Back to the Frontier, which premiered on July 10, follows three families, including Hanna and Riggs, as they attempt to live like 19th-century homesteaders. Speaking to LGBTQ+ outlet Queerty, Hanna also called the experience “a great, amazing opportunity to normalize same-sex couples and same-sex families.”

Chip and Joanna Gaines rose to fame after the 2013 premiere of their HGTV show, Fixer Upper. In each episode, the married couple showed other families through a few homes for sale in central Texas, around Waco,

Magnolia founders Chip and Joanna Gaines enjoyed date night amid backlash from evangelicals for casting a gay couple.