It premiered nationwide across the United States and Canada starting on September 9, 2013.

[1] The idea to bring Frankel to talk television had been in the planning stages in 2011, but disagreements over the series' concept and failure to clear the show in major television markets resulted in the project being shelved that November.

[2] In January 2012, however, the project was revived when the Fox Stations group approached Warner Bros. Television about testing the show out as a summer replacement for some of the syndicated programs that were cancelled or had ended production.

[5] In some markets, the show was used to replace the cancelled Anderson Live, which was also distributed by Warner Bros. Television.

On February 14, 2014, Bethenny was cancelled due to a loss of affiliate clearances to NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution's upcoming The Meredith Vieira Show.