He uses a generator to watch Cast Away

Adam Brody is pretty much his Chris Eigeman replacement, I think Whit actually said something along those lines.

Social worker was played by Josh Hamilton who also had a different role in Season 1

Funny enough, they're neighbors with each other in L.A.

I think most of the Thursday night games are divisional games, so they should be a lot better matchups and cause for pretty good ratings.