Likely because seasons 2 through 4 of HIMYM are better than anything to be found on most of that list.

The mother was the best. She was funny, gorgeous, smart, good-hearted and had a beautifully sad backstory.

I buy Ted and Robin as a first college/post college love, but not as a going concern, they wanted such wildly different things out of the age 30-50 period in their lives. Knowing empty nester widows/widowers, I do buy that a person would try to rekindle that in their mid 50s, because of the familiarity is probably…