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What to Watch: 5 Web Series Worth Checking Out

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Fred Armisen (Portlandia) gesticulates wildly while attempting to check into a hotel, Yelp reviews go viral, Jerry Seinfeld (Seinfeld) takes Ricky Gervais (The Office) on a fear-filled joy ride, and Marvel All Winners Squad makes its debut. READ MORE


What to Watch: 5 Web Series Worth Checking Out

I Hate Being Single

This week, I Hate Being Single concludes its stellar first season, SNL‘s Fred Armisen proves he’s a decent drummer, expensive tech gadgets go up in flames for no particular reason, and much more! READ MORE


TVLine Items: Up All Night Nabs SNL's Fred Armisen, Revenge, TSC Casting News and More!

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Up All Night is staging another Saturday Night Live reunion, and this one might be its best yet!

Fan fave Fred Armisen is set to pay a visit to the freshman NBC comedy as …READ MORE


Exclusive: The Simpsons Travels to Portlandia, Taps Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein

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The Simpsons is jumping on the fast-moving Portlandia bandwagon.

The Fox ‘toon has tapped Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein — the stars of IFC’s Portland-influenced comedy series — to lend their voices to an episode set to air next fall (during the show’s 24th season).

The duo will play …READ MORE


Portlandia Season 2 Scoop: Expect Pickling, a BSG Spoof and a Very Special House Guest

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When Portlandia premiered, no one expected it to be a success, much less one of the overnight variety. But danged if the show — a series of sketch-comedy vignettes starring real-life BFFs Fred Armisen (SNL) and newcomer Carrie Brownstein — didn’t break out. Set in a dreamy, romanticized version of Portland, Ore., it pokes fun at the city’s hipster-hippie residents, who seem to want to “pickle everything” (and we mean everything). What — and who — can you expect from the upcoming season, premiering tonight, Jan. 6, at 10 pm on IFC? Read on and find out! …READ MORE