IFC renews 'Portlandia'
Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein will return for more hipster laughs
Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein of 'Portlandia'
Credit: IFC
IFC has given a speedy renewal to the sketch comedy series "Portlandia."
Created by Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein and Jonathan Krisel, "Portlandia" premiered in January and has averaged 1.1 million viewers, heavily concentrated in the 18-49 demo, through its first three airings.
"We’re thrilled with the success of 'Portlandia' and the overwhelmingly positive feedback from our viewers," states Debbie DeMontreux, senior vice president, original programming, IFC. "Fred and Carrie’s humor is perfectly in line with the sensibility and comedic tone of IFC which makes this show such a great fit for us. This early renewal signifies that IFC’s alt comedy programming is indeed resonating with our audience."
The IFC renewal of "Portlandia" is for 10 new half-hour episodes premiering in January 2012. Once again, the series will be shot on location in Portland.
In addition to stars Armisen and Brownstein, "Portlandia" features guest appearances by the likes of Heather Graham, Kyle MacLachlan, Aubrey Plaza and a host of Portland-based musicians and politicians.
A long-time member of the TCA Board and a longer-time blogger of "American Idol," Dan Fienberg writes about TV, except for when he writes about movies or sometimes writes about the Red Sox. But never music. He would sound stupid talking about music.
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February 15, 2011 at 3:19AM EST Reply to CommentI seem to be the only one stoked about this. I hate Armisen on SNL, but he's so great here.
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January 5, 2012 at 10:10PM EST Reply to Commentthat's strange, just heard of it. too bad it's coming on when television shows are returning.Why didn't this show start during this long holiday hiatue? Then networks wonder why shows fail.
I got to love PERSON OF INTEREST because they chose to give it shot during last few weeks. It is getting a great fan base. I will check out Portlandia. Bad timing
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January 5, 2012 at 10:11PM EST Reply to CommentWrite a comment...Very strange I just heard of this tonight. Did the networks ever think of showing this during the long holiday hiatus? I will give it a shot, but the timing is bad