The first American sitcom to feature a Nigerian family.
Billy Gardell's third collaboration with producer Chuck Lorre. Gardell previously appeared on Lorre's shows Mike & Molly (2010) and Young Sheldon (2017).
Vernee Watson's third collaboration with Chuck Lorre and second with Billy Gardell. She portrays a nurse on this show, and she had also guest starred as a nurse previously on The Big Bang Theory (2007) and Mike & Molly (2010).
Bob's sock company, MaxDot, gets its name from his parents, Max and Dottie.
Of the nine regular or recurring Black characters, Gloria, played by Vernee Watson, is the only one who is American-born. The other characters all emigrated from Nigeria. In real life, Watson, Barry Shabaka Henley, and Travis Wolfe Jr. are natives of America, and Travis Wolfe Jr. was born and raised in London, England.