How do you create an ideal television couple? Ask Jason Segel, and he’ll tell you: Make it seem like they actually like each other.
Segel, who plays Marshall Eriksen opposite Alyson Hanigan’s Lily Aldren on the CBS sitcom “How I Met Your Mother,” reflected on the dynamic of the pair’s characters during an event celebrating the show’s 200th episode (airing Jan. 27) on Thursday. The actor bemoaned the preponderance of “nagging” and “eye-rolling” among small-screen pairs.
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“Marshall and Lily to me, they’re my favorite TV couple, because they really do love each other,” Segel said.