NEW YORK — Bryan Cranston is back on the hit TV series "How I Met Your Mother." He will reprise his role as Ted Mosby's boss, Hammond Druthers, in an upcoming episode this season, People reported. Earlier, Cranston appeared on the show in 2006 and 2007 as Mosby's superior at an architect firm. Monday's season premiere saw the return of Wayne Brady as James, Barney's brother, and producers have hinted there will be many more callbacks to the past. — SG