Producer Marcus J. Fox realized that a reality show based on Anna Nicole's daily life could be successful. One day Nicole and her lawyer/friend Howard K. Stern came to the "E" Hollywood True Story set with Nicole's small dog, "Sugar Pie" Nicole and her entourage were searching for a specialized dog food for Sugar Pie and couldn"t find it. When it turned into a major crisis, Fox realized that a show based on the life of Nicole could make a good reality series.
The producer of "The E True Hollywood Story" realized that a reality series based on Nicole, might work because the Anna Nicole Smith episode received the highest ratings ever of the series.
Unaired footage from the show involved a loaded gun which fell out of a couch. While producer Marcus Fox and Howard K Stern, Anna's lawyer, were moving a couch, a loaded gun fell out. Nicole is from Texas where it is legal and common to carry a licensed gun.