The series was discontinued in early June 2009 due to low ratings. It was Patrick Swayze's final acting role, he died on September 14, 2009.
Despite his cancer Patrick Swayze only missed one and a half days of the five month filming schedule when he had a cold.
Patrick Swayze agreed to star in this series despite undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer. The pilot episode had already been filmed before his diagnosis in mid-January 2008.
Patrick Swayze continued to smoke 40 cigarettes a day throughout filming, despite admitting he believed his heavy smoking had contributed to his pancreatic cancer. Swayze had been a heavy smoker for forty years, and he once admitted smoking three packs of cigarettes a day.
Patrick Swayze was unable to promote the series in January 2009, as he was hospitalized with pneumonia as a complication of his chemotherapy.