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Complete HIMYM Series: Production and Audience Data
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This resource presents detailed episode data for the acclaimed television series How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM), created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas. It offers key production and performance statistics for all 208 episodes spanning 9 seasons, from its debut in September 2005 through to its conclusion in March 2014. This dataset is suitable for media researchers, television history enthusiasts, and data scientists looking to analyse episode metrics, audience viewership, and creative team contributions.
Columns
- season: The specific season number for the episode (ranging from 1 to 9).
- episode_num_in_season: The sequential number of the episode within its corresponding season.
- episode_num_overall: The overall episode count within the full series run (ranging from 1 to 208).
- title: The unique title assigned to the episode.
- directed_by: The director credited for the episode; Pamela Fryman directed 94% of the entries.
- written_by: The writers of the episode; Carter Bays & Craig Thomas are credited on 32% of the episodes.
- original_air_date: The date the episode first aired publicly, spanning 2005-09-19 to 2014-03-31.
- prod_code: The unique production code used for the episode.
- us_viewers: The estimated number of US viewers (in millions) who watched the original broadcast, with figures ranging from 6.41 million to 13.1 million.
Distribution
The data is provided in a standard tabular format, residing in a file named
himym_episodes.csv, which is approximately 18.11 kB in size. The dataset is structured across 9 columns and contains 208 valid records, corresponding precisely to the total number of episodes in the series. No missing or mismatched values were identified across any of the fields.Usage
This dataset is highly useful for comparing the reported US viewership figures against episode titles, air dates, or the creative staff involved. It is designed to be easily joined with external datasets, such as files detailing IMDb ratings, using the title and original air date fields as common keys to facilitate deeper comparative analysis.
Coverage
The data covers the entirety of the How I Met Your Mother series, which encompasses 9 seasons. The temporal scope ranges from the pilot episode date of September 19, 2005, through to the final episode date of March 31, 2014. While the context of the series is global, the included viewership figures are specifically aggregated for US audiences on the original air date.
License
CC0: Public Domain
Who Can Use It
- Academics and Students: Ideal for media studies research focusing on audience metrics and the performance arc of long-running sitcoms.
- Data Hobbyists: Suitable for beginner-level analysis due to its clean, tabular format, allowing practice in data joining and basic statistical calculations.
- Content Creators: To inform articles or videos that dissect the show's history, production staff contributions, or viewership peaks and troughs.
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