Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

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The Character "Cameron" is a tribute to James Cameron, who wrote and directed the first two Terminator movies.
FBI agent Ellison is named after Harlan Ellison, the science fiction author whose work on an idea similar to the Terminator story was credited in the first Terminator movie.
Summer Glau got the role of Cameron based partly on the strength of her fight scenes in Serenity. Josh Friedman wrote the character with Glau in mind.
This series effectively 'retcons' Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, continuing the Terminator universe from the end of Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
During Derek Reese's flashback scene in the future, we learn that Andy Goode was so ashamed of his involvement in creating Skynet that he began using the alias William "Billy" Wisher. William Wisher Jr. is a long-time collaborator of James Cameron, the creator/director of the Terminator films. Wisher also co-wrote the screenplay for Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
German broadcaster Pro7 renamed the show to "Terminator: S.C.C." because the name was deemed too long and to avoid confusion with German celebrity/singer Sarah Connor.
SPOILER: The word "Terminator" was not spoken by any character until the finale of Season 2, "Born to Run," where Sarah Connor referred to Catherine Weaver as such.
Michael Shanks auditioned for the role of Derek Reese.
The source code that is visible on-screen in some episodes is written in Visual Basic.
The character of Charlie Dixon was played by Tim Guinee in the original pilot. His scenes were re-shot with Dean Winters before the show aired in early in 2008 and Dean Winters played the character throughout the series.
The house rented by the Connors in season 2 is the same house used in Cellular where Jessica Martin was held captive.
The Terminator "Cromartie" is an anime/manga reference to Cromatie High school. One of the students is a robot.
Cameron tells Sarah that she is from the year 2027 and that Skynet goes online in 2011.
During the initial fight in the house between Cameron and the rival Terminator, the shot gun Sarah pulls out of the wall is the same model the character used against the T-1000 in the final scenes of Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Sarah and John use the alias of Reese. Kyle Reese was Sarah's first protector in the original Terminator movie and is John's father.
Sarah Connor was born in Los Angeles, CA. She is 33 years old, 5'4" tall and weighs 110 pounds.
This episode was leaked onto the internet before it aired.
Aaron James Cash who plays the dream sequence Terminator was sitting in a coffee shop opposite Josh Friedman and asked him what he was writing on his laptop. The conversation eventually led to him being cast in the role.
The first time that Lena Headey had ever handled a weapon. She underwent special training for it.
Given the hectic schedule of an effects-heavy sci-fi TV series, David Nutter was keen to employ a director of photography who had had experience in that field. The chief candidate was Bill Roe, who had been heavily involved with The X-Files when it moved its shooting to Los Angeles.
A lot of the promotional material for this first season features interviews with a completely bald Thomas Dekker. This was because the interviews were recorded when he was in the middle of production of My Sister's Keeper (2009) in which he plays a cancer sufferer undergoing chemotherapy.
"Gnothi Seauton" is a transliteration of the Greek for "know thyself".
Enrique Salceda is the man Sarah, John, and the male Terminator visited in the movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day for supplies, guns, and a truck.
The address to the computer store was "1337" pronounced "leet" (substituting letters for similar looking numbers), hacker wannabe slang for "elite".
Andy refers to the original Turk, created in 1770, as an automaton, which the device was purported to be. However, since the mid-nineteenth century, the Turk has been known to be merely a magic illusion, with a human being sitting within the machine playing chess, rather than the machine itself.
Actor Phil Morris contributed an uncredited portrayal of the character Miles Dyson in a photograph in the pilot episode. A scene with the character was written and possibly even shot for this episode, but eventually left out for unknown reasons. Due to contractual reasons, Phil Morris still receives main guest credit, without appearing in the episode.
The red truck being driven off by the thieves is owned by "Tetsuo" corporation. Tetsuo (1989) is a J-horror/cyberpunk/Cult movie by 'Shinya Tsukamoto, about a man who becomes mechanical..
First appearance in the series of Garret Dillahunt playing Cromarty, one of the Terminators. (This character was played by Owain Yeoman in the pilot.)
A face recognition system recognizes Cameron with the tag "101". In the Terminator films the main character was a Model 101 Terminator of the 800 Series.
First appearance in the series of Brian Austin Green playing Derek Reese, the brother of Kyle Reese, Michael Biehn's character in the original The Terminator.