Home > Portlandia > Season 1 « TV Series Page Portlandia: Season 1 (2011) SEASON: Season 1 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Want to see Episode List Season 1 Portlandia Critics Consensus No consensus yet. 89% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 9 76% Audience Score User Ratings: 132 More Info × Close Submit review Want to see Submit review Super Reviewer Super Reviewer Tap to review this movie Review this tv season Edit Review Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit Continue Super Reviewer Step 2 of 2 How did you get your ticket? Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket. Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit How did you get your ticket? Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. Episodes 1 Farm Air date: Jan 21, 2011 Comic vignettes chart the lives of offbeat fictional Oregonians. In the premiere, a couple get way too involved in ordering a restaurant meal. Later, two store employees deal with a man (Steve Buscemi) who uses the restroom without making a purchase; and Portland's Adult Hide-and-Seek League stages a competition in a college library. More 2 A Song for Portland Air date: Jan 28, 2011 The mayor (Kyle MacLachlan) of Portland gives Carrie and Fred a special assignment. More 3 Aimee Air date: Feb 4, 2011 Carrie and Fred are surprised to learn that singer-songwriter Aimee Mann is moonlighting as their maid. More 4 Mayor Is Missing Air date: Feb 11, 2011 Carrie and Fred hunt for the mayor, who has disappeared. More 5 Blunderbuss Air date: Feb 18, 2011 The town is excited about a new music and film festival. More 6 Baseball Air date: Feb 25, 2011 The mayor has big dreams about bringing a big-league baseball team to Portland and recruits Carrie and Fred to help. More Portlandia: Season 1 Photos View All Photos (11) Tv Season Info Season 1 of the comedy series finds co-creators and stars Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein lampooning the culture of the Pacific Northwest city in a series of sketches that include guest appearances by Steve Buscemi, Kyle MacLachlan, Aimee Mann, Aubrey Plaza, and Jason Sudeikis. Genre: Comedy Network: IFC Premiere Date: Jan 21, 2011 Creators: Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel Exec. Producer: Lorne Michaels Cast Fred Armisen as Fred/Jason/Peter/Bryce/Fixed Gear Guy/Dave/Candice/Nina Carrie Brownstein as Carrie/Donnie/Nance/Lisa/Toni/Kathy/Lance Steve Buscemi Nick Kroll as Daniel Prison Kyle MacLachlan Aimee Mann as Maid Jason Sudeikis as Aliki Dana Millican Ellen Bloodworth Mikey Kampmann Nicholas Kim Mary Nelson Edward Stiner Show More Cast Episodes 1 Farm Air date: Jan 21, 2011 Comic vignettes chart the lives of offbeat fictional Oregonians. In the premiere, a couple get way too involved in ordering a restaurant meal. Later, two store employees deal with a man (Steve Buscemi) who uses the restroom without making a purchase; and Portland's Adult Hide-and-Seek League stages a competition in a college library. More 2 A Song for Portland Air date: Jan 28, 2011 The mayor (Kyle MacLachlan) of Portland gives Carrie and Fred a special assignment. More 3 Aimee Air date: Feb 4, 2011 Carrie and Fred are surprised to learn that singer-songwriter Aimee Mann is moonlighting as their maid. More 4 Mayor Is Missing Air date: Feb 11, 2011 Carrie and Fred hunt for the mayor, who has disappeared. More 5 Blunderbuss Air date: Feb 18, 2011 The town is excited about a new music and film festival. More 6 Baseball Air date: Feb 25, 2011 The mayor has big dreams about bringing a big-league baseball team to Portland and recruits Carrie and Fred to help. More Critic Reviews for Portlandia Season 1 All Critics (9) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (1) Hilarious send-up of Portland, but Corvallis, Salem and Eugene may well see themselves in this rip as well. Jan 19, 2011 | Rating: A | Full Review… Verne Gay Newsday Top Critic I think the show was struggling to find its footing here with a few excellent moments in otherwise slow-to-start sketches. Jan 21, 2011 | Rating: B- | Full Review… Christian Williams AV Club Top Critic Portlandia is further proof not everyone deserves a sketch comedy showcase. Jan 19, 2011 | Full Review… Brian Lowry Variety Top Critic It has its moments, and the good news is that no Portlanders were harmed during the making of Portlandia. Jan 21, 2011 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… David Wiegand San Francisco Chronicle Top Critic Often Ms. Brownstein, wide-eyed and sincere, gets the best of Mr. Armisen, who's been exaggerating characters for so long on Saturday Night Live that it's tough for him to capture the understatement of these caricatures. Jan 20, 2011 | Full Review… Jon Caramanica New York Times Top Critic Portlandia is not to everyone's taste, but it's an eccentric, surprising little microbrew of a show. Jan 21, 2011 | Full Review… James Poniewozik TIME Magazine Top Critic Unlike so many SNL creations, the performers don't get up in your face and demand to be laughed at. Jan 20, 2011 | Full Review… Matt Zoller Seitz Salon.com Top Critic A more ambitious extension of the occasional videos that Armisen and Portland resident Brownstein have posted online over the past few years under the name ThunderAnt. Jan 21, 2011 | Full Review… Robert Lloyd Los Angeles Times Top Critic The brilliance of Portlandia, and part of what I imagine will be its staying power, is that the jokes work both as insider cultural reference and rank absurdism. Mar 2, 2011 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review… Phillip Maciak Slant Magazine Top Critic View All Critic Reviews (9) Audience Reviews for Portlandia: Season 1 Jan 04, 2017 It's whimsical. It's absurd. Even spot-on, in its caricatures of modern Portland inhabitants -- hippies, hipsters, and beyond. All that this show needs is a full-fledged joke. Cameron H Nov 25, 2016 Original and hilariously funny. Sunny W Aug 24, 2016 Portlandia is an amazing show with clever humor and funny Portland stereotypes. Pros. Random but clever humor with good jokes and Portland stereotypes. Also people from Portland don't take it to personally please. Cons Humor sometimes gets so random it's not funny. Cullen H Jun 14, 2016 Yet another "comedy" series that takes a handful of great talent and produces outright drivel. I for one will be delighted when this epidemic of stupidity/absurdity as comedy has run its course... Adrian M Dec 16, 2015 Although it might not be as consistently funny as one might hope, "Portlandia" shines due to the creativity of its skits and the likability of its two stars. Frank E Jan 09, 2015 A biting (but loving) satire of Portland weirdness that rightly became an instant classic. Anthony B Apr 10, 2014 Funny and quirky, two things I really like about a show Kyle B See all Audience reviews News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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