While ABC has a lot to celebrate when it comes to winning the ratings title Sunday by a huge margin, you still have to wonder what caused the Oscars to fall so hard in the ratings. Based on some early numbers (more could be released latest), the Chris Rock-hosted show on Sunday drew the lowest […]
Tonight in the midst of a very busy night at the Oscars was a segment that has become an annual tradition: In Memoriam. It’s a beautiful chance to honor some great work from people we have lost, but it in itself has become a source of controversy over time. After all, there is always going […]
We’ve never declared ourselves here at CarterMatt to be the biggest movie buffs in the land, we do want to at least provide a resource for some of the people out there who do want to watch the show live have something to discuss and look at in their own right. That’s what this particular Oscars […]
We knew that Chris Rock was going to start off the Oscars this year by touching on the controversy in his opening monologue. However, what we did not anticipate seeing from there was a segment featuring black actors randomly showing up in “clips” from some of the most-nominated movies of the year. This was completely […]
The 2016 Oscars were one of the most-anticipated shows for a wide array of reasons, but let’s be honest: Most of them started and ended with the host in Chris Rock. He was the right person to host a show that had a lot of controversy, especially since he was more than capable of poking […]
The Academy Awards are airing tonight on ABC, but is this the only thing worth watching? Hardly. As almost everyone out there likely knows, the show airing after the show (and also the local news) is a tremendous late-night tradition hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, one that routinely brings out big stars and also does some ridiculously funny things. While […]
Will all of the recent controversy about the Oscars have some sort of significant impact in the awards-show’s ratings? That’s something that remains to be seen, but for the time being we’re starting to think that the show on ABC tonight could have some of the biggest ratings in some time … mostly thanks to Chris […]
Tonight, it’s finally here: The 2016 Academy Awards! There has obviously been a lot of buss and also controversy about some of the nominees, but come around midnight or so tonight Eastern time, we should finally know who has some new additions to their trophy collection, who chose to make a big statement, and whether […]
Have the Oscars finally figured out a way to stop the problem of acceptance speeches going on and on until the show runs for almost four hours? It’s at least something that they are considering at the moment with a new proposed change to the format. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the idea here is to […]
The 2016 Academy Awards are all about honoring movies, but today their latest batch of announced presenters certainly has a rather distinct TV feel to it. Some of the names confirmed to be appearing include “Quantico” star Priyanka Chopra, “Scandal” star Kerry Washington, former “Daily Show” correspondent and “The Newsroom” star Olivia Munn, “How I […]
