TV picks for Jan. 5: Viola Davis, ‘Portlandia,’ ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee’

Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, who directed today’s season premiere, sincerely love their granola-munching characters, which include a couple who hire an identity thief to make them better storytellers at cocktail parties. Vanessa Bayer and Jeff Tweedy are also in on this season’s antics.