In May 2020, the series was canceled after two seasons.
"Bless This Mess" was originally set up at Fox where it received an off-cycle pilot order for the Fox Network before ABC picked it up to series.
Series creator/star Lake Bell shares the same last name with actress Kristen Bell, who happens to be married to Lake's co-star Dax Shepard. Despite sharing the same last name (and the speculation of some fans), the two are not related.
The show is a modern retelling of Newhart. A young couple from New York City inheriting a farm in Nebraska (instead of an Inn in Vermont), with the patriarch a writer, and the show centered around the strange people of the town.
The plot seems to be a thinly veiled remake of "The Egg and I" starring Claudet Colbert and Fred MacMurray.