Entries from October 2008 ↓

• Neil Patrick Harris will provide the voice of the villain in the upcoming game Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard. (Matt Hazard will be voiced by Will Arnett.) You can see him talk about his character here (it’s the fourteenth segment on the timeline), and he was in this promo for Game Trailers TV.
• TV Guide got a quote from Carter Bays about Alyson’s pregnancy.
• Alyson Hannigan walks, drinks something orange.
• Variety’s Season Pass will be talking to Craig Thomas and Carter Bays – you can submit  questions until the end of Sunday. [Thanks to cashewdani!]
• Events you probably can get into: Josh Radnor will appear in Don’t Quit Your Night Job on October 30 in New York.
• Events you probably can’t get into: Neil Patrick Harris will appear in A Fine Romance on November 8 in Los Angeles.

People.com reports that Alyson Hannigan and Alexis Denisof are expecting their first child – the due date is this spring.

[Thanks to Robyn for the tip!]

This post will be updated with more information as it becomes available.

Viewers: 9.36 million, up from last week. [Viewership has increased every week since The Best Burger in New York.]

Adults 18-49: 3.9/10

Adults 18-34: 3.0/8

Adults 25-54: 4.4/10

Households: 5.7/8

Compared to other networks: Second in its timeslot again, behind Dancing with the Stars, but HIMYM had the best 18-34 numbers in the 8-9PM time period.

Compared to other CBS comedies: Third in viewers, second in 18-49 and 25-54, first in 18-34, last in households.

Sources: PIFeedback, Zap2It, TV by the Numbers, CBS.

CBS and those product-placed meals are holding a “Taste of Stardom” sweepstakes. You could win a year’s supply of product-placed meals! Also, a free trip to LA and a VIP visit to the HIMYM set.

Barney blogs about his awesome new book, with endorsements from “Theodore M.” and “Maya Angelou.”

HIMYM Style has identified Nora’s dress and will continue to update as outfits are identified.

Decoding Barney’s “How can I sleep with Robin again?” whiteboard.

Reviews and recaps:

• Alan Sepinwall
• Television Without Pity
• TV Squad
• Zap2It
• The AV Club
• IGN – interviews Josh and Sarah about the ending.

Clips from the episode – try this if you’re outside the US:

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Since a good number of people are Googling the song at the end of the episode and getting sent here, it’s “Waiting for an Invitation” by Benji Hughes. Lyrics here.

[While I'm here: That Bertolli's ad was a disgrace. Not as bad as the Aerie ads the CW used to run on Tuesdays, but still: Pretty bad.]

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• Neil Patrick Harris: Undercover Brother airs at 11:30 AM on Comedy Central.
• Neil Patrick Harris: Justice League: The New Frontier airs at 9:00 PM on Cartoon Network.
• Jason Segel: Knocked Up airs at 9:30 PM on HBO.

You guys, I will be so glad when Monday’s episode airs and I can stop treating every scrap of information about the episode like it’s a major spoiler. But since it hasn’t aired yet: Two batches of links! The first batch contains no Shelter Island spoilers.

• Jamie-Lynn Sigler has signed on to play Jillian in 4.08. Spoiler level: Nothing new for those of you who read yesterday’s post, nothing major for those of you who didn’t. He just does the whole “Sigler will play Jillian, who is…” thing, and it’s a) not entirely correct, so far as I know, and b) not very spoilery at all.
  
• Greg Malins is making a pilot for ABC.
• Jason Segel will be on Live with Regis and Kelly on October 27. [Thanks to Shermie for the tip.]
• Sarah Chalke will be on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on October 22.
• A self-employed prestidigitator [look it up] named Neil Harris contributed to No on 8. [Proposition 8 would undo California's legalization of gay marriage.]
• Auction! A TiVo HD, signed by Neil Patrick Harris [and some other celebrities from Stand Up To Cancer, which is what the auction is for]. It comes with a year’s subscription to TiVo.
• Alyson Hannigan and Alexis Denisof get stalked by paparazzi in Santa Monica.
• TV Week interviewed the co-chairs of Twentieth Century Fox [the studio that produces HIMYM] – mostly industry stuff, with a few mentions of the show and how the studio feels about it.

And everything in the second batch contains some degree of spoiler for the episode:

• Watch With Kristin analyzes the various relationships on the show. Quotes from the cast and some spoilers for 4.05, 4.07 and 4.08, but none of them are new.
• Zap2It was on set when they filmed 4.05. So was IGN! Both have a lot of quotes from Josh and Sarah, as well as some new information.
• Also on set: The LA Times, who did a piece on Pam Fryman. Quotes from some of the cast, some minor new information about the episode.

Is there anyone left who doesn’t know the basic premise of this episode? If you don’t: It is pretty spoilery.