Many of you may already know that this season will be the last season of the hit CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. Well, CBS has just picked up the spinoff of this series. The network is set to produce the pilot for the new series titled How I Met Your Dad.

How I Met Your Mother is a sitcom based around the story of how a man, Ted, finding the love of his life and future mother to his children. According toDeadline, CBS has ordered a pilot for a female version of the popular series. How I Met Your Dad will have basically the same premise but from a female perspective. The new show will also include the hangout of the friends on How I Met Your Mother , MacLaren's Pub, and include a similar set of friends as the original seriesThe Hollywood Reporter reports .

How I Met Your Mother's ratings have remained strong while some of the other shows on the network have not done nearly as well. So, surely this is one of the main reasons for the pilot approval.

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