Portlandia season 1

*Portlandia*
Portlandia
Season 1
	DVD cover
Starring	Fred Armisen; Carrie Brownstein;
No. of episodes	6
Release
Original network	IFC
Original release	January 21 –; February 25, 2011
Season chronology
	Next →; Season 2
	List of episodes

The first season of the television comedy Portlandia premiered on IFC in the United States from January 21 to February 25, 2011 for six episodes.

Cast

Main cast

Fred Armisen as Fred, Peter, Candace , Jason
Carrie Brownstein as Carrie, Nance, Toni, Melanie

Special guest cast

Kyle MacLachlan as Mr. Mayor

Guest stars

Steve Buscemi as Book Store Customer
Jason Sudeikis as Aliki
Aubrey Plaza as Book Store Customer and Beth
Sam Adams as Mayor's Assistant
Aimee Mann as herself
Sarah McLachlan as herself
Edie McClurg as Mayor's Secretary
Kumail Nanjiani as Cell Phone Salesman
Selma Blair as Frannie Walker
Jenny Conlee, Colin Meloy, James Mercer and Corin Tucker as Echo Echo
Gus Van Sant as himself
Heather Graham as herself
Nick Kroll as Daniel Prison
Nick Kroll as Baseball Player (uncredited)

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	US viewers (millions)
1	1	"Farm"	Jonathan Krisel	Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel, Allison Silverman	January 21, 2011 (2011-01-21)	0.263^[2]
Peter and Nance go to great lengths to make sure that their restaurant order (from Aliki's farm, played by Jason Sudeikis) is ethical and humane. A customer (played by Steve Buscemi) experiences the restroom policy of the feminist bookstore (based on In Other Words bookstore.^[1])
2	2	"A Song for Portland"	Jonathan Krisel	Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel, Allison Silverman	January 28, 2011 (2011-01-28)	0.186^[3]
Fred and Carrie meet the mayor of Portland (Kyle MacLachlan), who gives them a special assignment. Toni and Candace "help" a student (Aubrey Plaza) at the feminist bookstore.
3	3	"Aimee"	Jonathan Krisel	Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel, Allison Silverman	February 4, 2011 (2011-02-04)	0.178^[4]
Spike decides "It's over". Fred and Carrie's domestic cleaner is Aimee Mann while Sarah McLachlan tends their garden.
4	4	"Mayor Is Missing"	Jonathan Krisel	Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel, Allison Silverman	February 11, 2011 (2011-02-11)	N/A
When the mayor goes missing, Fred and Carrie begin a frantic search for him.
5	5	"Blunderbuss"	Jonathan Krisel	Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel, Allison Silverman	February 18, 2011 (2011-02-18)	N/A
All of Portlandia is swept up in the excitement of a new music and film festival.
6	6	"Baseball"	Jonathan Krisel	Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel, Allison Silverman	February 25, 2011 (2011-02-25)	N/A
The mayor turns to Fred and Carrie to help him put together a big-league baseball team.

References

^ "Brownstein And Armisen's Comedic Take On Portland". NPR. January 5, 2012.
^ Turnquist, Kristi (February 3, 2011). "'Portlandia': Ratings report, and the scoop on that chicken farm". Oregon Live. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
^ @RobOwenTV (February 3, 2011). "rt @Seidman IFC's PORTLANDIA = 186,000 viewers last Friday from 10:30-11p" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ @Seidman (February 8, 2011). "On Friday ONION NEWS NETWORK = 206K viewers, PORTLANDIA 178K FYI to @TravisYanan" (Tweet). Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2017 – via Twitter.

External links

Official website
Portlandia at IMDb

[1] "Brownstein And Armisen's Comedic Take On Portland". NPR. January 5, 2012.

[2] Turnquist, Kristi (February 3, 2011). "'Portlandia': Ratings report, and the scoop on that chicken farm". Oregon Live. Retrieved January 23, 2016.

[3] @RobOwenTV (February 3, 2011). "rt @Seidman IFC's PORTLANDIA = 186,000 viewers last Friday from 10:30-11p" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[4] @Seidman (February 8, 2011). "On Friday ONION NEWS NETWORK = 206K viewers, PORTLANDIA 178K FYI to @TravisYanan" (Tweet). Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2017 – via Twitter.

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