According to Wendell Pierce, during a table read, a CBS executive questioned whether Ben should kiss Matty because he was unsure that black people kiss their kids. Gregory Hines became angry and had a private talk with the executive.
When broadcast on TV2 in Norway, it was the first series to be showed both in dubbed and in original language with subtitles, so the viewer could call in to vote on which version they preferred. Norwegian television and movies are never dubbed, except for children's programming, unlike Germany, France and Spain who dub everything. When the votes were tallied, 85% of viewers preferred the subtitled version.