This episode aired on Fox immediately following the network's coverage of Super Bowl XLV between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers.
Among the things Katie Couric lists off to Sue Sylvester as the things she beat out for "Loser of the Year Award" was the name "Dina Lohan". This was an obvious reference to the public attack Dina Lohan made against the show & Gwynneth Paltrow after the episode "The Substitute" aired earlier in this season (see the "Trivia" section for that episode.)
This is the highest rated episode of the series, drawing in 26.80 million viewers.