This morning, a pair of long-rumored “Outlander” castings were finally made official. Starz confirmed that Gary Young and Charlie Hiett were cast in the important roles of Mr. Willoughby and Captain Thomas Leonard for the upcoming third season. Given that these are fantastic casting, let’s break them down individually. Mr. Willoughby – In some ways, Willoughby […]
We’re back with another edition today of our “Saturday Night Live” Wishlist series, and this time we’re talking about something a little bit different: The idea of co-hosts. While it’s not something that happens on a fairly regular basis, there is precedent for it. The last time that we saw two hosts was back when […]
Here’s one of the great things that come with writing about a show like “Outlander” — you have a fan following that keeps you aware of milestones, and also celebrates them with great aplomb. As some out there know, today marks the one-year anniversary of Sophie Skelton being announced as playing Brianna moving forward on […]
Peak TV is upon us. There are more television shows out there than ever before, and with that, free time to play catch-up or re-watch some of your favorites is at a premium. We’ve enclosed a graph, compiled by FX Networks Research, at the bottom of the article that gives you a sense of precisely […]
We feel like we’ve spent a good bit of time as of late discussing “Outlander” through the lens of recent awards and scheduling questions, but in the process of some of that, we may not have given the series itself its due! Let’s resolve that today, since the excellence of the show is one of […]
Throughout the month of January, we’ve published on CarterMatt a series of Ratings Bubble Report pieces to look at shows that are facing a somewhat uncertain future on the air — it’s been a fun series to look at in terms of investigating fan followings, and the relationship that exists between having a small but […]
Yesterday, we wrote a piece about some of the great secrecy and mystery that is surrounding at the moment the fourth season of “Black Sails” on Starz. Despite this being a show that is just one week from coming on the air, we still do not know all that much about the specific events of […]
Earlier this week, we made some of our thoughts clear when it comes to how “Outlander” should have been handled at the People’s Choice Awards after winning four separate awards — it wouldn’t have taken more than a minute of airtime to show a video of the cast accepting all of the awards together, and […]
Today may have been the Inauguration of Donald Trump as President, but today is turning out to be something even larger both in America and around the globe: The Women’s March. While the most-publicized one is happening in Washington mere yards away from the White House, protests are happening in hundreds of other cities and […]
Yesterday, “Outlander” had a chance to celebrate a huge achievement, as it swept the entirety of the People’s Choice Awards categories in which it was nominated. Also, it became the first cable show in history to win Favorite TV Show. We made it clear yesterday how dissatisfied we were that the show was not given […]
