How I Met Your Mother season 3

The third season of the American television comedy series How I Met Your Mother premiered on September 24, 2007 and concluded on May 19, 2008. It consisted of 20 episodes, each running approximately 22 minutes in length. CBS broadcast the third season on Monday nights at 8:00 pm in the United States until December 10, 2007 when the season was interrupted by the writer's strike, when the season continued on March 17, 2008 it was moved back to 8:30pm. The complete third season was released on Region 1 DVD on October 7, 2008. In the United Kingdom it aired via E4 from October 30, 2009 weekdays at 7:30pm.

Main cast

 * Josh Radnor as Ted Mosby
 * Jason Segel as Marshall Eriksen
 * Cobie Smulders as Robin Scherbatsky
 * Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson
 * Alyson Hannigan as Lily Aldrin
 * Bob Saget (uncredited) as Future Ted Mosby (voice only)

Recurring cast

 * Lyndsy Fonseca as Penny, Ted's Daughter
 * David Henrie as Luke, Ted's Son
 * Charlene Amoia as Wendy the Waitress
 * Sarah Chalke as Stella
 * Marshall Manesh as Ranjit
 * Bryan Callen as Bilson

Guest cast

 * Britney Spears as Abby
 * Enrique Iglesias as Gael
 * Maggie Wheeler as Margaret
 * April Bowlby as Meg
 * John Cho as Jefferson Coatsworth
 * Mandy Moore as Amy
 * James Van Der Beek as Simon
 * Heidi Klum as herself
 * Orson Bean as Bob
 * Lindsay Price as Cathy
 * Kristen Schaal as Laura Girard
 * Abigail Spencer as Blah Blah
 * Alan Thicke as himself
 * Tiffany Darwish as herself
 * Doug Benson as Cool Customs Guy
 * Danica McKellar as Trudy
 * Busy Philipps as Rachel
 * Neil Jackson as Ian
 * Bob Odenkirk as Arthur Hobbs
 * Brad Rowe as George
 * Joe Manganiello as Brad
 * Janet Varney as Stacey
 * Betsy Rue as Audrey
 * Ron Butler as Proctor

Reception
The third season of How I Met Your Mother was met with mostly positive reviews. Michelle Zoromski of IGN gave the season a positive review and said that "the season was fun and clever, a good, consistent flow from the first two seasons".