The men were tasked with building shelter and locating survival supplies, in addition to obeying any commands of the women.
Mike Darnell, Fox's head of reality programming, explained that the series was shelved due to being dormant for too long.
"[7] However, contestant Tara Filer attributed the series' cancellation to "some sort of head butting between" Fox and Rocket Science Laboratories.
[9] An adaptation of the series, which was also titled When Women Rule the World, was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 4.
The eight-episode series premiered on September 4, 2008, and it was hosted by Welsh television presenter Steve Jones.