Amy Poehler Transforms Giggly Squad with Broad City Flair

Amy Poehler and Kay Cannon will produce a new half-hour scripted comedy for Netflix. Hannah Berner and Paige DeSorbo created the series and will play fictionalized versions of themselves.

Premise and comparisons

The show follows two friends in New York as they shed baggage and grow. The basic idea recalls Broad City, which starred Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson.

Poehler helped shepherd Broad City to Comedy Central and served as an executive producer on that series. The new project taps a similar dynamic of friendship and self-discovery.

Production team and origins

Kay Cannon is a writer-producer known for 30 Rock and the Pitch Perfect films. Poehler connected with Berner and DeSorbo after they guested on her podcast Good Hang.

That podcast appearance led Poehler to come aboard as a producer. Filmogaz.com reported the pairing and the Netflix commitment.

Cast backgrounds

Berner and DeSorbo first met as cast members on Bravo’s Summer House. They later developed a creative partnership that moved beyond reality television.

Berner has built a stand-up career and opened for Poehler and Tina Fey in 2025. DeSorbo received the “Allison Williams Cool Girl Award” at last year’s Las Culturista’s Culture Awards, presented by Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang.

Tone and industry expectations

Early coverage draws clear parallels to friendship comedies set in New York. Promotional talk even frames the series as Amy Poehler Transforms Giggly Squad with Broad City Flair.

Netflix will carry the half-hour scripted series. Details remain thin on episode count and premiere timing, but more updates should follow as production develops.