Although the series was filmed in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, the series is set in a rural location in Texas, USA.
Ricardo Castaneda who plays the 4-5 year-old 'Michael Valdez-Reyes', the son of 'Shane Valdez', is the real life cousin of Shane Actor Eric Martinez. Eric's brother, Christopher Martinez, would go on the play the 7 year-old Michael in the show's 5th season.
In the 5th season of the show, creators Anthony Lucero and Eric Martinez pay homage to Legendary band Queen with four new characters who share all 4 band members first names. New characters include Roger played by Remy Mujynya and the 3 Flores brothers Freddie (Elijah Garcia), John (Isaiah Martinez) and Brian (Kevin Dominguez).