Matalon pitched the concept to Carol-Lynn Parente senior producer of the show. In a press release for the series, he explained the premise and development as follows: “I wanted to create a really intelligent and edgy female role model who could not only have some fun but inform. I have two small kids of my own and I see the thought progressions developing all the time. It only takes being a parent for a couple of minutes to realize that kids are really smart and we often take for granted and underestimate their knowledge and their powers of evaluation and deduction. That's where the germ of the idea came from. I wanted to create a female Sam Spade in the body of a seven year old!”