Carla Gugino replaced Christina Hendricks when the show was picked up for a series, and the character was changed.
The original idea was for the show to have a one hour pilot, and then thirty-minute episodes, but it was redeveloped as a one-hour show when picked up as a series.
Lindsey Buckingham did nearly fifty takes of "Big Love" in order to get the right version for the mini live performance in the episode, in which he guest-starred.
This is Cameron Crowe's first television venture.
Most of the exterior arena scenes are of Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan (grey and red arena). Many times, the People Mover (an above ground monorail that circles downtown Detroit) tracks are visible which runs right along the exterior of Joe Louis Arena.