Alphas was originally called "Section 8, Alphas" during development. Although initially developed in 2006, it wasn't until 2009 that it was picked up by a network.
Season 2 episode 12 the character Zoe (Skylar Wexler) asks Skylar Adams (Summer Glau) if a tracking device was a terminator. This is a homage to Summer Glau playing the part of Cameron Phillips and Allison Young in the Fox series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008).