- Two of his attempts for crossovers with other television shows failed for the same reasons. The first attempt was to crossover Fox's The X-Files (1993) with CBS's Picket Fences (1992); however, CBS feared losing ratings to the newer network. The second attempt was to crossover with The WB's Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), but Fox also feared losing ratings to the newer network. In both cases, each show's Executive Producer was on board, David E. Kelley and Joss Whedon, respectively.
- Under tremendous time crunch, Carter did an all-night audio mix session to finish The X-Files (1993) pilot, which was to be shown to Fox executives the following morning. That night, he ended up sleeping on a couch in the Fox Studios lobby.
- Pitched The X-Files (1993) to Brandon Tartikoff at NBC, but Tartikoff turned it down.
- The name of his production company, Ten Thirteen Productions, comes from his birthdate, 10/13/1956. On The X-Files (1993), Mulder's birthday was also 10/13.
- Had a grandfather named Carl Gerhardt Bush, which Carter used as the true name of the Cigarette Smoking Man on The X-Files (1993).
- Has considered titling his eventual and as-yet-unwritten autobiography "Fridays At Nine," the timeslot for the shows he's created, due to their mix of successes and failures.
- His brother, William Craig Carter, is a Full Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT.
- Carter's father's name is "William"; on The X-Files (1993), both Mulder & Scully had fathers named "William".
- Lives in Santa Barbara, California.
- Son of William Carter, a construction worker, & Catherine Carter.
- Is the son of William Charles and Catherine C. (Mulder) Carter.
- Brother-in-law of Dianne Crittenden.
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