How I Met Your Mother  CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler
is "optimistic" about a ninth season of How I Met Your Mother —
and so are the show's creators.  CBS boss "optimistic" about
more Mother, talks axing CSI: Miami  "We're optimistic too," co-
creator and co-executive producer Craig Thomas tells "We're all
on the edge of our seats waiting to see what will happen with
these negotiations. We're hopeful we'll get an answer because
obviously that'll affect the story one way or the other quite a
bit. The thing is we want to give the fans the proper conclusion
to this that they've earned for sticking with us. We had our
highest-rated season in Season 7 and that's all because of the
fans. They've stuck with us and we want to make sure we know in
time that it's the end so we can give them the proper wrap-up
that they deserve."  What will that wrap-up entail? How — and
how much — would a ninth season affect the upcoming eighth
season? Get the scoop from Thomas and director Pamela Fryman
below.  It sounds like