Welcome to the first category of the 2015 CarterMatt Awards! If you missed our announcement yesterday, we are now kicking off our annual December tradition by celebrating the best that the year had to offer. Today, we begin with our first category: Underrated Show. Everyone has that show that they adore, they tell their friends to watch, and […]
The moment that we first heard that “The Big Bang Theory” was advertising Thursday night’s episode as the one where Sheldon and Amy got together, we knew very well what the intention there was: To drive as many viewers as humanly possible to the series. They were well aware of the fact that spoilers would […]
Think of this as ABC Family being incredibly strategic in their name change to Freeform. They want to launch it with the largest audience possible, and with that in mind, the network is swapping over on Tuesday, January 12, otherwise known as the premiere date for “Pretty Little Liars” season 6B and the new series […]
Thursday morning brought us the Golden Globe nominations, and for the most part it was a surprising assembly of people this year. We’ve got some repeat nominees, a whole lot of newbies, and even a few shows that many may not have heard about before. In looking at the full list of nominees, these are […]
This morning, the Hollywood Foreign Press made official their full list of nominees for the 2016 Golden Globes, but given that this is still in our mind the golden age of television, not everyone was going to get what they deserved. There would be snubs; some would be saddening, while others would be infuriating. We […]
For all fans of the Golden Globes, the wait is finally over! We’ve discussed our own dream nominees, debated whether or not the Hollywood Foreign Press would get it right, and there is now nothing more to talk about than the nominations being announced for the 2016 ceremony. This happened at the Beverly Hilton early […]
“What is dead will never die.” Those reading the title for this CarterMatt Extended article will probably catch the veiled reference almost right away to “Game of Thrones,” though for the sake of this piece, the phrase has to be augmented slightly. The subject is death, what it means to a show, and why for much […]
Over the course of the past several weeks, over a million votes have been cast in our CarterMatt – Golden Globes series, and we’re pleased now to be presenting the reader picks one day before nominations for the actual show are announced by the Hollywood Foreign Press. In doing this series for the first time (we’ve […]
There were some very odd things that happened in the ratings for Tuesday night’s TV lineup, and rather than beat around the bush with it, we feel like it is best to go ahead and dive right in. The winners – The great news is for the Chicago franchise over on NBC. “Chicago Med” (2.1) has […]
Let’s face it: It was a foregone conclusion that without “The Walking Dead” on the air, “Into the Badlands” was going to hit a little bit of a rough patch. One of the biggest questions was just how rough this said patch was going to be. Would the show lose all of its audience without […]
