casting took place during the spring of 2012; however, only a pilot episode was made. instead of hiring a new cast, production chose to keep those whom they had already hired and make a completely new pilot. the story now focused on dove cameron playing dual roles with the same parents and brothers. lead billing for cozi zuehlsdorff was later dropped to guest star. the family name of "rooney" was picked because of sullenger's enjoyment of the pittsburgh steelers, a team owned by the rooney family.