Men in Trees is a romantic television dramedy series starring Anne Heche. The series is centered around relationship coach Marin Frist's misadventures upon relocation to the fictional town of Elmo, Alaska. The premise shows at least superficial similarities to the HBO television series Sex and the City (on which series creator Jenny Bicks was a co-executive producer), which also featured a romantically-oriented, female writer. The protagonist's apparent "fish-out-of-water" feeling in a remote, small, Alaskan town can be likened to CBS's Northern Exposure. The protagonists in both series are New Yorkers thrust into small town Alaska societies. Filming for the series is based in Squamish, British Columbia, home of Quest University Canada.

On March 21, 2007, it was announced that ABC has renewed Men in Trees for a second season. According to creator Jenny Bicks, ABC initially planned for the show back to return to its original Friday night time slot of 9:00PM Eastern/8:00PM Central following 20/20, instead of the timeslot announced at the 2007 Upfronts. Instead, the series briefly followed Women's Murder Club before switching time slots with 20/20 to its most recent time slot — 8:00PM Eastern/7:00PM Central.

Five episodes of the first production season, which were not yet shown on ABC, debuted in New Zealand on the TV2 network in June 2007 and July 2007. The five carryover episodes aired on ABC after the first episode of the second production season, beginning October 19.