- Network: IFC , IFC - Independent Film Channel
- Series Premiere Date: Jan 21, 2011
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings
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Positive: 17 out of 23
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Mixed: 2 out of 23
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Negative: 4 out of 23
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PortlandiaYour Score0 out of 10User ScoreGenerally favorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings
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Apr 2, 2015Focusing on one set of characters for an entire episode becomes tiresome and rarely ever that funny. I don't care about these characters, and I don't want to care about them, all I want is to laugh. A comedy sketch show has been turned into a soap opera, and not in a fun way.
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Rather than break down each episode into sketches, each episode is its own, contained sketch, focusing on one particular set of characters and their stories. It makes Portlandia a lot easier to watch--and a bit more profound, too.
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Revealing more of what makes these characters tick could remove some of the mystery about them, but Portlandia makes a compelling comedic case for offering this backstory.... The humor is broader and funnier in this half-hour [second episode] that also delivers some surprising plot twists whie acknowledging thier "logic problems."
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Going deep allows Armisen and Brownstein to really dig in--the duo deserve Emmy attention, IMHO--and enhances, not diminishes, Portlandia's winningly weird shine. [9 Jan 2015, p.74]