Martin Short has been hired to replace Dave Foley during the upcoming seventh season of the hit CBS comedy ‘How I Met Your Mother,’ Vulture is reporting. Foley appeared in the Season 6 finale as Marshall’s potential new boss at an environmental law firm. The show’s producers loved the character so much, they wanted Foley back; however, his sitcom pilot ‘How to Be a Gentleman’ was picked by CBS.

Instead of writing the character out completely, network officials decided to replace Foley with fellow Canadian comedian Short. The character will be a recurring one in several episodes. ‘How I Met Your Mother’ will be Short’s first American television role since his Comedy Central series ‘Primetime Glick,’ which ran between 2001 and 2003. However, last year he portrayed Leonard Winston, for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, on the Direct TV series ‘Damages.’

Written by: Karen Benardello