--- description: Poehler will executive producer 'Difficult People' starring Billy Eichner and Julie Klausner; Jason Reitman is producing CASUAL title: Hulu Orders Shows from Amy Poehler and Director Jason Reitman image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4169924b3e060116/6987695b35ba6f623cc05633/amy-poehler1.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 # Hulu Orders New Shows from Amy Poehler and Director Jason Reitman  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 18, 2014 7:36 PM CUT  Amy Poehler Amy PoehlerCasey Curry—Invision/AP  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 18, 2014 7:36 PM CUT Hulu stepped up its original content game on Tuesday when the streaming television site announced it had picked up new shows from Amy Poehler and director Jason Reitman. Poehler will executive produce _Difficult People_, a half-hour comedy about the misadventures of two best friends in New York starring Julie Klausner (who will also executive produce) and Billy Eichner. (Zooey Deschanel[ recently told TIME](https://time.com/3584116/zooey-deschanel-she-and-him-superhero/ "undefined") about attending Northwestern University with Eichner long before he became the host of the Emmy-nominated _Billy on the Street_.) The show will start production next year. Hulu has also ordered 10 episodes of _CASUAL_, another half-hour comedy, this time executive produced by _Juno_ and _Up in the Air_ director Jason Reitman. The show is about a dysfunctional sibling duo who coach each other through their (online and offline) dating lives, which means it will probably touch on some of the themes Reitman addressed in his recent film about technology and relationships, [_Men, Women & Children_](http://time.com/3516769/men-women-and-children-jason-reitman/ "undefined"). _CASUAL_ will debut on Hulu in 2015. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3592773/hulu-amy-poehler-jason-reitman-shows/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3592773/hulu-amy-poehler-jason-reitman-shows/"},"headline":"Hulu Orders New Shows from Amy Poehler and Director Jason Reitman","datePublished":"2014-11-18T19:36:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:31:19.274Z","description":"Poehler will executive producer Difficult People, starring Billy Eichner and Julie Klausner","url":"https://time.com/3592773/hulu-amy-poehler-jason-reitman-shows/","keywords":["Television","Amy Poehler","Hulu","billy eichner"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4169924b3e060116/6987695b35ba6f623cc05633/amy-poehler1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4169924b3e060116/6987695b35ba6f623cc05633/amy-poehler1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Amy Poehler","caption":"Amy Poehler","creditText":"Casey Curry—Invision/AP","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/3592773/hulu-amy-poehler-jason-reitman-shows/","name":"Hulu Orders New Shows from Amy Poehler and Director Jason Reitman"}}]}] ```