The sequence before the credits with Olivia wearing a Bart Simpson mask refers to Fox scheduled The Simpsons (1989) up against this show, which made national news. Some sources erroneously reported that the animated series beat The Cosby Show in the ratings, but this is inaccurate. For the two years, the shows were at the same time, Cosby won in the annual Nielsen ratings. It came in 5th place in the 1990-1991 season and 18th place in the 1991-1992 season; The Simpsons did not make the Top 30 either.
At the beginning of this show, Bill Cosby wears an SD pin on his sweater. However, this is a tribute to his friend Sammy Davis Jr, who passed away earlier that year. He wears the pin throughout the season.
At the beginning of this show, this episode is the show's next-to-last season, had an opening in front of a Mother Hale mural. However, when there was a disagreement over what compensation would be paid to the kids who painted the original mural, the show switched back to its previous season's Apollo Theater-themed opening with an added graphic for Erika Alexander. She became a regular on the show. Some shows began with Bill Cosby and Raven-Symoné telling the viewers that it was not a repeat. The final season used a slightly modified version of the Mother Hale opening.
The title is from the 1975 play/movie Same Time, Next Year by Bernard Slade about an affair whose meetings occur every year on the same day for 24 years.