Negotiations for season 9 of How I Met Your Mother are underway, and CBS is optimistic about the show’s renewal chances.

How I Met Your Mother‘s eighth season is starting in the fall, and the showrunners said on the TCA press tour that they are planning a “strategic wrap-up” for the season finale, in case it ends the show (this sounds to us like we’ll be seeing the mother, no?!).

But TV Line is reporting comments from CBS president Nina Tassler, where she expresses the hope that the show will indeed continue with a ninth season. She says, “We’re in early conversations and we’re pretty optimistic,” although she did add that, “we’re not there yet.”

Are you hoping to see the show continue, or should it end with season 8?