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Portlandia
2011–2018
· TV Show
· 22 min episodes
· 8 seasons
A
MEANRANK
80/100
Every rating
73–94
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Trakt on 73, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 94.
See the most agreed on TV shows →A sketch-comedy series that parodies life in Portland, Oregon.
Details
- Created by
- Carrie Brownstein, Fred Armisen, Jonathan Krisel
- Studio
- Broadway Video
- Released
- 21 January 2011
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 22 min
- Rated
- TV-14
- Episodes
- 77 across 8 seasons
- Awards
- 8 wins, 32 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (32) →
Birthday Loan Officer / Denim Salesman / SoCal Waiter / Cell Phone Salesman / Human Bandwidth Manager
Awards & nominations
See all 40 →7 major awards won · 8 wins from 40 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| Art Directors Guild Awards 2018 | Variety or Competition Series/Awards or Event Special | Winner | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards 2016 | Outstanding Production Design for a Variety, Nonfiction, Reality, or Reality-Competition Series | Winner | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards 2015 | Outstanding Production Design for Variety, Nonfiction, Reality, or Reality-Competition Programming | Winner | |
| Art Directors Guild Awards 2013 | Multi-Camera Unscripted Series | Winner | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards 2013 | Outstanding Costumes for a Variety Program or a Special | Winner | |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 2012 | Comedy/Variety (including talk) series | Winner | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards 2011 | Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Music Program, or Special | Winner | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards 2018 | Outstanding Variety Sketch Series | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Primetime Emmy Awards
22 nominations, 4 won
| Outstanding Costumes for a Variety Program or a Special | Winner | |
| Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Music Program, or Special | Winner | |
| Outstanding Production Design for Variety, Nonfiction, Reality, or Reality-Competition Programming | Winner | |
| Outstanding Production Design for a Variety, Nonfiction, Reality, or Reality-Competition Series | Winner | |
| Outstanding Art Direction for Variety, Nonfiction, Reality or Reality-Competition Program | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Costumes for Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Production Design for a Variety, Nonfiction, Reality, or Reality-Competition Series | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Variety Sketch Series | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Variety Sketch Series | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Variety Sketch Series | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Variety Sketch Series | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Multi-Camera Unscripted Series | Winner | |
| Variety or Competition Series/Awards or Event Special | Winner | |
| Variety, Reality or Competition Series | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Comedy/Variety (including talk) series | Winner | |
| Comedy/Variety (including talk) series | Nominee | |
| Comedy/Variety - Sketch Series | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Television Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominee |
Peabody Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Area of Excellence | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Award
9 nominations
| Best Direction in a Comedy Series | Nominee | |
| Best Ensemble in a Fiction Program | Nominee | |
| Best Ensemble in a Variety, Reality or Non-Fiction Program | Nominee | |
| Best Female Performance in a Fiction Program | Nominee | |
| Best Female Performance in a Variety Program | Nominee | |
| Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominee | |
| Best Male Performance in a Fiction Program | Nominee | |
| Best Variety Program | Nominee | |
| Best Writing of a Variety Program | Nominee |
ACE Eddie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Edited Comedy Series for Commercial Television | Nominee |