07/17/2012 18:54

By Jenna Mullins

If How I Met Your Mother is indeed waiting until the series finale to introduce us to the mother, then viewers might have to wait a bit longer for that.

A show source confirms to us that CBS and 20th Century Fox TV have started negotiations to order one more season of HIMYM, which would make it season nine…

News of the talks were first reported by Variety. Even though the negotiations are very preliminary, both sides are expressing desire to add another season to their order, due primarily to the ratings uptick HIMYM saw last season. And though creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas insist they have a plan in place for how they'll wrap up the series, an early order for another season will give the HIMYM team time to alter storylines, if necessary.