Second time that Harley Graham plays a younger version of Reese Witherspoon; they both appeared in Miss Bodyguard (2015) with Harley playing the teenage version of Cooper.
Bradley, who is replacing Mitch (played by Steve Carell), walks out for the first time to a Kelly Clarkson song. Steve Carell famously yells "Kelly Clarkson!" while having his chest waxed (for real!) in Jungfrau (40), männlich, sucht... (2005).
The episode not only opens with Bradley's first appearance on The Morning Show but also the revelation that she had an abortion at the age of 15.