Randy Harward
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).
What to Watch This Week: Relax With Our Top 9 TV and Movie Picks (November 11–17)
by Randy Harward | Nov 11, 2024 | Entertainment, What to Watch
This week’s What To Watch picks include a medical mockumentary (St. Denis Medical), found-footage series (The Creep Tapes), two thriller series (Cross, The Day of the Jackal), sci-fi drama Silo’s second season, a Dune prequel series, a Yellowstone spinoff, Cobra Kai’s final season, and the tech-horror movie Do Not Open. Let’s hit the couch!
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How to Connect Your iPhone to Your TV
by Randy Harward | Nov 10, 2024 | Equipment, TV
Whether you need to mirror your phone screen or use your iPhone as a remote, we’ve rounded up the most common ways to connect your iPhone to your TV and how to do it.
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What to Watch This Week: Relax With Our Top 9 TV and Movie Picks (November 4–10)
by Randy Harward | Nov 6, 2024 | Entertainment, What to Watch
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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What to Watch This Week: Relax With Our Top 9 TV and Movie Picks (October 28–November 3)
by Randy Harward | Oct 28, 2024 | Entertainment, What to Watch
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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Meta Brings Live NBA Games to VR
by Randy Harward | Oct 28, 2024 | Entertainment, Industry News, Sports
Is the future of live, televised basketball in virtual reality? Meta’s bettin’ on it. In October, Facebook’s parent company announced it would launch 52 free live NBA games in virtual reality via Meta Quest’s Xtadium and Meta Horizon Worlds.
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Get Ready to Be Terrified: The Best Japanese Horror Movies
by Randy Harward | Oct 25, 2024 | Entertainment, Horror, Listicles
So you’re lookin’ for Japanese horror movies—we have some recommendations for you, including a Takashi Miike horror drama, an Evil Dead tribute/ripoff, a cartoonishly frightening haunted-house flick, cyberpunk body horror, and an adult animated psychological thriller. In other words, we’re not gonna shove Ringu and Ju-On down your throats again.
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Philo TV vs. YouTube TV
by Randy Harward | Oct 21, 2024 | Entertainment, Reviews, Streaming
Philo TV is inexpensive because it’s limited; YouTube TV costs 3x more because it has the full spectrum of channels.
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Prime Horror: The Best Horror Movies on Amazon Prime Video
by Randy Harward and Bill Frost | Oct 10, 2024 | Entertainment, Horror, Listicles, Streaming
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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Mess You Up for Life: The 13 Scariest Horror Movies to Stream Now
by Randy Harward | Oct 9, 2024 | Entertainment, Horror, Listicles, Streaming
What scares you in horror movies? Cruelty? Disease? Evil spirits? Mind control? Vampires? Werewolves? Zombies? Slashers? Everyone has their freakout button—a specific fear—but it’s all scary when done well. In this article, we recommend a dreadful dozen of the scariest movies ever and note which streaming services have them available to stream, rent, or buy.
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The Annual CableTV.com Horror Trivia Contest on Instagram
by Randy Harward | Oct 3, 2024 | Entertainment, Horror, Outreach
Welcome back to the CableTV.com Kill Room, where you must correctly answer one horror trivia question daily (Monday–Friday) during our 2024 #Bloodstream promotion this Halloween season. See if you got what it takes to slay the beast!
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