title: List of How I Met Your Mother episodes
American Dad!
American Dad! (season 5)
Craig Thomas (screenwriter)
Night of the Hurricane
Tim Saccardo
Stan of Arabia: Part 2
List of How I Met Your Mother characters
Pilot (How I Met Your Mother)
How I Met Your Mother (season 9)
sentences: "How I Met Your Mother" is an American sitcom written and created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas.
 It was first aired on September 19, 2005 on CBS with a thirty-minute pilot episode, and finished its planned nine-year run on March 31, 2014 after 208 episodes.
 Set in present-day Manhattan, the series follows the social and romantic lives of Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor) and his four best friends, Marshall Eriksen (Jason Segel), Robin Scherbatsky (Cobie Smulders), Lily Aldrin (Alyson Hannigan), and Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris), as Ted seeks out his future wife (Cristin Milioti).
 The show tells this story through the framing device of "future" Ted (Bob Saget) as an unreliable narrator who is recounting to his son and daughter the events that led him to their mother.
 In Seasons 1–8, episodes are typically set to a similar timeline as its real-world airdate, with the season finale generally taking place in the spring and the next season premiere in the fall, usually with a quick recap of the events that took place during the summer.
 The final season (season 9) deviates from this format by taking place immediately after the end of the previous season and encompassing only the weekend of Barney's and Robin's wedding.
 The series finale covers several years that follow.
American Dad!
 is an American adult animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, and Matt Weitzman for the Fox Broadcasting Company.
 "American Dad!"
 is the first television series to have its inception on Animation Domination.
 The series premiere aired on February 6, 2005, following Super Bowl XXXIX, three months before the rest of the first season aired as part of the Animation Domination block, commencing on May 1, 2005.
"American Dad!s fifth season"' originally aired on the Fox network from September 28, 2008, to May 17, 2009.
 It consisted of twenty episodes and was released as two DVD box sets and in syndication. "
American Dad!
" follows the dysfunctional Smith family—father Stan, mother Francine, daughter Hayley, son Steve, the pet fish Klaus, and extraterrestrial alien Roger, all of whom reside in their hometown of Langley Falls, Virginia.
 Season 5, which premiered with the episode "1600 Candles" and ended with "Stan's Night Out", was executive produced by David Zuckerman, Kenny Schwartz, Rick Wiener, Richard Appel, Matt Weitzman, Mike Barker, and series creator Seth MacFarlane.
 Weitzman and Barker served as the season's showrunners.
Craig David Thomas is an American television writer who, along with writing partner Carter Bays, has written episodes of "American Dad!
", "Oliver Beene", "Quintuplets" and the hit CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", which they created in 2005.
 In 2012 "How I Met Your Mother" won Best Comedy at the People's Choice Awards.
Night of the Hurricane is a one-off programming block that introduced the first crossover event on the "Animation Domination" lineup on Fox.
 The block involved the three animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane: "Family Guy", "American Dad!
", and "The Cleveland Show".
 The event depicts a hurricane which hits the towns of Stoolbend ("The Cleveland Show" setting), Quahog ("Family Guy" setting) and Langley Falls ("American Dad!"
 setting).
 The actual three-way crossover of the block occurs at the end on "American Dad!"
 with the three fathers of each family in the same scene.
Tim Saccardo is an American TV and film comedy writer best known for working on the NBC series "Community" for four out of its six seasons.
 His other credits include the HBO series "Vice Principals", the Fox/TBS series "American Dad!
", and the TBS series "10 Items or Less".
 Tim is also a longtime writer and director of comedy shows at Hollywood's Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
"Stan of Arabia: Part 2" is the sixth episode of the second season and the thirteenth overall episode of the animated comedy series "American Dad!
".
 It aired on Fox in the United States on November 13, 2005, and is written by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas and directed by Anthony Lioi.
The American sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005.
 Created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays, the show is presented from the perspective of Ted Mosby in 2030 ("Future Ted") as he tells his children how he met the titular mother.
 The show lasted for nine seasons and 208 episodes; the finale first aired on March 31, 2014.
The pilot episode of the American television sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005.
 It was written by series creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, and directed by Pamela Fryman The pilot takes place in 2030, as a future Ted Mosby (Voiced by Bob Saget) is telling his kids the story of how he met their mother.
 It flashes back to 2005 to a younger Ted (Josh Radnor) who meets Robin Scherbatsky (Cobie Smulders), a reporter who he becomes smitten for.
 Meanwhile, Ted's lawyer friend Marshall Eriksen (Jason Segel) plans on proposing to his girlfriend Lily Aldrin (Alyson Hannigan), a kindergarten teacher.
The ninth and final season of "How I Met Your Mother", an American sitcom created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, premiered on CBS on September 23, 2013, with two episodes, and concluded on March 31, 2014.
 The show was renewed for the final season on December 21, 2012, after cast member Jason Segel changed his decision to leave the show after Season 8.
 Cristin Milioti, who was revealed as "The Mother" in the Season 8 finale, was promoted to a series regular, the only time "How I Met Your Mother" added a new regular cast member.
 Season 9 consists of 24 episodes, each running approximately 22 minutes in length.

