This episode was originally intended to air during the sixth season of "Black-ish", with Anders Holm playing the role of Paul Johnson. When the series was picked up for a full season, the role was recast with Mark-Paul Gosselaar and all scenes re-shot.
Mixed-ish (2019) is Kenya Barris' final series for ABC before departing for Netflix. Barris had been unhappy with the way ABC had handled some of the more controversial episodes of Black-ish (2014) and the way they had blocked some of his proposed pilots.
The series has some resonance for Tika Sumpter. Like her character, Alicia, she is also in a biracial marriage. Her husband, Nicholas James, is white.