As the show's budget increased, to avoid studio interference Stephen King paid for all the overages himself.
Sony pictures wanted the show shot on HD video. The director wanted to shoot on 35mm film. Stephen King agreed with his director and paid for the additional expenses out of his own pocket.
The scene where Peter Rickman (Jack Coleman) is hit by a car happens almost exactly how Stephen King described the time he was hit by a car in his memoir, "On Writing". The only difference is that the man who hit King in real life was older, sober and stopped to see if he was all right.
In the episode where the Robins lose the World Series, the broadcaster says, "It seems like something from a Stephen King horror story."