The leading ladies for season two were Mia Emani Jones, a 26-year-old dental student and former pageant queen from Tampa, FL; Louise Barnard, a 25-year-old model from Michigan; and Tamaris Sepulveda, a 29-year-old account executive from The Bronx.

The leading ladies for season three are Katie Thurston, a 32-year-old comedian and former Bachelorette from Seattle, WA; Daniella Grace, a 33-year-old influencer, real estate investor and swimwear brand founder from Marina Del Rey, CA; and Hali Okeowo, a 28-year-old model from Brooklyn, NY.

[12][18] Host Nikki Glaser also serves as an executive producer,[20] as do Ben Bitoni, Sam Dean, Elan Gale and Jason Goldberg.

[25] HBO Max marketed it as "a social experiment that asks the age-old question: Can FBoys truly reform, or do Nice Guys always finish last?

[3][4] On March 16, 2023, it was reported that The CW (which is partially owned by HBO Max's company, Warner Bros Discovery) had picked up the show for a third season, along with a spinoff titled FGIRL Island.

As one example, in a conversation with a producer at Good For You Productions, he recommended that one of his friends - Garrett Morosky, who starred in the show - be cast for the program they were discussing.

One of the male contestants named Wayde Moore was edited out of the show prior to the premiere after it was learned that he had been on trial for attempted suffocation of a drunken woman; he was found not guilty but the judge described his behavior as "deeply inappropriate and disrespectful".

[54][55] Salon.com's Kylie Chung called the show "highly self-aware and entertainingly self-deprecating," while pointing out its central theme of "couple goals", when the female contestants choose their partners.

"[57] The Washington Post's Inkoo Kang commented that it "works so well because it takes the 'fboy' part seriously: They're there to be ogled, judged and ultimately taken down a peg" which creates "something encouraging about a show that isn't just about whether a woman can find a man, but the right one for her.

"[58] For her part, Time's Judy Berman, in a two-show review of the series and Sexy Beasts, commented on the former that it "happens to be a funny, addictive, shrewdly executed twist on a familiar format.

"[59] The AV Club's Danette Chaves concurred with Berman, calling the women "likable and clear-eyed about the choices they're making," concluding that the show "is a work in progress, but still worth checking out.

"[11] Metro Weekly's André Hereford partly agreed with Berman, Chaves and Dominguez's characterizations of the female contestants stating, "[they] are all likable, but they don't make astute choices," giving the show two out of five stars for "[saving] a few jaw-dropping twists till the end, which might be too late for some who have already escaped to more inviting shores.

[16] Megan Reynolds of Jezebel stated that "dating shows are past the point of reinvention," with the "[attempt] to place the power back in the hands of the women, a limp gesture towards something that could be called feminism.