History YMMV / JackAndBobby

* HilariousInHindsight: [[Series/MadMen Roger Sterling was Megan Draper's father.]] Even more so when [[spoiler:Roger became Megan's step-father in the final season]]

* TheScrappy: Missy. She does nothing but complicate Jack's life, first with her wanting to date him, the pregnancy scare, and her inability to see anyone else's position, cares only about herself, and worst of all, detracts the plot away from Jack and Bobby's development into their adult selves.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Oddly enough, of a character name. Robert [=McCallister=], moderate Republican...sound familiar? Rob Lowe's character on ''Series/BrothersAndSisters'' was given the same name and political ideology due to the show being made by the same creators, including producer Greg Berlanti, who never got to fully explore Bobby's political career due to ''Series/JackAndBobby'' being canceled. That being said, the ''Brothers and Sisters'' version of Bobby drops out of the presidential race. And also, he's running in the present day (i.e. the early 21st century) rather than the 2040's.

* HilariousInHindsight: [[Series/MadMen Roger Sterling was Megan Draper's father.]]

* JustForFun/XMeetsY: The show's premise is sort of like ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' meets ''Series/TheWestWing'', two shows that were both quite popular when this show premiered.

** BradleyCooper is the recurring character grad school student and Grace's lover interest Tom Wexler Graham.

* HarsherInHindsight: Jack's track injury sidelines him for the season, and at first one is inclined to believe that usual teenage {{Wangst}} will be the only result...until the documentary from the future reveals that [[spoiler: this injury gave Jack recurring pains in his knee; during the War of the Americas, he was unable to outrun enemy fire due to this recurring problem, resulting in his death.]]

* RetroactiveRecognition: Oddly enough, of a character name. Robert [=McCallister=], moderate Republican...sound familiar? Rob Lowe's character on ''Series/BrothersAndSisters'' was given the same name and political ideology due to the show being made by the same creators, including producer Greg Berlanti, who never got to fully explore Bobby's political career due to ''Series/JackAndBobby'' being canceled. That being said, the BrothersAndSisters version of Bobby drops out of the presidential race. And also, he's running in the present day (i.e. the early 21st century) rather than the 2040's.

* HilariousInHindsight: [[MadMen Roger Sterling was Megan Draper's father.]]
* RetroactiveRecognition: Oddly enough, of a character name. Robert [=McCallister=], moderate Republican...sound familiar? Rob Lowe's character on BrothersAndSisters was given the same name and political ideology due to the show being made by the same creators, including producer Greg Berlanti, who never got to fully explore Bobby's political career due to JackAndBobby being canceled. That being said, the BrothersAndSisters version of Bobby drops out of the presidential race. And also, he's running in the present day (i.e. the early 21st century) rather than the 2040's.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: TheWB kept moving the show around the schedule--causing it to shed viewers--until finally dropping it off on Sunday nights, a dead zone for teen viewers. It also was hardly advertised at all compared to most of the networks other shows, and after winter break, there was NO advance warning of any new episodes airing, so unless you used an episode guide, you'd NEVER know the show was even still on. Also from the ads it looked like a typical WB teen drama, but the commercials didn't even hint at the story of Bobby being president in the future (being told through flashforwards) People looking for a teen drama were caught off guard by the political storyline, and those who didn't mind the politics didn't watch the show because it didn't look too different from every other teen drama on the network. In the end the show's unique premise was its undoing, maybe it would've lasted longer without the future storyline.
* TooGoodToLast: Canceled during its first season.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Oddly enough, of a character name. Robert [=McCallister=], moderate Republican...sound familiar? Rob Lowe's character on BrothersAndSisters was given the same name and political ideology due to the show being made by the same creators, including producer Greg Berlanti, who never got to fully explore Bobby's political career due to JackAndBobby being canceled. That being said, the BrothersAndSisters version of Bobby drops out of the presidential race.

* HilariousInHindsight: [[MadMen Roger Sterling was Megan Draper's father.]] Awkwardness abounds!
* RetroactiveRecognition: Oddly enough, of a character name. Robert [=McCallister=], moderate Republican...sound familiar? Rob Lowe's character on BrothersAndSisters was given the same name and political ideology due to the show being made by the same creators, who never got to fully explore Bobby's political career due to JackAndBobby being canceled. That being said, the BrothersAndSisters version of Bobby drops out of the presidential race.

* HilariousInHindsight: [[MadMen Roger Sterling was Megan Draper's father.]]

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: TheWB kept moving the show around the schedule--causing it to shed viewers--until finally dropping it off on Sunday nights, a dead zone for teen viewers.