The drama was originally in talks to air on KBS 2TV when casting was announced in February 2016, but SBS later joined the bidding war for broadcast rights.

In April 2016, it was announced that SBS had won the broadcast rights, and the production was ultimately scheduled as an SBS Wednesday-Thursday miniseries due to production schedule and programming planning issues at KBS.

Lead actor Jo Jung-suk won the Best Actor award in the romantic comedy category and the Top 10 Stars award, while Gong Hyo-jin won Best Actress in the same category at the 2016 SBS Drama Awards.

Seo Ji-hye received a Special Acting Award in the romantic comedy category and Go Kyung-pyo won the Rising Star Award at the 2016 SBS Drama Awards.

The show has been academically analyzed as a case study applying Tie-Up Theory to a romantic narrative, simulating human mating processes with social cognition valence.

Actress Han Ji-min made a special appearance playing a character named after herself, a clinic director who was one of Lee Hwa-shin's past blind dates.

Singer-actor Lee Sun-kyun made a special appearance as Pyo Na-ri's blind date, but only in a voice-only role.