Question: Question: Craig Thomas's scriptwriting credits include the sitcoms "How I Met Your Mother" and "American Dad!" In which year did both series premiere? 

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 "How I Met Your Mother" is an American sitcom written and created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas.
 It was first aired on September 19, 2005 on CBS with a thirty-minute pilot episode, and finished its planned nine-year run on March 31, 2014 after 208 episodes.
 Set in present-day Manhattan, the series follows the social and romantic lives of Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor) and his four best friends, Marshall Eriksen (Jason Segel), Robin Scherbatsky (Cobie Smulders), Lily Aldrin (Alyson Hannigan), and Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris), as Ted seeks out his future wife (Cristin Milioti).
 The show tells this story through the framing device of "future" Ted (Bob Saget) as an unreliable narrator who is recounting to his son and daughter the events that led him to their mother.
 In Seasons 1–8, episodes are typically set to a similar timeline as its real-world airdate, with the season finale generally taking place in the spring and the next season premiere in the fall, usually with a quick recap of the events that took place during the summer.
 The final season (season 9) deviates from this format by taking place immediately after the end of the previous season and encompassing only the weekend of Barney's and Robin's wedding.
 The series finale covers several years that follow. 

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 American Dad!
 is an American adult animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, and Matt Weitzman for the Fox Broadcasting Company.
 "American Dad!"
 is the first television series to have its inception on Animation Domination.
 The series premiere aired on February 6, 2005, following Super Bowl XXXIX, three months before the rest of the first season aired as part of the Animation Domination block, commencing on May 1, 2005. 

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 "American Dad!s fifth season"' originally aired on the Fox network from September 28, 2008, to May 17, 2009.
 It consisted of twenty episodes and was released as two DVD box sets and in syndication. "
American Dad!
" follows the dysfunctional Smith family—father Stan, mother Francine, daughter Hayley, son Steve, the pet fish Klaus, and extraterrestrial alien Roger, all of whom reside in their hometown of Langley Falls, Virginia.
 Season 5, which premiered with the episode "1600 Candles" and ended with "Stan's Night Out", was executive produced by David Zuckerman, Kenny Schwartz, Rick Wiener, Richard Appel, Matt Weitzman, Mike Barker, and series creator Seth MacFarlane.
 Weitzman and Barker served as the season's showrunners. 

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 Craig David Thomas is an American television writer who, along with writing partner Carter Bays, has written episodes of "American Dad!
", "Oliver Beene", "Quintuplets" and the hit CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", which they created in 2005.
 In 2012 "How I Met Your Mother" won Best Comedy at the People's Choice Awards. 

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 Night of the Hurricane is a one-off programming block that introduced the first crossover event on the "Animation Domination" lineup on Fox.
 The block involved the three animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane: "Family Guy", "American Dad!
", and "The Cleveland Show".
 The event depicts a hurricane which hits the towns of Stoolbend ("The Cleveland Show" setting), Quahog ("Family Guy" setting) and Langley Falls ("American Dad!"
 setting).
 The actual three-way crossover of the block occurs at the end on "American Dad!"
 with the three fathers of each family in the same scene. 

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 "Stan of Arabia: Part 2" is the sixth episode of the second season and the thirteenth overall episode of the animated comedy series "American Dad!
".
 It aired on Fox in the United States on November 13, 2005, and is written by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas and directed by Anthony Lioi. 

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 The American sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005.
 Created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays, the show is presented from the perspective of Ted Mosby in 2030 ("Future Ted") as he tells his children how he met the titular mother.
 The show lasted for nine seasons and 208 episodes; the finale first aired on March 31, 2014. 

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 The ninth and final season of "How I Met Your Mother", an American sitcom created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, premiered on CBS on September 23, 2013, with two episodes, and concluded on March 31, 2014.
 The show was renewed for the final season on December 21, 2012, after cast member Jason Segel changed his decision to leave the show after Season 8.
 Cristin Milioti, who was revealed as "The Mother" in the Season 8 finale, was promoted to a series regular, the only time "How I Met Your Mother" added a new regular cast member.
 Season 9 consists of 24 episodes, each running approximately 22 minutes in length. 

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Answer: 2005