In the scenes where Kris remembers her childhood, young Kris is played by Cheryl Ladd's daughter Jordan Ladd. She mentioned this on The Talk (2010).
The title is based on the song "Georgia on My Mind" with lyrics by Stuart Gorrell and music by Hoagy Carmichael, and is the official state song of Georgia.
Only the third television role for Jonathan Frakes (Brad), nearly unrecognizable sans trademark beard and mustache. Frakes went on to global fame as Commander William T. Riker in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and other Trek verse spinoffs.
Tom Spratley (Jimmy) later appeared as a different character in season four's The Prince and the Angel (1979).
Michael Witney (Ted Burton) later appears as different characters in season four's Angel's Child (1980) and season five's Let Our Angel Live (1981).