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Fred Armisen On ‘SNL’ POTUS Transition: TCA

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday January 4, 2013 @ 6:44pm PSTTags: Fred Armisen, TCA

In November, the United States re-elected President Barack Obama, but months earlier, Saturday Night Live introduced its own new “president” when relative newcomer Jay Pharoah replaced Fred Armisen in regularly portraying Obama on the show during the campaign. After today’s TCA panel on IFC’s Portlandia, which stars Armisen, Deadline asked the actor how he has felt about this political transition. “It feels incredible, it makes me feel like I am part of something bigger,” Armisen said, sounding as dreamy and earnest as the eccentric characters of Portlandia. “It’s like SNL is its own living thing and we are just a part of that. Now we’ve both helped to paint this picture of the president. We’ve made some kind of art together.” Armisen said he will “never” portray Obama again on the show, but watching the younger actor in the role of POTUS  “makes me feel very proud.”

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SNL: New Obama Impersonator Cold Open

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday September 16, 2012 @ 4:14am PDTTags: Fred Armisen, Jay Pharoah, Saturday Night Live, SNL

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Olivia Wilde And Jason Sudeikis Star In Agoraphobe Meets Anxiety-Prone Hottie In ‘Relanxious’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday March 13, 2012 @ 2:52pm PDTTags: Brie Larson, Daniel Dubiecki, Fred Armisen, Jason Sudeikis, Lorene Scafaria, Olivia Wilde
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EXCLUSIVE: Olivia Wilde, Jason Sudeikis, Brie Larson and Fred Armisen will star in Relanxious, a relationship comedy that marks the directorial debut of writer Christopher Storer. The film will be … Read More »

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IFC Renews ‘Portlandia’ For Second Season

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday February 14, 2011 @ 7:05am PSTTags: Carrie Brownstein, Fred Armisen, IFC Portlandia, Portlandia, TV, TV Deals
Nellie Andreeva

Three episodes into original, short-based comedy series Portlandia, IFC has renewed for a second season. The network has picked up 10 half-hour episodes of the series created, written by and starring Fred Armisen (SNL) and Portland-native Carrie Brownstein for a January 2012 premiere. IFC only released cumed audience for the … Read More »

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IFC Starts Fred Armisen ‘Portlandia’ Series

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday August 6, 2010 @ 7:37am PDTTags: Carrie Brownstein, Fred Armisen, IFC Portlandia, Jonathan Krisel, Portlandia
Nellie Andreeva

IFC has greenlit “Portlandia,” an original short-based comedy series about the people and values of Portland, Ore.  SNL‘s Fred Armisen and singer/guitarist Carrie Brownstein star. Armisen and Brownstein will write the series with Allison Silverman and Jonathan Krisel. The series is executive produced by … Read More »

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