This film broke the Sci-Fi Channel's records by being the highest-rated television event in the network's history.
Dorothy Gale is referred to as the first in the royal bloodline. In the original books by L. Frank Baum, Dorothy was declared a princess of Oz and adopted as a sister by the ruler Ozma.
Glitch makes a reference to not liking scarecrows, a reference to that character's original version.
Neal McDonough was in a school play of The Wizard of Oz as a child. He wanted to play the Tin Man but was cast as the Lion instead. In this series, he plays an analog of the Tin Man.
During a flashback as children, Azkadelia says to DG how smart it was to trick the trees into throwing their apples at them. This is a reference to Le Magicien d'Oz (1939), when Scarecrow does the same to get apples for a hungry Dorothy.