Grace Gummer plays Nora Ephron in the series. Gummer's mother, Meryl Streep, starred in three films written by Ephron: Silkwood (1983), Heartburn (1986) and Julie & Julia (2009).
On December 2, 2016, Amazon cancelled the series after one season.
The real Eleanor Holmes Norton went on to become a US Congresswoman and is still one as of 2016. 46 years after the lawsuit against Newsweek for equal rights, the United States voted on the first woman for President (who subsequently lost to a game-show host).
Stock footage of New York City, used in the opening scenes of the pilot episode, show cars from the late 1970s and early 1980s, well after the show's setting of December 6, 1969.
Features Genevieve Angelson's first nude scenes.