The show's producers sought to distinguish it from previous American working-class shows by highlighting how Frank's alcoholism affects his family.[8] Paul Abbott, creator of the original, said, "It's not My Name Is Earl or Roseanne. It's got a much graver
level of poverty attached to it. It's not blue collar; it's no collar."[8] When John Wells, the showrunner, began pitching the show, he had to fight efforts to place the show in the South or in a trailer park. He explained, "We have a comedic tradition of making fun of the people in those worlds. The reality is that these people aren't 'the other' – they're people who live four blocks down from you and two blocks over".[8]
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