Haaaaave you seen the first trailer for Hulu's How I Met Your Father? No? Then you're in the right place.
On Thursday, Dec. 16, the streamer dropped its first look for the highly anticipated follow-up to CBS' long-running sitcom, How I Met Your Mother. While the trailer provided no insight into how the two shows may be connected, HIMYF does appear to follow the same storytelling formula as its predecessor.
For starters, Kim Cattrall made her debut as the all-knowing narrator, playing an older version of Hilary Duff's character Sophie. "This is the story of how I met your father," the Sex and the City alum says at the top of the clip. "It was hard to live in the moment in 2022. There was always someplace else you could be, someone else you could be with."
Cut to 2022 Sophie lamenting about her dating woes to Jesse (Chris Lowell) and Sid (Suraj Sharma). "I've been on 87 Tinder dates this year," Sophie reveals. "My last date was the worst one yet."
Spoiler: The date admitted to having just had sex with someone else. Ugh.
Clearly, Sophie is the group's Ted (Josh Radnor), as she's unlucky in love but still eager to find the one. As for the rest of the new gang—played by Tien Tran, Tom Ainsley, Francia Raísa—they're trying their best to live life to the fullest in New York City. (Shout-out to the snippet of Raísa and Ainsley taking down a shower curtain!)
In addition to the core cast, HIMYF features Daniel Augustin, Ashley Reyes and Josh Peck. Oh, and going off of the trailer, Peck seems to play a potential love interest for Sophie. So we have that to look forward to!
Watch the trailer for yourself above and then, for everything we know about the new Hulu show, which premieres Jan 18., scroll through the gallery below.
Following in the footsteps of Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor) from How I Met Your Mother, Sophie (Hilary Duff) reflects on how she found the love of her life...and father of her son, years later. Duff also produces the Hulu series.
Sophie sure does have a lot of friends! Veronica Mars alum Chris Lowell stars as Sophie's close pal Jesse, while Tien Tran is his sister Ellen, who just moved to New York after separating from her wife. grown-ish's Francia Raísa plays Sophie's impulsive roommate Valentina, who is dating dashing British socialite Charlie (The Royals' Tom Ainsley). Bar owner Sid (Suraj Sharma) and his girlfriend Hannah (Ashley Reyes) are sounding boards for the group of pals.
"You're welcome for your childhood," Josh Peck hilariously captioned a set pic with Hilary Duff. The former Drake & Josh child star rounded out the ensemble cast, as Peck plays the vice principal at the school where Jesse (Lowell) works.
And Just Like That...Kim Cattrall is back sharing her on-screen dating exploits! The Sex and the City icon will voice the older version of Hilary Duff's Sophie as she explains how she met his father. For those keeping track, Bob Saget played the middle-aged Ted (Josh Radnor) in How I Met Your Mother.
Hilary Duff shared a BTS snapshot of the cast doing a read-through in August. However, production was halted due to Duff's breakthrough COVID case of the Delta variant. HIMYF officially started filming on Sept. 1.
In Nov. 2021, the cast confirmed that HIMYF will premiere Jan. 18 on Hulu.