The series started life as a short film entitled Picture Paris (2011). It was written and directed by series creator Brad Hall and starred Hall's wife, Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
The series marks Meg Ryan's first regular television role in over thirty years. Although she has made guest appearances in shows such as The Simpsons (1989) and Web Therapy (2011), she last appeared as a series regular in the short-lived ABC series Wildside (1985).