The idea for the series was conceived when Crane and Kauffman began thinking about the time when they had finished college and started living by themselves in New York; Kauffman believed they were looking at a time when the future was "more of a question mark."
Nápad na seriál im prišiel na um vtedy, keď Crane a Kauffmanová začali rozmýšlať o čase, kedy skončili univerzitu a začali žiť sami v New Yorku; Kauffmanová myslela tie časy, kedy ich budúcnosť bola „skôr otáznikom“.