How I Met Your Mother. Entire ending was just overdone because execs wanted to squeeze a few more seasons of profitability. It should have ended around Season 6 or 7, the show had obviously peaked, it was time for it to end. I'm even okay with it ending the same way, but being told differently. The ending could have shown Ted coming back around, realizing what/who he wanted, and pursuing that bringing the show full circle. Instead it felt like we were slammed back and forth, side to side with conflicting stories and narratives, on a whacky roller coaster, and then screeched to a halt back at the station.