E4 acquires 'Being Erica', 'HIMYM'

E4 has acquired the rights to How I Met Your Mother and Being Erica.

According to C21 Media, E4 has picked up the 13-episode first season of Erica to air in early October.

The series, starring Erin Karpluk, follows a woman who begins seeing a counsellor to deal with regrets in her life. She later discovers that the counsellor has the ability to send her back in time to change the events in question.

The first four seasons of Josh Radnor-fronted HIMYM have also been secured, which E4 aims to begin airing later this year.