The main characters mistake Ron Moore, a resident of Portland, for Ron Moore, director of Battlestar Galactica. In the same episode, during the "cold read" of the script, the real Ron Moore plays a local Portland actor who has never seen Battlestar Galactica.
At the conclusion of the episode, the characters having watched an episode of Doctor Who (2005). All of those present seem interested, except Edward James Olmos who is fast asleep. This is likely a reference to Olmos being decidedly NOT a fan of alien/technobabble/etc. style of science fiction, having famously told the producers of Battlestar Galactica that while he agreed to star, if so much as a single alien or bug-eyed monster were to turn up, he would quit on the spot.