For our latest edition of our Best of 2014 series, we’re going to talk actors. Specifically, we gave ourselves the challenge of trying to pick five nominees for the Drama Actor category. This was not easy. We could have added five more names, and we still would feel like we snubbed dozens of people. The […]
We don’t often cover the business side of television, but this one is notable enough at this point that it should be reported on: Dish Network and CBS have failed to reach a new carriage agreement, and due to that, more than a dozen network affiliates, along with some CW programming and other independent stations, […]
While “Peter Pan Live!” was not anywhere near the smash hit that we saw with “The Sound of Music” last year, we feel like in the end, NBC probably did enough here still to feel convinced that this is a concept worth sticking with once a year. The ratings for the live musical this time […]
As we’ve said over the past few weeks, we have the utmost sympathy for everyone who is associated with NBC’s latest venture into live musicals: “Peter Pan Live!“. Why? It has nothing to do with the overall quality of the show; instead, it is really all about just having to be so heavily scrutinized. The […]
What does it mean to be a Breakout Star? It’s a complicated term with multiple definitions. Some may say it’s the star of a hugely successful show, or someone who just has that something special to stand out from the norm. For our CarterMatt Awards, we’re once again defining this as someone who really broke […]
Awards season is quickly approaching, and to us, this means mostly one thing: Getting a chance to size up whether or not the organizations are brilliant, or are becoming increasingly out of touch with what the average viewer is thinking and feeling. Today, we are doing this courtesy of the official nominees for the annual […]
While 2014 may not have been a great year for some genres of TV (there may be only one or two comedies that debuted within the past 12 months we enjoy), it was an incredible one for drama. Not only that, but even one reality show pushed the envelope and tried something a little different. […]
Last year, NBC did something with their programming that we never imagined a major network would want to do: Adapt a musical for live television, and have it cater to as large of an audience as possible. “The Sound of Music Live!” became a surprise hit, but if you looked online, it was not always […]
Yesterday, we started off our Best of 2014 series with an article that really highlighted some of the Most Underrated Shows of the year. Now, we’re changing course with the second category. This is Most Disappointing Show, and we imagine here that the name speaks for itself. These are shows that we had big expectations […]
For all of you who love “Glee,” we have some news for you that many will appreciate: The announcement that you’ll be seeing a little bit more of Darren Criss beyond just on the Fox series! It was announced today that the actor, best known for playing Blaine Anderson on the Fox musical-comedy, is going […]
