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IFC announced yesterday that it’ll keep Fred Armisen plenty busy for his first two years post-SNL, renewing his pre-taped sketch comedy series with Carrie Brownstein — Portlandia — for seasons four and five. The additional 10-episode seasons will air in early 2014 and 2015. “Portlandia has celebrated sustainable local agriculture, underemployment, …
What’s happening in the comedy world these days… Johnny Carson is coming back to your TVs in primetime, with Conan O’Brien hosting The Tonight Show once more? Yes, yes, and here’s why and how: A remix of classic interviews called Carson on TCM bows Monday nights this summer, starting July …
“Are you good?” Marc Maron asks the question sincerely after I enter his hotel room in Midtown Manhattan, catching the comedian amid a day full of back-to-back phone interviews with the media. Not “Are we good?” nor the colloquial “We good?” that has become a commonplace catch-all catchphrase of sorts …
If you’ve never imagined Marc Maron in a Star Trek parody, then here’s your chance to do so, with an added twist: That’s comedian James Adomian as Maron in “Maron in Space,” a new webseries from Funny or Die and IFC just in time to promote Maron’s new IFC’s series, …
Marc Maron’s new sitcom based on his real life, Maron, debuts on May 3, 2013, on IFC. The 10-episode first season of Maron follows the stand-up comedian behind the scenes of the WTF podcast (www.wtfpod.com) he hosts in his garage, then out the garage to the house and everywhere else. Maron …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… Christina Applegate abruptly left the NBC sitcom Up All Night, while the show is on hiatus to be retooled as a multi-cam for planned new episodes this spring. No word on whether her role will be recast and how that it’ll impact her …
And you thought February was Black History Month. In the world of FX’s Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, it’s also a great time to share great moments in black hisptery. And whom better to break it all down for us than Reggie Watts? Or as Watts tells us, “Gilda …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… Adult Swim announced a special one-off series finale on March 7 for Delocated, starring Jon Glaser. Sarah Silverman will kick off the second annual Wayne Federman International Film Festival when it returns to CineFamily in Los Angeles from Feb. 28 through March 2. Wayne Federman’s …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… IFC announced its principal cast for the upcoming animated series, Out There, which premieres Feb. 22, 2013, from creator Ryan Quincy (who’ll voice the main character). Quincy will be joined by the voices for Pamela Adlon, Fred Armisen, Linda Cardellini, John DiMaggio, Kate …
IFC’s wonderfully clever sketch comedy series Portlandia, starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein as an assortment of characters from Portland, Ore., returns for its third season on Jan. 4, 2013. You can catch up with the first two seasons during a 24-hour Portlandia marathon that begins on IFC at 6 p.m. …
