This is Tracy Morgan''s first lead role in a TV series in 15 years, since "The Tracy Morgan Show"(2003). Morgan's character in this show is returning from a 15 year prison sentence.
Each episode title is taken from the name of a hip hop song.
Tiffany Haddish revealed in an interview given in 2019 that, even though she like doing the show, she would have not agreed to do it if she had been offered it after the success of Girls Trip. She argues that she would have created her own show instead.