As this episode aired right after Super Bowl LII (February 4, 2018), where the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the New England Patriots 41-33, which also aired on NBC, this episode included scenes where the characters were watching the game on television, and the television in the scene had actual footage of that game. The editors had only a few hours to add same day Super Bowl footage to those scenes.
During the scene where Kevin is "talking" to Jack and says "I did a movie with Rocky" - in real life, Milo Ventimiglia played Rocky's son in Rocky Balboa (2006).
This episode was aired on Super Bowl Sunday.
All NBC-aired Super Bowls, starting with Super Bowl LVI, will take place during an ongoing Winter Olympic Games, to which NBC has the broadcast rights as well. As a result, this episode of "This Is Us" is expected to be the last ever entertainment program to lead out an NBC-aired Super Bowl, as NBC followed Super Bowl LVI with a block of events from the Olympics, which is expected to be the norm going forward.