The Mexican restaurant Veronica visits with the girls from the station is named "Escupimos en su Alimento". In English, that means, "We spit on your food."
Many of the actors and actresses were good at improvisation. They would sometimes do up to 20 different versions of reaction lines, trying out the first thing that popped into their heads.
Will Ferrell graduated from college with a degree in Journalism. He anchored the local news a few times before breaking into comedy.
This film had been pitched to DreamWorks almost 20 times before, following the successes of Retour à la fac (2003) and Elfe (2003). DreamWorks had little faith in the film, doubting Will Ferrell and Adam McKay could pull off an entire film based on news anchors. The film grossed $84 million domestically, and McKay had so much extra footage he was able to make a second film out of it.
Judd Apatow: When Brian Fantana hits on Veronica in the news office while wearing Panther cologne, Apatow says that the cologne smells like: "A turd covered in burnt hair".
Ben Stiller: The original choice for Brian Fantana appears as an anchor for the Spanish-language news team.
Jerry Minor: The bass player at the Spanish restaurant, where Ron plays the flute, is Will Ferrell's Saturday Night Live (1975) co-star.