BET Networks president Scott Mills believes Jonica's role of Hattie will be groundbreaking. 

“I think it’s beautiful that the character is a masculine-presenting lesbian. [Hattie is] beautiful and smart and funny and charming and I love that," he told Variety. "That’s going to be groundbreaking because no one in the industry has had a lead like that in a series. In addition to that, it’s simply a beautiful, warm, sweet funny series. And so, I think everyone is going to be delighted at this special experience and I think people will go."