Topic: Portlandia

A Guide to Television's January Premieres

Now that New Year's has come and gone, we can finally say goodbye to television's holiday hiatus and start watching some new stuff again. So we've put together this quick guide highlighting the best of what will be on.

By Esther Zuckerman

Dec 11, 2012

'Portlandia' Wants Its MTV Back, with a Little Help from 'Jersey Shore' Perhaps?

In one of the episodes screened at Portlandia's season three premiere last night, two of the characters played by Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein try to take back MTV. So what was Vinny from Jersey Shore doing at the after party?

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By Richard Lawson

Aug 22, 2012

The Call Sheet

Chloë Sevigny Is Moving to Portland

Today in showbiz news, everyone's favorite downtown diva is heading out West, Catching Fire has once and for all declared its Finnick, and Paul Haggis assembles an A-team.

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By John Hudson

Aug 10, 2012

'Portlandia' Comes to the Beltway with Epic Bike Move

With its egghead wonks and buttoned-down lobbyists, Washington, D.C. has practically nothing in common with the retro-cool youth retirement community known as Portland, Oregon: Until now.

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By Eric Randall

Apr 2, 2012

Carrie Brownstein's Book Deal; John Grisham's Regrets

Today in books: Carrie Brownstein gets a book deal, the last edition of Encylopaedia Britannica is flying off shelves, John Grisham has a humble brag, and precocious kids discover self-publishing.

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By Ray Gustini

Feb 22, 2012

Amanda Seyfried's Raccoon; James Bond in His Natural Habitat

Every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.

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By Ray Gustini

Feb 9, 2012

James Joyce, Children's Author; The Western Canon as Graphic Novel

The western canon is getting the graphic novel treatment, another James Joyce story for children involving cats has surfaced, and Portlandia has inspired a faux-travel guide.

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By Richard Lawson

Jan 6, 2012

'Portlandia' and the Parody of the Self

The second season of Portlandia, IFC's gentle sketch comedy show satirizing the many small lunacies of the bourgeoisie bohemian set, premieres tonight, following a formal premiere event last night at the Museum of Natural History in New York.

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By Richard Lawson

Dec 12, 2011

The Year's Best

The Best Television of 2011

Television seems to become more of a true art form with each passing year, and 2011 continued the trend with bold, ambitious storytelling and bitingly smart writing. Here are our picks for the best (and some of the worst) TV this year. 

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