Continuity mistake: When Ed and Sherry get back together, you see a few shots of Rita, Sherry's roommate, watching them on TV and she's wearing a red top. Then about two minutes later, when Ed starts the contest you see another shot of her but she's now wearing different clothes, green dungarees and a grey jacket. Then later on just before Edtv is cut off, she's wearing different clothes again. Why would she change three times in one day? (01:43:05 - 01:47:15)
Continuity mistake: When Ed sees Sherri outside the video store he drops a big pile of videos, but there's no sound of them hitting the floor. Then when he is about to open the door they've disappeared. (01:39:05)
Factual error: Ed is working as a video store clerk, and yet he lives alone in a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco. No, he doesn't. Rent for a place of that size, in that neighbourhood, even if he got the place in the '80s, would have been more than the entire monthly paycheck for a video store clerk (even a well-paid one).
Continuity mistake: After Ed's real father dies and he arrives at the hospital, his mother is coming down the hallway wearing high-heeled shoes. After she gives Ed a hug she has flat shoes on. (01:30:30)
Continuity mistake: Ed's feet change position between shots when he is sitting in the bathroom on the hamper and talking to Cynthia. The hamper also changes position in the overhead shot. (01:14:20)
Continuity mistake: When Ed and his family are discussing whether or not to do the show, the cap on the 2 liter bottle of Mountain Dew appears and disappears between shots. (00:13:30)
