--- description: The Saturday Night Live veteran moves to premium cable title: HBO Taps Bill Hader To Create and Star in Show image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95968d460ddd22ec/698690641eebf74d69370ff0/476365695.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Bill Hader to Create and Star in His Own HBO Show  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent May 21, 2014 6:28 PM CUT  Bill Hader attends the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter on March 2, 2014 in West Hollywood, California. Bill Hader attends the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter on March 2, 2014 in West Hollywood, California.Pascal Le Segretain—Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent May 21, 2014 6:28 PM CUT Bill Hader has [signed on with HBO](http://www.deadline.com/2014/05/bill-hader-to-create-star-in-hbo-series/ "undefined") to create and star in a new comedy series, _Deadline_ reports. The _Saturday Night Live_ alum is best known for characters like the club expert Stefon on the sketch comedy show, but he has also written for the Emmy-winning _South Park_ and played supporting roles in comedy films like _Forgetting Sarah Marshall_ and _Superbad_. Hader’s series will join a robust lineup of comedies currently offered by the premium cable channel including _Girls_, _Veep_ and _Silicon Valley_. The actor/comedian left _SNL_ in 2013 after eight seasons on the show when he and his wife decided to move to Los Angeles so that she could direct _The To Do List_ (in which Hader also starred). Since he left, he has starred in the Sundance Film Festival breakout drama _The Skeleton Twins_ opposite another _SNL_ alum, Kristin Wiig. He’s also in production for the Judd Apatow and Amy Schumer movie _Trainwreck_. \[[_Deadline_](http://www.deadline.com/2014/05/bill-hader-to-create-star-in-hbo-series/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/107862/bill-hader-hbo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/107862/bill-hader-hbo/"},"headline":"Bill Hader to Create and Star in His Own HBO Show","datePublished":"2014-05-21T18:28:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:58:32.830Z","description":"The Saturday Night Live veteran moves to premium cable","url":"https://time.com/107862/bill-hader-hbo/","keywords":["Television","HBO","Saturday Night Live","Silicon Valley","Veep","Bill Hader"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95968d460ddd22ec/698690641eebf74d69370ff0/476365695.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95968d460ddd22ec/698690641eebf74d69370ff0/476365695.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter - Arrivals","caption":"2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter - Arrivals","creditText":"Pascal Le Segretain—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/107862/bill-hader-hbo/","name":"Bill Hader to Create and Star in His Own HBO Show"}}]}] ```