Los Angeles - Former pop princess Britney Spears is taking another step on her comeback trail. She will join the cast of US sitcom How I Met Your Mother for a second episode, which will be filmed later this week and screen on May 12.

Spears plays the role of Abby the secretary in the series, in which she made her first appearance on March 24, giving the show an extra 3 million viewers.

Spears, 26, started focusing on her acting skills after her father was granted temporary conservatorship over her, following her admission into a psychiatric ward. (dpa)