* This is the third time Peter has created television shows to amuse himself. He did it in "I Never Met the Dead Man" by wearing a cardboard cutout of a TV screen and walking about town looking through it, and in "PTV" when he and the gang created their own cable TV station to fight government censorship.
* In the promos for this episode, the names "Jessica Alba" and "Home Depot" were bleeped to avoid payment of the names.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTTSyUSX6wM
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* Peter broadcasts his show from Quahog Cable 26. However, a van is parked at the studio with the number 27 on it.
* During the premiere broadcast of this episode, a trailer for Seth MacFarlane's film Ted debuted.http://video.wikia.com/wiki/File:Ted_-_%22Family_Guy%22_Trailer
* This episode marked Neil Goldman's first significant speaking appearance since "Stew-Roids".
* Chris thinks that Petey's Funhouse was created by Aaron Sorkin.