Aaron Gates

Editor

Aaron Gates has 10 years of editing experience, with 7 of those years dedicated to product review editing and consumer-focused content. He’s supplemented his writing studies degree from Utah Valley University with an ACES certification in accurate, audience-focused editing, and he works with writers at CableTV.com to help produce engaging content and trustworthy copy through conscious editing. Most evenings you’ll find Aaron thriving in Seattle, geeking out with his husband over the latest horror films, and impatiently waiting for the next season of X-Men ’97 to drop.

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2025 Live TV Streaming Customer Satisfaction Awards Survey: Niche Services Nudge Heavyweights Like YouTube TV Aside

by Randy Harward | Dec 12, 2024 | Featured, Industry News, Reviews, Streaming, TV

Read real perspectives from 8,097 customers. See how live TV streaming services like YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Frndly TV, Philo, and more rate in user satisfaction.

A collage of still images from Secret Level, Bookie, Dexter: Original Sin, and One Hundred Years of Solitude—all shows covered in CableTV.com's "What to Watch This Week" column for Dec. 9–15 2024

What to Watch This Week: Relax With Our Top 9 TV and Movie Picks (December 9–15)

by Randy Harward | Dec 9, 2024 | Entertainment, What to Watch

This week’s What To Watch picks include series premieres (Dexter: Original Sin, Secret Level, One Hundred Years of Solitude), returning series (Bookie season two), Funday Football with The Simpsons, holiday horror (Joe Bob’s Christmas Carnage), and Jamie Foxx finally spilling his tea in his Netflix comedy special (What Had Happened Was . . .).

A collage of still images from Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Fortune Feimster Crushing It!, Pop Culture Jeopardy, and Creature Commandos—all shows covered in CableTV.com's What to Watch This Week column.

What to Watch This Weekend: Relax With Our Top 9 TV and Movie Picks (December 2–8)

by Randy Harward | Dec 6, 2024 | Entertainment, What to Watch

This week’s What To Watch picks include series premieres (Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Creature Commandos), documentaries (The Sticky, Girls Gone Wild: The Untold Story), a new game show based on a classic (Pop Culture Jeopardy), Danny Trejo unearthing mysteries, Fortune Feimster’s third comedy special, and the MLS Cup Finals. Let’s hit the couch.

Announcing the 2025 CableTV.com Customer Satisfaction Award Winners

by Mike Strayer | Dec 4, 2024 | Best of the Best, Industry News, Reviews

Get insights from our customer satisfaction surveys for TV and internet. See which providers ranked highest in terms of customer satisfaction.

2025 On-Demand Streaming Customer Satisfaction Awards: HBO Max Lives Up to Its Catchphrase

by Olivia Bono | Dec 3, 2024 | Featured, Industry News, Reviews, Streaming

We asked 10,757 people about their streaming preferences. Read on to see how every major on-demand streaming service stacks up.

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2025 TV Customer Satisfaction Awards: Is Cable Back From the Dead? Customers See Life in Providers Like Xfinity and Verizon Fios

by Logan Jones | Dec 3, 2024 | Featured, Industry News, Reviews, TV

We asked nearly 6,000 cable, satellite, and fiber TV customers to rate their TV providers. Verizon Fios again emerged as the provider with the highest overall satisfaction rating (79%) and earned the highest ratings on 19 of 20 questions. Read on to see what’s so great about Verizon Fios—and how your TV provider fared.

2025 Internet Customer Satisfaction Awards: Cable ISPs Improve, But Fiber, 5G Still Lead

by Eric Chiu | Dec 3, 2024 | Featured, Industry News, Internet, Reviews

For the CableTV.com 2025 Internet Customer Satisfaction Survey, we talked to more than 8,800 internet users to find the best ISPs across the nation.

8 Best Christmas TV Episodes

by Bill Frost | Nov 27, 2024 | Entertainment, Family, Holiday, Listicles, TV

TV Christmas episodes are better than Christmas movies in at least one aspect: They’re shorter—do you have time to watch a two-hour film during the holiday season? Ho-ho-nope. Here are some great modern-classic TV Christmas episodes to squeeze in this yuletide season, including a couple that may spike your familial anxiety. (You’ve been warned.)

A collage of images from Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary, The Agency, Family Guy: Gift of the White Guy, and Dear Santa, shows and movies covered in CableTV.com's What to Watch This Week column.

What to Watch This Week: Relax With Our Top 10 TV and Movie Picks (November 25–December 1)

by Randy Harward | Nov 25, 2024 | Entertainment, What to Watch

This week’s What To Watch picks include series premieres (The Agency, The Madness), holiday specials (Family Guy, Saturday Night Live), holiday movies (Dear Santa, Nutcrackers), a doc(k) about yacht rock, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and the VOD streaming premiere of the ultra-gory holiday slasher flick, Terrifier 3. Let’s hit the couch!

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How To Watch Pittsburgh vs. Ohio State Men’s Basketball

by Taylor Kujawa | Nov 25, 2024 | How to Watch, Sports

Get ready for a Black Friday showdown! Ohio State men’s basketball hosts Pittsburgh on November 29 in a Peacock-exclusive matchup you won’t want to miss.

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