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Randy Harward

Senior Staff Writer

Randy Harward is a Senior Staff Writer at CableTV.com with 25+ years of experience covering the intersection of music, film, and TV. A former editor for HARP, Blurt, and Salt Lake City Weekly, Randy has contributed to more than 20 publications, including Guitar World, Salt Lake Magazine, and CMJ New Music Monthly. He currently curates CableTV.com’s "What to Watch This Week" column and serves as the site’s resident horror expert—a specialized guide for fellow "couch creatures" looking for their next binge-watch (or a good scare).

A collage of images from Eyes on the Prize III, Demon City, Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue, and Shoresy, shows covered in CableTV.com’s What to Watch This Week column for Feb. 24–Mar 2.

What To Watch This Week: Stream Our Top 7 TV and Movie Picks (February 24–March 2)

by | Feb 24, 2025 | Entertainment

Relax this week with top TV picks for Hulu, Max, MGM+, Netflix, and more! Discover what to watch in our curated guide for February 24–March 2.

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A collage of images from A Thousand Blows, Surface, Zero Day, and Suits L.A., shows covered in CableTV.com’s What to Watch This Week column for Feb. 17–23.

What To Watch This Weekend: Stream Our Top 8 TV and Movie Picks (February 17–23)

by | Feb 21, 2025 | Entertainment

This week’s What To Watch picks include a political thriller that hits too close to home, new seasons of Reacher and Surface, a trip back to 1880s London from the folks behind Peaky Blinders, another Suits spinoff, comedy specials from Rosebud Baker and Chris DiStefano, and a little documentary called Grand Theft Hamlet. Shalt we hitteth the couch?

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A collage of images from Yellowjackets, Felipe Esparza: Raging Fool, Sly Lives!, and The White Lotus, shows covered in CableTV.com’s What to Watch This Week column for Feb. 10–16.

What To Watch This Week: Stream Our Top 8 TV and Movie Picks (February 10–16)

by | Feb 10, 2025 | Entertainment

This week’s What To Watch picks include the third seasons of Yellowjackets and The White Lotus, a Sly Stone documentary (Sly Lives!), Felipe Esparza’s fourth Netflix special, a doc about Rez Comedy, and Animation Domination. Let’s hit the couch!

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A collage of images from Clean Slate, Puppy Bowl XXI, Envious, and Love You to Death, shows covered in CableTV.com’s What to Watch This Week column for Feb. 3–9.

What To Watch This Week: Stream Our Top 9 TV and Movie Picks (February 3–9)

by | Feb 3, 2025 | Entertainment

This week’s What To Watch picks include two Latinx comedies (Envious, Love You to Death), AI-fear exploitation with a twist (Cassandra), a generational battle (The Z-Suite), a trans-acceptance dramedy (Clean Slate), Super Bowl commercials, Super Bowl LIX, Puppy Bowl XXI, and more. Now let’s hit the couch (and maybe adopt a puppy)!

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A collage of images from Paradise, Dark Match, Mo, and Common Side Effects, shows covered in CableTV.com’s What to Watch This Week column for Jan. 27– Feb. 2.

What To Watch This Week: Relax With Our Top 8 TV & Movie Picks (January 27–February 2)

by | Jan 27, 2025 | Entertainment

This week’s What To Watch picks include only one thriller this time (Paradise), the fourth season of Mythic Quest, the second seasons of Common Side Effects and Mo, a rasslin’ horror movie (Dark Match), the first hour-long comedy special from Liza Treyger, an SNL special about the musical guests, and more. Now let’s hit the couch!

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Illustration of 4K TV compared to standard TV

Your Guide to Watching 4K Ultra HD in 2026

by | Jan 27, 2025 | Equipment Guides

Now that 4K technology is becoming the new standard for TV resolution, and TV providers carry more 4K TV channels and on-demand content, you probably have questions. What are the best 4K TVs? Which 4K streaming service is best? Is there a difference between 4K and 4K Ultra HD? Our TV experts have the answers for you.

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A collage of images from The Joe Schmo Show, Prime Target, Star Trek: Section 31, and C.B. Strike: The Ink Black Heart, shows covered in CableTV.com’s What to Watch This Week column for Jan. 20–26.

What To Watch This Week: Relax With Our Top 8 TV and Movie Picks (January 20–26)

by | Jan 21, 2025 | Entertainment

This week’s What To Watch picks include four thrilling dramas (C.B. Strike: The Ink Black Heart, Prime Target, and Watson), a modern revival of The Joe Schmo Show, a new Star Trek flick (Star Trek: Section 31), Harlem’s third season, and more natural eye candy from David Attenborough (Planet Earth: Asia). Now let’s hit the couch!

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What to watch January 13-19

What To Watch This Week: Relax With Our Top 8 TV & Movie Picks (January 13–19)

by | Jan 13, 2025 | Entertainment

This week’s What To Watch picks include the long-awaited second season of Severance, the fifth season of Harley Quinn, a 50-year Saturday Night Live retrospective, new stand-up comedy specials from Ari Shaffir and Roy Wood Jr., the second season of A Real Bug’s Life, the continuing third season of Night Court, and more. Now let’s hit the couch!

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A collage of images from American Primeval, Gabriel Iglesias: The Legend of Fluffy, On Call, and Brilliant Minds.

What to Watch This Week: Relax With Our Top 8 TV and Movie Picks (January 6–12)

by | Jan 13, 2025 | Entertainment

This week’s What To Watch picks include a new Dick “Law & Order” Wolf cop show (On Call), a new western drama on Netflix (American Primeval), a new stand-up special from Gabriel Iglesias, the NFL playoffs wild-card round, and three medical dramas (Brilliant Minds, Doc, The Pitt) . Now let’s hit the couch—stat!

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A collage of images from Squid Game season two, the 47th Kennedy Center Honors, Your Friend Nate Bargatze, and Horror's Greatest—four of the shows covered in CableTV.com's What to Watch This Week for December 23 through January 5.

What to Watch This Week: Relax With Our Top 16 TV and Movie Picks (December 23–January 5)

by | Dec 23, 2024 | Entertainment

Due to the imminent holidays, we’re serving two scoops of What To Watch picks to cover you into the new year. We have series premieres (Happy’s Place), holiday specials (from Dick “Ryan Seacrest” Clark, Doctor Who, and Dolly Parton), Squid Game season two, the video-on-demand (VOD) debut of Aladdin 3477: The Jinn of Wisdom, and much more.

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