UPDATE: Multiple sources now confirm that NPH will host the 2009 Emmy Awards.

Fresh from his successful stint as this year's Tony Awards host, How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris is reportedly in talks to host the 61st Emmy Awards on September 20.

Last year, the award show, which celebrates the best achievements in television, was co-hosted by five reality TV mainstays: Dancing with the Stars' Tom Bergeron, Project Runway's Heidi Klum, American Idol's Ryan Seacrest, Deal or No Deal's Howie Mandel and Survivor's Jeff Probst. The schizophrenic lineup was lambasted by critics for their poor chemistry and weak jokes.

Harris as the Emmys host would also provide CBS ample opportunity for How I Met Your Mother plugs, which debuts its fifth season on the network the following night.

Today CBS announced when its fall shows will premiere, and many of the dates are easy to remember because CBS is essentially launching all of its shows in a single week.  From Monday, September 21 to Sunday, September 27, CBS will premiere all but two of its shows.

Those exceptions include the newest season of Survivor, which premieres one week early to allow a two-hour premiere on Thursday. September 17, and the series premiere of Three Rivers starring Moonlight's Alex O'Loughlin which comes Sunday, October 4, one week late to allow The Amazing Race to have a two-hour premiere.

There's no quicker way to ruin a long-running series than to start pairing off the main characters. But somehow, How I Met Your Mother has successfully kept the comedy interesting with Robin Scherbatsky (Cobie Smulders) and Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris), characters that are seemingly about to embark on a budding romance. Viewers of the CBS sitcom have been rooting for the odd couple ever since they slept together in the third season and, after seeing the season 4 finale, in which they finally confess their true feelings to each other, fans are looking forward to the show even more.

So will love definitely be in the cards for Barney and Robin next season? Based on Smulders and Harris' interview with Chicago Tribune's Gina McIntyre, it seems like a sure thing.

When the fourth season of How I Met Your Mother wrapped up, we were left with several cliffhangers, including one that revolves around the most important plot of the series: The mother! The writers toyed with this storyline as future Ted tells the story of how he pulled an all-nighter working on a pitch in an attempt to bring business to his fledgling architecture firm and eventually accepts the professor job at the University where he will meet the mother of his children. While that's all reassuring, the cliffhanger involving Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) and Robin (Cobie Smulders) was far more interesting. Because by the end of the season, Barney professed his love for Robin and despite their complicated feelings for each other, they still ended up kissing.

So where do Robin and Barney stand now? That's a question all How I Met Your Mother fans are dying to find out and series co-creator Carter Bays sheds light on what's in store for these two fan-favorites in the fifth season.