Gabrielle reads about the Spurs' star in a newspaper. The San Antonio Spurs star, Tony Parker, was then Eva Longoria's real life husband. They were married from 2007 - 2011.
Eva Longoria (Gabrielle) submitted this episode for consideration of her work in the category of "Outstanding Lead Actress - Comedy Series", for the 2008 Emmy Awards.
The episode title, "In Buddy's Eyes", is taken from a song of the same name in the Stephen Sondheim musical, 'Follies' (1971).
The song "Not Like That" by Ashley Tisdale, was released as promotion for this episode.