Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Josh Radnor in “Mercy Street”

Mother have mercy: He's been keeping a low profile since "How I Met Your Mother" wrapped up last year, but at last Josh Radnor is heading back to TV screens -- or at least he will be after a bit more of a wait.

The former star of CBS's Emmy-winning sitcom will star in PBS's upcoming civil war drama "Mercy Street" alongside Mary Elizabeth Winstead ("The Returned").

The six-part series will be the first American drama to air on PBS in more than a year, and that alone makes it an interesting choice for the network that's become known more for its import of British dramas such as "Downton Abbey."

"Mercy Street," which will air on Sunday nights in the winter of 2016, will follow the lives of two nurses serving on opposite sides of the Civil War. Winstead will play a New England abolitionist nurse serving in an old luxury hotel in Virginia that's been converted to an army hospital, while Radnor will be playing a surgeon from a slave-owning family in the south.

Joining them on screen will be a diverse array of characters portrayed by an equally diverse array of actors. Peter Gerety ("The Wire"), Gary Cole ("Veep"), Jack Falahee ("How to Get Away With Murder"), Norbert Leo Butz ("Bloodline") and AnnaSophia Robb ("The Carrie Diaries") have all been confirmed to be joining Winstead and Radnor in the Civil War-era drama.

Radnor won over America's heart with his loveable portrayal of the love-lost Ted Mosby, and while "Mercy Street" is something far more serious, he may end up winning our hearts all over again. "Mercy Street" is in production and scheduled for a winter 2016 premiere.

Give peace (and war) a chance: It's widely considered to be one of the most influential pieces of literature in the world. It's been adapted for the screen many times in the past, and now several networks are coming together to make "War and Peace" into an anticipated miniseries.

First announced as a BBC series back in 2013, the six-episode limited series will be simulcast stateside on Lifetime, A&E and History next year.

Published in 1869, the massive novel by Russian author Leo Tolstoy explores Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 and its impact on Russian society, as told through the eyes of five aristocratic Russian families.

Of course, such a grand and respected story requires some respectable acting talent, and "War and Peace" has that in spades. Gillian Anderson ("The X-Files"), Paul Dano (12 Years a Slave," 2013), Lily James ("Downton Abbey"), James Norton ("Rush," 2013) and Jim Broadbent ("Cloud Atlas," 2012) are all signed up to star.

This won't even be the first time that the BBC has worked on an adaptation of "War and Peace." It took it on in the early 1970s and aired a take on it starring a young Anthony Hopkins ("Hannibal," 2001).

It's widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature in human history, and that's a heck of a reputation to live up to. The latest take on the Tolstoy classic is scheduled to air in 2016.

He's insatiable!: Golan and Dylan are headed back to Fox, although something may sound a bit different.

"Golan the Insatiable," a series of 15-minute-long animated episodes, aired briefly on Fox early in 2014 before quietly heading off into the sunset. Well, apparently Fox still has faith in the charming show: it's been given a full new season, is set to premiere Sunday, May 31, has new voice actors and the episodes have been upped to a standard half-hour.

Rob Riggle ("21 Jump Street," 2012; "The Hangover," 2009) and Aubrey Plaza ("Parks and Recreation") have taken over the roles formerly played by Josh Miller ("National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze," 2003) and Mary Mack ("Aqua Teen Hunger Force"), respectively.

The original series really was just a bite-sized offering. Not only were the episodes only 15 minutes long each, but only six of them were ever aired as part of Fox's Saturday late-night Animation Domination High-Def programming block.

Much like Fox's other Sunday night animated prime-time offerings, "Golan the Insatiable" is a bit crazy and off the wall. The titular Golan (Riggle) is a godly warlord banished from his own reality to Earth, where he ends up in a quiet Minnesota town. There, he befriends a dark and morbid nine-year-old girl (Plaza) who isn't exactly the best role model for fitting in on Earth.

It didn't last long in its original run, but if "Golan the Insatiable" follows in the vein of Fox's other animated prime-time offerings, it may have a long life ahead of it.