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The series was cancelled by ABC after only two episodes had aired, on January 13, 2012, just days after its January 3 premiere.

The premiere drew 6.16 million viewers, but ratings dropped to 4.9 million for the second episode amid growing controversy.

IGN critic Matt Fowler gave the pilot a score of 0, a rating the site reportedly had not used since a review of Olympic Hockey '98.

USA Today's Robert Bianco described the show as 'witless, tasteless, poorly acted, abominably written, clumsily directed, hideously lit and badly costumed,' awarding it just one star out of four.

Metacritic gave the series a score of 19/100, indicating 'overwhelming dislike,' based on 22 reviews.

LGBTQ advocacy groups including the Human Rights Campaign, GLAAD, and the Transgender Law Center criticized the show for trivializing workplace obstacles faced by transgender people.

Protests took place at ABC's network offices over a line in the pilot in which Amaury Nolasco's character Angel, a Puerto Rican, claims he would 'be great at selling drugs.'

In the unaired pilot, the role of Kat Standish was played by Kacie Lynch before she was replaced by Hannah Sullivan for the broadcast version.