It is. However, the underlying premise of the show (suburban wife/husband sells dope) was the same and the producer of BB said if he had heard of Weeds he wouldn’t have made BB.
She was selling because she had no skills to get any decent normal job. He was selling to make (the rest of lifes) money for his family to survive on because he was dying. He was a genius and made the absolute best product out there. She sold other peoples dope and was just a dealer. She had zero smarts or talents. He never would have done it if he was not dying. She wasnt dying but her mealticket husbank died and she had no way to make decent money because she was an airhead who had no skills she could market to get a good regular job.