A handful of the stunts the cheerleading squad (mainly the pyramids) are illegal at the high school level per the National Federation of High Schools.
USA released the pilot episode online one week prior to its television premiere.
The book was originally conceived to be adapted into a film for Fox 2000 in 2013. Saoirse Ronan, Jennifer Aniston and Natalie Portman were circling parts at one stage or another.