* CreatorBacklash: Joe Jonas said in 2013 that he didn’t have fond memories of the show.
* TheDanza: Nick, Joe, Kevin and Frankie, though their surname is changed from Jonas to Lucas.
* DevelopmentHell: The series had a tortured background leading up to the premiere. Originally, the concept was for the group to be a front for secret agents in a "''Series/HannahMontana'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''"-type setup. For unknown reasons, that premise was dropped in favor of a standard KidCom[=/=]DomCom.
* DuelingWorks: With ''Series/BigTimeRush,'' another sitcom centered around the wacky antics of a boy band being heavily promoted by their respective networks at the exact same time.
* DyeingForYourArt: [[Creator/ChelseaStaub Chelsea Kane]], who dyes her hair blonde to play Stella. Acknowledged InUniverse in one episode where Macy's newspaper describes her as a "fake blonde".
* ExecutiveMeddling: Aside from CutShort and ScrewedByTheNetwork, executive meddling is supposedly the reason it was changed from its original premise as spies posing as a band to what it ended up being.
* RealitySubtext: Around the time the last few episodes of Jonas L.A. was being written (and filmed), Music/NickJonas was working on his side project and Kevin had recently been married, so there were tons of rumors about the band breaking up and the brothers having a falling-out, rumors which show up after Nick meets with Montra and Joe gets the offer for the second movie. (Might also double as a TakeThatAudience, considering the emphasis on how they would never really break up or fall out with each other.)
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Eventually rectified. Its original time slot was Saturday at 8:00 p.m., right up against competition ranging from Series/{{iCarly}}'s "iDate a Bad Boy" special and a thrilling Chicago Bulls-Boston Celtics NBA playoff series; but after seeing the show get hammered, Creator/DisneyChannel had it more to their standard Sunday night slot.
** See CutShort on the main page.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The show was originally pitched as ''J.O.N.A.S. (Junior Operatives Networking As Spies)'', a KidCom where the Jonas Brothers played spies posing as a band, the character of Stella was a teenage reporter trying to find out the band's secrets and an evil dentist was the villain. Stills from the pilot can be seen [[http://love-music.metroblog.com/serie_j_o_n_a_s_junior_operative_networking_as_spies_proximamente here]], and a clip from that premise was seen in a New Year's Day preview of upcoming Disney Channel shows for 2009.