Before FOX picked up the series, ABC, NBC, and FOX had a bidding war over the show after Pamela Anderson got the lead role.
Tom Everett Scott was originally cast as Gavin, and even filmed the pilot episode. The producers, however, decided that Scott played the character a little too laid back, and not neurotic enough. So the part was re-cast with Elon Gold, and the pilot was filmed again with only a couple weeks before the show was supposed to debut.
In the second season, FOX ordered thirteen episodes, but only aired eight.