[1] The series also stars Jordan L. Jones, Jess Hilarious and Sinbad.

[2] The series centers on Rel, a nurse living on the West Side of Chicago, whose life is soon disrupted when his wife is having an affair with his own barber and divorces him.

Co-creator Kevin Barnett, who also worked on the show Broad City[17] died at the age of 32 on January 22, 2019.

His death in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, while he was on vacation, was caused by pancreatitis.

The website's critical consensus reads, "Rel has a talented star supported by a solid ensemble, but none of it's enough to disguise an ordinary sitcom that hits a series of generic beats.