The character Griffin Mill has the same name as Tim Robbins's character in The Player, where he runs a movie studio.
Part of the show was shot at Fox Studios in Century City, CA.
This series marks the third collaboration between Seth Rogen and Paul Dano after the Steven Spielberg biopic film The Fabelmans (2022) and the game film Dumb Money (2023).
The opening shot of "The Player" by Robert Altman is approximately eight minutes. The opening shot of the studio is approximately seven minutes.
In episode 3, "The Note", Anthony Mackie plays himself. In 2015 he starred alongside Seth Rogen (Matt Remick) in "The Night Before".