McCarthy, 58, continued his TV film streak into the 2000s. Now, he mainly directs episodes of TV. He has episodes of "Gossip Girl," "Orange Is the New Black," "The Blacklist," "New Amsterdam," and "Good Girls" under his belt. He also appeared in five episodes of the latter. In 2020, he had a small role in an episode of "13 Reasons Why."
He has also written multiple travel books and was an editor at National Geographic. He was even named the travel journalist of the year in 2010. McCarthy published a YA novel in 2017, "Just Fly Away," and a memoir in May 2021 entitled "Brat: An '80s Story," about his time in the Brat Pack.
He married Dolores Rice, an Irish actress and writer, in 2011, and they have two children together.
McCarthy's eldest son, Sam, currently stars in the Netflix series "Dead to Me" as Charlie, the older son of Christina Applegate's character Jen. Sam also played the son of Ringwald in "All These Small Moments," letting "Pretty in Pink" fans see what could've been.