re: Why does "How I met.." get love, but "The Big Bang..." gets hate?

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he difference is HIMYM is a blatant copy of something

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That's just untrue. Now, I'll grant that HIMYM shares some similarities to Friends, but its pretty darn different. First, HIMYM always had the married couple anchor, which always changes a group dynamic. It also employ an unreliable narrator, which is hugely different. It is also different in tone, as HIMYM is a lot sillier than Friends, and it has always dipped its toe in the pool of absurdism. Also, one of the big knocks on Friends is that they never explain how these people can afford their lifestyles. HIMYM makes a big deal out of this -- and the office setting is employed regularly. You know what they do for a living, and see them in the office a lot. HIMYM is also a workplace comedy, which Friends never was.

I do see some similarities between the shows, mainly a group of upper middle class white people living in New York City falling in and out of relationship trouble. But the shows have a lot different as well. There's no way one could fairly call HIMYM a Friends copy. Influenced? Sure.