Reverie was created by Mickey Fisher, who also served as executive producer on the series.

The show was produced by Universal Television and Amblin Television, with Steven Spielberg serving as one of the executive producers.

The pilot episode was directed by Jaume Collet-Serra.

Reverie holds a 62% score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 13 reviews (average rating 6.9/10) and a Metascore of 42 based on 7 reviews.

IndieWire's Hanh Nguyen and The Verge's Adi Robertson both compared the show to the British series Black Mirror, though they reached opposite conclusions about its optimistic tone.

Reverie was the lowest-rated series of NBC's 2018 summer lineup, averaging just over 2 million viewers per episode, and the network canceled it after a single season on November 6, 2018.