Just before Tanya switched a TV set being watched by her siblings to off, the movie they were watching on it was the original Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991).
When the babysitter is found dead, one of the Crandell children suggests that they take her body to a funeral home and leave it there with a note. Ayaamii Sledge's character Melissa Crandell, the most tech savvy of the Crandells, replies, "It's not 1991! Use your head! There are cameras everywhere". The suggestion is exactly what the Crandell children did in the original Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991), which was released into theaters in 1991.
Miles Fowler's character reveals that he will be attending Syracuse University in the upcoming fall. Screenwriter Chuck Hayward is an alumnus of Syracuse, having graduated in 2002.
Joanna Cassidy: As the fashion executive who meets Nicole Richie's character Rose at the end of the fashion show. Cassidy played the role of Rose in the original Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991).