Trivia / The Real O'Neals

• The Cast Show Off: Broadway actor/singers Noah Galvin and Sean Grandillo get to show off their singing skills a few times throughout the series.
• Out of Order: The only episodes shown in production order in the first season are the first two and the last two. This is most glaringly obvious with "The Real Lent", which was the third episode aired but the sixth in production order. In it, Kenny has his first gay date and meets up with the guy twice. However, the next episode features his first day back at school after coming out, which would make no sense since the previous episode obviously covered a few days. This was also noted to make the depiction of Eileen's struggle to come to terms with having a gay son oddly realistic, as it comes off as a messy hodgepodge of conflicted emotions rather than the straight line to acceptance that had been intended.