HIMYM fans are going through a roller coaster of emotions after How I Met Your Father starring Hilary Duff debuted on Hulu on Wednesday. Fans in the US can stream the series on Hulu and although the show was expected to land on Hotstar India on the same release date, the mouse house’s OTT has once again disappointed its Indian subscriber base.
The first two episodes of the sequel to How I Met Your Mother is already available to stream across all regions. But fans in India have been raising queries with Hotstar over the unavailability of HIMYF. In fact, Twitter has been flooded with fans’ pleas asking when the series will release.
UPDATE: How I Met Your Father is now available on Disney Plus Hotstar
The good news is Disney Plus has responded but the bad news, with a vague reply from the support team. “Hi! The show How I Met Your Father is not available yet due to some unforeseen technical issues. Our team is working hard to make it available soon. We regret the inconvenience caused,” read one tweet from Disney+HS Help to a query from a fan. The same response has been provided to every Disney Plus India subscriber on social media. Readers can check out some tweets below.
Hey @DisneyPlusHS , did you completely forgot to upload the How I Met Your Father premier?
— Krishnendu Sanyal (@kriacked) January 20, 2022
Seems like @DisneyPlusHS forgot to premier How I Met Your Father in India 🥲
— Utkarsh Patel (@U2karsh) January 19, 2022
@hotstar_helps Is providing good contents but It's teach team is sucks.Low budget apps have better team than them.They promoting promises one series How I Met your father launching on 19th Jan but not added. Same typical answer giving since afternoon. no proper answer.
— Saibal Mukherjee (@msaibal14) January 19, 2022
How i met your father where ?
— KOACHSupermacy (@SRTfanNo1) January 20, 2022
Hi! The show How I Met Your Father is not available yet due to some unforeseen technical issues. Our team is working hard to make it available soon. We regret the inconvenience caused.
— Disney+HS_helps (@hotstar_helps) January 20, 2022
Seems like @DisneyPlusHS forgot to premier how i met your father in India 🥲
— Harsh Choudhary (@harshhere19) January 19, 2022
@hotstar_helps This isn't available on the app yet! When do you plan to upload the episodes? https://t.co/LjzUm7cunn
— Mr. Basu (@ThePianist2905) January 20, 2022
@DisneyPlusHS come on #HowIMetYourFather was supposed to release yesterday why is it still now up india! #Hotstar #HotstarIndia #DisneyPlus.
— asaplord (@22_savage___) January 19, 2022
@DisneyPlusHS Yo when How i met your father dropping? Deadline's past us.
— Bericseth (@twilightseth) January 19, 2022
@DisneyPlusHS It's literally 20th now, where is himyf??? Happy to give you tech support if you need.
— Umang Agarwal (@UmangAg) January 19, 2022
Unfortunately, it remains to be seen when Hotstar would include the new series in its catalog. Earlier, MCU Indian fans were also disappointed when Eternals was released in the standard format rather than IMAX Enhanced. Added, Subscribers in regions such as the US, Canada, UK etc can stream over 22 Marvel films in 1.9:1.
Earlier last year in December, K-drama fans were also campaigning for Snowdrop’s release on Disney Plus Hotstar. Though it’s yet to arrive, the OTT did assure a later release date.
Note, a report from Whats On Disney Plus states How I Met Your Father would stream on March 9, Wednesday in regions such as Canada, Australia, UK & more. However, it also says 19th as the official release date for India.
How I Met Your Father also stars Christopher Lowell, Francia Raisa, Suraj Sharma, Tom Ainsley, Tien Tran. Recurring stars for the show are Daniel Augustin, Kim Cattrall, Ashley Reyes and Josh Peck. The series is a 20th Television production, a division of Walt Disney Television.
