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"Portlandia," which airs its series finale March 22, was a gentle comedy that became a symbol, something for Portlanders to blame when they got mad about how the city was changing.
The show was notable for its focus on Annie, a character who wasn’t the usual conventionally skinny TV leading lady, and who was defined not by her physical shape but by her ambitions and desires.
Mr. Robot, Mom, Portlandia, and more TV shows are coming to Netflix in July 2025 as a few fan-favorite shows will be removed.
In the TV comedy version of Portland, Ore., the bookstore is called Women and Women First. In real life, it's In Other Words — and the shop is using frank terms to say the Portlandia show is no ...
Portlandia is probably the most indie TV series ever. One of its stars and co-creators is Carrie Brownstein from Sleater-Kinney; the other is Saturday Night Live alumnus Fred Armisen, who used to ...
The dream of the '90s continues to thrive on Portlandia, the sketch comedy series from Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein that's back for a third season on IFC (Fridays 10/9c). Armisen has spent ...
The popular US comedy Portlandia reflects how those on the left love to make fun of themselves. It’s part of a long tradition in TV humour, writes Jennifer Keishin Armstrong.
— -- “Portlandia,” Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein’s sketch comedy TV show on IFC that lovingly lambasts the hipster culture of Portland, Oregon, has become a cult favorite ...
There are few comedy shows that showcase as small a small niche as "Portlandia" (2011-present), and even fewer that satisfy the comedic desires of such a particular target audience. The humor does not ...
Carrie Brownstein on saying goodbye to 'Portlandia' – and the stories behind the show's best known duos, from angry M.R.A.'s to Kath and Dave.
After seven seasons of the wacky and odd, “Portlandia” is reaching its wit’s end. The IFC sketch comedy series that gently skewers the hipster culture of Portland, Ore., launches its eighth ...
This sensibility provides the premise for an entire tv show. "Portlandia" skewers -- organically, of course -- the city's progressiveness and preciousness. Portlandia: "The tattoo ink never runs dry" ...