Which production company on the show is named after its two creators?

The production company named after How I Met Your Mother’s two creators is Bays Thomas Productions. The name combines Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, the writer-producers who created the series for CBS.

Bays and Thomas had worked together before the sitcom, including as writers for Late Show with David Letterman. Their shared background helped shape the show’s premise: a friend telling his children the long, complicated story of how he met their mother. Their production banner reflects that continuing creative partnership.

Bays Thomas Productions was not the show’s network. CBS broadcast the series, while 20th Century Fox Television was the major studio partner. Those are separate roles, which is why the company question can be confused with the network or distributor credits.

The creators also had a musical connection. They were members of The Solids, whose song “Hey, Beautiful” became the show’s opening theme. Thus, the production-company name and the theme music both point back to the same creative duo, though in different ways.