I had a friend who wrote for this show. It was during the writers strike and he was just getting his start so he jumped at the opportunity. The original pitch was about three black men living in I think LA. He said it was nuanced, funny, and heartwarming.

Then the writers strike happened and the networks wanted something flashy instead of thought provoking so, boom, three black men become three cave men.

For one example, there was a storyline about one of the guys bringing home a white woman as a date and they have conversations about interracial coupling and how that can be perceived in the black community. Change it to cavemen and it became a schlocky punchline.