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Media vet and Emmy-nominated producer Evan Shapiro will keynote this year’s Mip TV in April. The Portlandia and Brick City producer will unveil research that shines a light on global industry trends as he takes to the Cannes Palais des Festivals on Monday 17 April for the start of the market. Last…

Chef's Table has become one of television's most celebrated food-themed programs since it debuted in 2015, but there was a time the Netflix series faced an uphill battle getting made. "Nobody wanted to hear a pitch about a food show without a celebrity host attached to it except for Netflix," creator and executive…

In the conception of his fourth comedy special, Kid Gorgeous at Radio City, 12-time Emmy nominee John Mulaney intended to use location to his advantage, conquering a venue of almost absurd scale. When the acclaimed stand-up comedian locked in seven nights at Midtown Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall during his most…

How hard is it to say goodbye to Portlandia? Even David Letterman and Jerry Seinfeld at a recent Netflix Emmy-season event went back and forth about their love for Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein and Jonathan Krisel’s sketch comedy series, which ended its run after eights seasons on IFC back in March. At Deadline’s…

Following eight seasons of IFC's Portlandia, creator, writer, EP, director and actor Carrie Brownstein was quick to cite some favorite characters she and co-star Fred Armisen portrayed over the years. At a Contenders Emmys panel moderated by Deadline’s international co-editor Peter White, Brownstein put feminist…

The very last question the creators of Portlandia will ever take at TCA was, appropriately: Is this the first time you have worked with a horse? "This was our first horse experience," series creator Fred Armisen acknowledged. "It seemed like a very tame horse," the critic said, which, technically, was an observation…

Grab your granola and mason jars of small-batch whiskey and put on your North Face vests because IFC has released the trailer for the eighth and final season of Portlandia. And it has everything fans want out of the put-a-bird-on-it, Emmy-nominated comedy sketch show about life in the hip Pacific Northwest city. The…

IFC has renewed flagship comedy series Portlandia for Season 8, IFC president Jennifer Caserta announced at the top of the show’s TCA panel. “We are very proud of the show,” Caserta said. "There are very few shows that can be credited with both establishing and helping to define a television network, and that's…

IFC has picked up Portlandia for Seasons 6 and 7, ordering 10  half-hour episodes for each. Creators and stars Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein will remain at the helm for both seasons. Portlandia is executive produced by Lorne Michaels and produced by Broadway Video. Shot entirely in Portland, Portlandia is created…

The Columbia Pictures comedy based on the 2008 UK series is one of Nora Ephron's unfinished works. Now the co-creator/writer/star of IFC’s Portlandia has been tapped to finish Lost In Austen. Emmy nominee and Peabody winner Carrie Brownstein will pen the story of Amanda, who lives and works in present-day Brooklyn…

EXCLUSIVE: IFC‘s SVP Original Programming Debbie DeMontreux has resigned. Her last day is today, and a search is underway for a replacement. “After 25 years with the company, Debbie DeMontreux has decided to leave to pursue new opportunities,” IFC said in a statement to Deadline. “She has made a significant…

Fred Armisen let us know he was leaving Saturday Night Live back in May — we just couldn't hear him. "I think it's clear. I didn't do any kind of official announcements, but I really felt like it was obvious," he said in an interview with Splitsider, making us feel pretty silly for wondering all these weeks. He's…