Season 1 of Portlandia opened with a song that promised a Pacific Northwest heaven: it was like the 1990s forever, “when people were content to be unambitious, sleep to eleven, just hang out with their friends… You’d have no occupations whatsoever. Maybe you work a couple of hours a week at a coffee shop?” Now beginning […]
Continue ReadingThis week, IFC’s Portlandia launches its 8th season, it will also serve as the sketch show’s final season. So, it’s… MORE
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IFC just announced a round of comedy news. First up is a season 3 renewal for Dana Gould’s series Stan Against Evil starring John C. McGinley and Janet Varney, which aired its 8-episode second season in November. Season 3 will premiere on IFC sometime in the fall. For more on the series, read our interview […]
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Portlandia returns for its eighth and final season on IFC later this month, and today the network dropped the first full trailer. As previously announced, the 10-episode season is jam-packed with new and returning guest stars like John Mulaney, Nick Kroll (Toni and Candace get to meet the Oh, Hello guys in an episode), Rachel Bloom, […]
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In nearly all of his roles, John C. McGinley seems deadly serious. From Platoon to Office Space to his most famous character, Dr. Cox on Scrubs, McGinley may need to play the no-nonsense type. The “you’re fired” type. The “don’t F with me” type. And it’s probably because of how serious he is on camera […]
Continue ReadingCanadian sketch series Baroness von Sketch Show is sticking around at IFC. The network announced today that it’s acquired season 3 of the show, which made its Canadian TV debut last year and American debut on IFC in August. Season 2 of the show wraps up its run on IFC tonight at 11:00pm, and season […]
Continue ReadingWith well over three decades in the game, Dana Gould has experienced many of comedy’s highs and lows. From humble beginnings (“I started doing standup two weeks out of high school. I was taken to my first mic by my high school librarian and her husband”), he went on to survive booms and busts (“The […]
Continue ReadingIFC will become FODtv (Funny Or Die Television) on Saturday nights, starting this Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. The network announced the venture today. “IFC has been hacked, but we are not calling IT,” said Blake Callaway, EVP, Marketing and Digital Media, IFC. “FODtv takes a bit of inspiration from cable access programs, and college run TV stations. The […]
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