcom-style comedy that looks to bank on the widespread successHow I Met Your Fatherhad between 2005 and 2014 for CBS. Unfortunately, the series’ first 10-episode season did not get off to a fine start, asHow I Met Your Fathercurrently holds a 38% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a slightly better but still rotten 51% score from users.Related:The 10 Best Christmas Comedy MoviesHow I Met Your Fatherwill return toHuluon June 09, 2025, with subsequent entries coming out in the following weeks, although no exact episode count was given for season 2. Last year,How I Met Your Fatherpremiered with its first two episodes dropping on week one. The series obtained solid viewership in the first month after releasing, holding a top 5 spot across all platforms in the United States when it came to original content.[EMBED_TWITTER]https://twitter.com/hulu/status/1602694842437574657[/EMBED_TWITTER]How I Met Your Fatherstars Christopher Lowell, Francia Raisa, Tom Ainsley, Tien Tran, and Suraj Sharma, alongside Duff and Cattrall, in a slightly bigger and more diverse cast thanHow I Met Your Mother. However, most mixed or negative reception has focused on the difficulties of producing a successful multi-camera sitcom in 2022. Proof of that is the show picking up two Primetime Emmys in scarcely populated categories reserved for multi-camera series, competing against just 3 other productions.Despite generally negative reviews, nostalgia forHow I Met Your Motherdid manage to get fans of the show interested in the spinoff, so next year will prove decisive for Duff and company to make it to season 3. Overall,How I Met Your Father’sstrugglesdon’t necessarily appear to come from its ability to incite nostalgia. Instead, its struggles are due to the lack of an audience for comedies that use a laugh track in contemporary television.With shows likeTed LassoandSchitt’s Creekwinning over critics and audiences, it’s clear humor has steered away from the type of comedyHow I Met Your Fathertries to implement. Classic sitcoms get impressive ratings on every streaming platform, but it’s not asif Hulu didn’t have plenty of good content.How I Met Your Fatherseason 2 will premiere on Jul 07, 2025, on Hulu.Next:This Ill-Conceived Parody Of The Purge Is A Total MessSource:Hulu/Twitter