Bill Frost
Bill Frost has been a journalist and TV reviewer since the 4:3-aspect-ratio ’90s. His pulse-pounding prose has been featured in The Salt Lake Tribune, Inlander, Coachella Valley Independent, Las Vegas Weekly, and many other dead-tree publications (see BillFrost.tv). In addition to being a Senior Contributing Writer at CableTV.com, Bill is a syndicated streaming TV columnist for Salt Lake City Weekly and other alternative weeklies, and host/producer of TV Tan Podcast. By night, Bill cranks a Flying V with his band at the bar.
What to Watch This Week | October 10–16
by Bill Frost | Oct 10, 2022 | Entertainment, What to Watch
This week’s recs include the climactic Halloween Ends, MLS Playoffs soccer action, new series The Watcher and High School, the return of space comedy Avenue 5, and the cautionary Barney doc I Love You, You Hate Me. Smash that remote button!
Read more What to Watch This Week | September 26–October 2
by Bill Frost | Sep 26, 2022 | Entertainment, What to Watch
This week’s What to Watch picks include the return of hit comedy Ghosts, Singapore Grand Prix racetrack action, long-awaited Marilyn Monroe drama Blonde, the season premiere of Saturday Night Live, and ’90s throwback-reboots Hocus Pocus 2 and Interview with the Vampire. Stop dreaming, start streaming!
Read more What to Watch This Week | September 19–25
by Bill Frost | Sep 19, 2022 | Entertainment, What to Watch
The fall TV season kicks off for real this week, with most of your favorite ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC series returning with new episodes (except Ghosts, the only show most of us care about, which will be back for Season 2 next week). Fun fact: Only three-fifths of weeknights are occupied by Dick Wolf procedurals—step it up, Dick.
Read more What to Watch This Week | September 12–18
by Bill Frost | Sep 12, 2022 | Entertainment, What to Watch
This week’s picks include the returns of Los Espookys, Atlanta, and The Handmaid’s Tale, continued UEFA soccer action, new movies Do Revenge and Goodnight Mommy, back-to-school drama with Heartbreak High and Vampire Academy, and a big move for Days of Our Lives. Stream away!
Read more What to Watch This Week | September 5–11
by Bill Frost | Sep 5, 2022 | Entertainment, What to Watch
This week’s What to Watch recommendations include the return of NFL Sunday Night Football, the premieres of American Gigolo and Monarch, the streaming debut of Thor: Love and Thunder, another round of Cobra Kai, and comedy thriller Wedding Season. Get watching!
Read more What to Watch This Week | August 29–September 4
by Bill Frost | Aug 29, 2022 | Entertainment, What to Watch
This week’s What to Watch picks include the premiere of mega-budget fantasy series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, the 2022 US Open, the debuts of thrillers Devil In Ohio and The Patient, satiric mockumentary Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul., and the return of Rick & Morty. September’s coming in hot!
Read more What to Watch This Week | August 22–28
by Bill Frost | Aug 22, 2022 | Entertainment, What to Watch
This week’s What to Watch recs include Ryan Reynolds’s reality-sports series Welcome to Wrexham, the Little League Baseball World Series Championship, the series premieres of Everything I Know About Love and Little Demon, the final run of Kevin Can F**k Himself, and Sly Stallone superhero flick Samaritan. To the TV box!
Read more What to Watch This Week | August 15–22
by Bill Frost | Aug 15, 2022 | Entertainment, What to Watch
This week’s What to Watch picks include the much-anticipated Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon, MMA action at UFC 278, b-ball docuseries Legacy: The True Story of the L.A. Lakers, the fashionable return of Making the Cut, and the big green debut of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. Yay, TV!
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Philo Adds 3 New Channels
by Bill Frost | Aug 11, 2022 | Entertainment, Industry News, Streaming
Philo, CableTV.com’s editorial pick for cheapest live TV streaming service, added three new channels to its skinny-bundle $25-a-month plan this week: MeTV, Heroes & Icons, and Story Television. Along with June 2022 additions Decades and Start TV, this beefs Philo’s channel count to 80+, as opposed to its advertised 60+.
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“Female” Discovery+ Meets “Male” HBO Max
by Bill Frost | Aug 8, 2022 | Entertainment, Industry News, Streaming
Lost in last week’s surprise shelving of the $90 million Batgirl and other movies at HBO Max was this: celebrating the summer 2023 merger of HBO Max and Discovery+ into a single app platform, Warner Bros. Discovery has thrown an internal gender reveal party.
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