Today, CBS was able to strike a deal with the cast of its long-running comedy, How I Met Your Mother. There had been widespread speculation that this season would be the show's last. The writers of the show needed to know by the end of the month, one way or the other, so that they could either begin writing the ending of the plot or not.
What is really interesting is how close it actually came to ending this year. Apparently, Jason Segel, who plays Marshall Erikson, was staunchly opposed to doing another season. Essentially what happened was that CBS threw a ton of money his way, convincing him to do one more season. According to a commenter on Dateline, he will be making $1.25 million an episode. Over a 24 episode season, that amounts to $30 million.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/exclusive-how-i-met-your-mother-to-return-for-season-9-cast-deals-closed-today-after-jason-segel-turnaround-show-was-given-up-for-dead-until-11th-hour/
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