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: Relax With Top 9 TV and Movie Picks (October 21–27)
by Bill Frost | Oct 21, 2024 | Entertainment
This week’s What To Watch recs include the final season of What We Do in the Shadows, new comedy Poppa’s House, Kate Beckinsale spy thriller Canary Black, the return of Somebody Somewhere, and the tip-off of the 2024–2025 NBA season. Where’s the remote?
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Binge or Cringe: English Teacher
by Bill Frost | Oct 16, 2024 | Entertainment
On Labor Day 2024, FX casually dropped the first two episodes of English Teacher, a high school workplace comedy about, you guessed it, an English teacher. The eight-episode series follows Evan Marques (show creator and star Brian Jordan Alvarez), a chronically late and overly principled Austin high school teacher. He’s also gay, which is simultaneously irrelevant and central to the story.
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Prime Horror: The Best Horror Movies on Amazon Prime Video
by Randy Harward and Bill Frost | Oct 10, 2024 | Entertainment
The Amazon Prime Video library is massive, with 20,000+ movies—and 3,000+ are in the horror category, which sickos like us find delightful. We’ve combed through Prime Video’s horror section to bring you 11 recommendations—but these are only some of the best horror movies on Amazon Prime Video.
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What To Watch This Week: Chill Out With Top 9 TV & Movie Picks (October 7–13)
by Bill Frost | Oct 7, 2024 | Entertainment
This week’s What To Watch picks include the final season of Superman & Lois, the return of Abbott Elementary, new sci-fi thrillers Citadel: Diana and Teacup, the debut of anime series The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor, and Motul Petit Le Mans sports car racing action. So much TV!
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Binge or Cringe: The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives
by Bill Frost | Oct 3, 2024 | Entertainment
It’s official: Hulu has renewed The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives for a second season. Meanwhile, the entirety of season 1 is available right now on Hulu. If you haven’t seen it yet, is it worth watching? Read on to find out if The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives deserves a Binge (you have to see this) or a Cringe (avoid at all costs).
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Sick Flix: 10 of the Best Horror Movies on Netflix
by Randy Harward and Bill Frost | Oct 3, 2024 | Best Of, Entertainment
Netflix isn’t our go-to streaming service for horror movies (we think Tubi and Hulu offer way more scary choices), but we’ve found 17 we recommend checking out. From slashers to witches to aliens to supernatural STI’s, there’s a little something for everyone.
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CableTV.com’s Best New TV Shows of 2024 (So Far): Agatha All Along, The Penguin, English Teacher, and More
by Bill Frost | Oct 2, 2024 | Entertainment
Fall is here, so it’s time to award another 10 new TV shows with CableTV.com’s 2024 “Best” trophies. (There aren’t actual physical awards, but we can modify a couple of bowling trophies if requested.) We have an excellent mix of dramas, comedies, and not one but two Batman-related properties—let’s go!
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Dive Into Terror: The 14 Best Horror TV Shows Ever Made
by Bill Frost | Oct 2, 2024 | Entertainment
Narrowing the list of “best” horror TV series down to a single read is a task almost scarier than the shows themselves—how do you exclude The Twilight Zone? What about The Walking Dead? Why was Teen Wolf even considered? Here, the CableTV.com horror hounds focused on genuine fright factor, production quality, and, most importantly, streaming availability.
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Stream Screams: 13 of the Best Horror Movies on Hulu
by Bill Frost and Randy Harward | Oct 1, 2024 | Entertainment
Did you know that Hulu is an acronym for “Horror: Unnerving, Loathsome, and Unrelenting”? Got you—that was the trick. Now here’s the treat: We’ve scoured the depths of Hulu’s horror vault and collected our 9 favorite scary movies on the service.
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How to Watch the 2024 JD Vance vs. Tim Walz Vice Presidential Debate: Cable, Satellite, Streaming, Antenna
by Bill Frost | Oct 1, 2024 | Entertainment
Find out how to tune in to watch the heated vice presidential debate between J.D. Vance and Tim Walz. Don’t miss this intense showdown on CBS.
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