Ron Howard claimed he insisted to Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg that if he was going to be in the show he wanted a real acting scene rather than just making a cameo as himself. Howard further claimed that he never had gone on such a rant during a meeting, but it was fun to "play an asshole."
The character Griffin Mill has the same name as Tim Robbins's character in The Player, where he runs a movie studio.
Won a total of 13 awards at the 2025 Emmys-setting a new record for the most awards for a comedy series in a single Emmy season, breaking the previous record of 11 by The Bear (2022).
Bryan Cranston based his portrayal of Griffin Mill on the late producer Robert Evans. Cranston claimed that the character as written was based on a real contemporary studio executive, but Cranston found that person too "boring."
Part of the show was shot at Fox Studios in Century City, CA.