Amy Poehler. Photo by Hannah Kasulka. Provided by Hulu.
Hulu, the streaming service, is stepping up its game, today announcing the straight-to-series order of “Difficult People” from executive producers Amy Poehler (“Parks & Recreation”) and Dave Becky (“Louie”). The half-hour comedy is from Julie Klausner (“Billy on the Street”) who stars with “Billy on the Street” host Billy Eichner; they play best friends living in New York City. Klausner wrote the pilot and will also serve as an executive producer for the series.
“Difficult People” is the latest in Hulu’s growing slate of original programming, including recent straight-to-series pick-up orders for “CASUAL,” a comedy series from Jason Reitman and an original event series from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions, based on Stephen King’s best-selling book.
