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* CompanyCrossReferences: Equatorial Kundu is a fictional country first used in Series/TheWestWing.
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* CastingGag: Thomas Matthews, who plays a ''News Night'' staffer, is the son of Creator/{{MSNBC}} news anchor and political commentator, [[LargeHam Chris Matthews]].
* CastTheExpert: Margaret Judson, who plays Tess, worked at Creator/{{MSNBC}} and was shadowed by Aaron Sorkin as he was developing the show. She later auditioned for and won a role in the series itself.

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* CastingGag: Thomas Matthews, who plays a ''News Night'' staffer, is the son of Creator/{{MSNBC}} MSNBC news anchor and political commentator, [[LargeHam Chris Matthews]].
* CastTheExpert: Margaret Judson, who plays Tess, worked at Creator/{{MSNBC}} MSNBC and was shadowed by Aaron Sorkin as he was developing the show. She later auditioned for and won a role in the series itself.

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* TheCastShowoff: One of the main plots of "Bullies" hinges on Sloan Sabbith's fluency in Japanese. In real life, Creator/OliviaMunn was predominantly raised in UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}}, UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}, and later minored in Japanese.

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One of the main plots of "Bullies" hinges on Sloan Sabbith's fluency in Japanese. In real life, Creator/OliviaMunn was predominantly raised in UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}}, UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}, and later minored in Japanese.
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* MagnumOpusDissonance: Creator/AaronSorkin [[http://gawker.com/sorkin-that-campus-rape-episode-was-the-only-really-g-1669491565 considers]] the very, '''very''' controversial episode "Oh Shenandoah" his favorite episode. Some critics on the other hand were put off by the episode and it was divisive among viewers.

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* MagnumOpusDissonance: Creator/AaronSorkin [[http://gawker.com/sorkin-that-campus-rape-episode-was-the-only-really-g-1669491565 considers]] the very, '''very''' controversial episode "Oh Shenandoah" his favorite episode. Some critics on the other hand were put off by the episode and it was divisive among viewers.

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* ActorAllusion: Jane Fonda, cast as the owner of a cable news network, who was married for ten years to UsefulNotes/TedTurner, founder of CNN. It's probably no coincidence that it's called Atlantis Cable News (owned by Atlantis World Media), an homage to Ted Turner's Atlanta-based cable network.

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Jane Fonda, cast as the owner of a cable news network, who was married for ten years to UsefulNotes/TedTurner, founder of CNN. It's probably no coincidence that it's called Atlantis Cable News (owned by Atlantis World Media), an homage to Ted Turner's Atlanta-based cable network.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Characters rely on Blackberries for messaging and news updates. The devices were holding on for dear life as business tools when the series was produced before being completely pushed out of the market by smartphones not long after the series ended.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: John Gallagher Jr. actually guest-starred in Creator/AaronSorkin's ''Series/TheWestWing'', albeit he's almost unrecognizable as an awkward, skinny, gawky teenager.
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* MagnumOpusDissonance: Creator/AaronSorkin [[http://gawker.com/sorkin-that-campus-rape-episode-was-the-only-really-g-1669491565 considers]] the [[RapeAsDrama very]], '''[[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment very]]''' [[Administrivia.RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment controversial]] episode "Oh Shenandoah" his favorite episode. Some critics on the other hand were put off by the episode and it was divisive among viewers.

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* MagnumOpusDissonance: Creator/AaronSorkin [[http://gawker.com/sorkin-that-campus-rape-episode-was-the-only-really-g-1669491565 considers]] the [[RapeAsDrama very]], '''[[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment very]]''' [[Administrivia.RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment controversial]] very, '''very''' controversial episode "Oh Shenandoah" his favorite episode. Some critics on the other hand were put off by the episode and it was divisive among viewers.
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* ActorAllusion: Jane Fonda, cast as the owner of a cable news network, who was married for ten years to UsefulNotes/TedTurner, founder of CNN. It's probably no coincidence that it's called Atlantis Cable Network (owned by Atlantis World Media), an homage to Ted Turner's Atlanta-based cable network.

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* ActorAllusion: Jane Fonda, cast as the owner of a cable news network, who was married for ten years to UsefulNotes/TedTurner, founder of CNN. It's probably no coincidence that it's called Atlantis Cable Network News (owned by Atlantis World Media), an homage to Ted Turner's Atlanta-based cable network.

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