The show's UK debut was on 12 November 2001 on BBC2. It was produced by Hat Trick Productions and Pariah Television. In August of the following year, NBC entered a deal to buy the format, but later dropped out. It was then bought by Fox TV who aired the show in the US under the title The Ortegas with a Latino family, rather than an Asian one. The Australian version, The Greeks on the Roof debuted in 2003.