The show is set in Florida. With the exception of the pilot and episode 1.19, season 1 episodes are named after Tom Petty songs. Petty is a Florida native.
In May 2010, the series' creator Bill Lawrence announced that he was considering changing the series' title. Among the titles considered were "Friends & Family", "Friends & Neighbors", "Neighborhood Jules", "The Cul de Sac", "The End of the Street", "The Neighborhood" and "Neighborhooding". He almost settled on "Sunshine State," but decided against it when it was discovered that Matthew Perry's upcoming series would be named "Mr. Sunshine." Lawrence eventually decided to keep the original title.
In at least once scene, a sign for the fictional "Coffee Bucks" franchise can be seen in the background. Coffee Bucks was also featured in Scrubs, which was also created by Bill Lawrence.
On May 10, 2012, it was announced that the show would be leaving ABC and doing a fourth season on TBS. Also, TBS bought the rights to the first three season and would air them in repeats as well.
The unusually lengthy 'cold open' runs over a third of the episode, clocking in at almost seven minutes.
To spoof the title which no longer matches the content of the series, in the second season the producers started adding self-deprecating jokes to the show's title card. The one for this episode read (Still) "Cougar Town".
To spoof the title which no longer matches the content of the series, in the second season the producers started adding self-deprecating jokes to the show's title card. The one for this episode reads (Badly Titled) "Cougar Town".
To spoof the title which no longer matches the content of the series, in the second season the producers started adding self-deprecating jokes to the show's title card. The one for this episode reads: Not What The Show Is "Cougar Town".
To spoof the title which no longer matches the content of the series, in the second season the producers started adding self-deprecating jokes to the show's title card. The one for this episode reads (100% Cougar Free) "Cougar Town".
To spoof the title which no longer matches the content of the series, in the second season the producers started adding self-deprecating jokes to the show's title card. The one for this episode reads (Titles Are Hard) "Cougar Town".
To spoof the title which no longer matches the content of the series, in the second season the producers started adding self-deprecating jokes to the show's title card. The one for this episode reads: Modern "Cougar Town".
To spoof the title which no longer matches the content of the series, in the second season the producers started adding self-deprecating jokes to the show's title card. The one for this episode reads: It's Okay To Watch A Show Called "Cougar Town".
To spoof the title which no longer matches the content of the series, in the second season the producers started adding self-deprecating jokes to the show's title card. The one for this episode reads: Regretfully, We Give You, "Cougar Town".
The person sitting near Laurie and Travis in Subway is Danny Pudi. In _"Community: Critical Film Studies (#2.19)" (2009)_, Pudi's character Abed mentions that he was allowed on the "Cougar Town" set to be an extra.
Sam Lloyd reprises his Scrubs role of Ted Buckland. Ted met his (ex-)girlfriend "Gooch" during the eighth season of that show. He also mentions Hooch, a surgeon whom Tuck and J.D. accidentally drove insane; Ted quotes Hooch's last line on the show, "Hooch is crazy."
CAMEO(Bill Lawrence): Series creator Lawrence makes an appearance as a cop on the beach at the end of the episode.
When Grayson and Jules take Chick to the Doctor's office, before he bolts and runs there is a brief shot of the sign listing the doctors and it includes several names from the show "Scrubs" where Ken Jenkins (the actor who plays Chick) portrayed Dr. Kelso. The Doctors included Dorian (Zach Braff's character), Reid (Sarah Chalke's character), and Turk (Donald Faison's character).