- The title refers to 'hot scoop', as in getting the lead in a big news story.
- Francine tells Hayley "Any way you want it, that's the way you need it. Any way you want it", quoting the lyrics to Journey's "Any Way You Want It".
- Francine compares Hayley's program to "Jonestown with ankle weights", referring to Jim Jones' People's Temple, which committed mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana in 1978.
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