It has been almost eight years since the beloved CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother wrapped its ninth and final season in 2014. The show was loved by so many and once word was released about a spinoff, the fans went crazy searching for details of the new show. And now everyone is getting the spinoff they have been asking for, How I Met Your Father.

The show gender flips the plot of the original series as a woman named Sophie (played by Hilary Duff in the 2022 timeline and Kim Cattrall in the future) tells her son about how she met his dad. The series is described as “a story that takes us back to the year 2022, where Sophie and her close group of friends are in the midst of figuring out who they are, what they want out of life, and how to fall in love in the age of dating apps and limitless options.” In a recent interview with Sirius XM, Duff revealed that the spinoff connects to the original series, “It does tie in, and hopefully we’ll have some fun guest appearances from the original cast.”

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In addition to starring as Sophie on the series, Duff will also serve as a producer. The rest of the cast includes Chris Lowell (Veronica Mars), Francia Raisa (Grown-ish), Tom Ainsley (The Royals), Tien Tran (Space Force), and Suraj Sharma (God Friended Me). Former Drake & Josh star Josh Peck also has a recurring role as a vice principal named Drew. Lowell plays Jesse, an aspiring musician who doubles as an Uber driver and lives with his best friend Tom. Raisa plays Valentina, Sophie’s best friend and roommate. She’s an aspiring stylist who just returned from London Fashion Week with a handsome man named Charlie. Ainsley plays Charlie, a British model who travels to New York to be with Valentina.

Tran plays Jesse’s adopted sister who split from her wife and moves to New York. Shan plays the optimistic Sid, Jesse’s roommate, best friend, and bar owner. Kim Cattrall will take the role as the narrator for the series similar to what Bob Saget did in the original. How I Met Your Mother creators, Craig Thomas and Carter Bays, serve as executive producers for How I Met Your Father. The pilot episode will also be helmed by HIMYM director Pam Fryman, who directed 196 out of 208 episodes of the original show. The spinoff series is written by Aptaker and Berger. Fans have been waiting for a first look and for this series to finally make its debut as it comes with a lot of attention and hope.

However, you won’t have to wait that much longer to sneak a peek at the new show or the characters as a brand new trailer just dropped and will show us a first look at this brand new spinoff series. Let’s check it out below:

How I Met Your Father is slated for 10 episodes for now and will make its debut on January 18th, 2022 on Hulu.