[2][3] In May 2009 the network announced that the show would debut midseason in March 2010 on Tuesday nights at 9:30 pm, after NBC's coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics was completed.

[4] However the show was later pushed back to debut on May 27, 2010, with the episode order reduced from thirteen to six.

"[1] The initial pilot episode was directed by Emmy Award-winning director James Burrows[2][3] and produced by Maggie Blanc.

It featured Elizabeth Ho as Leslie, Joy Suprano as Jill, and Amir Talai as Andrew.

Alex Hardcastle subsequently stepped in as director for the series, reshooting the pilot with recasts Cho, Wolfe, and Washington as Leslie, Jill, and Andrew.