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).
Hail Pazuzu: How To Watch the Exorcist Movies in Order
by Randy Harward | Aug 26, 2024 | Entertainment, Horror
What an excellent day for an Exorcist marathon. We’ve dug up the following (un)holy tome, which tells you how to watch the Exorcist movies in release or chronological order. We also include tips on where to watch the excellent documentary Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist and the well-received TV adaption.
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Bloody Great: The Best Streaming Services for Horror Fans 2026
by Randy Harward | Aug 22, 2024 | Best Of, Horror
Trick or treat, smell my feet, gimme somethin’ good to stream! Okay, horror fans—it’s time to start planning your Halloween-season horror movie binge-watching schedule. To find the good stuff, read this guide to the best streaming services for horror fans. (SPOILER: Shudder is once again our Editor’s Choice for horror.)
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Mohu Leaf 50 Antenna Review 2026
by Randy Harward | Aug 22, 2024 | Reviews
For about the same price as one month of basic cable, the Mohu Leaf 50 over-the-air (OTA) TV antenna gives you every local broadcast channel and subchannel within a 60-mile range in sweet, crisp HD.
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Heebie-Jeebie-Freebies: 21 Free Streaming Horror Movies to Watch Now
by Randy Harward and Bill Frost | Aug 15, 2024 | Entertainment, Horror, Outreach
Decorations, costumes, candy, brain spatter removal fees—Halloween really adds up. Money shouldn’t be an issue when it comes to celebrating America’s favorite holiday (sorry, Christmas), but there has to be some way to slash the bloody budget, right?
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Complimentary Creepshows: The 19 Best Horror Movies on Tubi
by Randy Harward and Bill Frost | Aug 9, 2024 | Best Of, Entertainment
If you’re looking to get your Halloween scares on for free, there are few better ad-supported streaming services than Tubi, the haunted home of hundreds of good, bad, and really bad horror flicks. Just think of the commercials as designated breaks to refill your popcorn bowl (or any other kind of bowl).
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Wanna Play? How to Watch the Child’s Play and Chucky Movies in Order
by Randy Harward | Aug 6, 2024 | Entertainment, Horror
If you haven’t seen all of the Child’s Play films or just wanna re-watch them all, we can tell you where to stream, rent, or buy them. We also show you where to watch the Chucky TV series and the Living with Chucky documentary. Now let’s get busy watchin’ a foul-mouthed ginger doll get stabby.
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Top Spooks: The Best New Horror Movies of 2024 (So Far)
by Randy Harward | Jul 29, 2024 | Entertainment
It’s a big year for horror, with several marquee franchises dropping sequels and prequels amid a long list of tantalizing terrors that stretches clear to Christmas. So far, we’ve singled out 14 standout fright flicks, including Late Night with the Devil, Longlegs, Immaculate, MaXXXine, Stopmotion, and more.
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Peacock Launches 3 Original 2024 Summer Olympics Shows
by Randy Harward | Jul 25, 2024 | Entertainment, Industry News
Peacock revealed three original programs as part of its complete coverage of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The shows debut on opening weekend—one each on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday—and include Olympic Highlights with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson, Watch with Alex Cooper, and Gold Zone. Here’s the scoop on each.
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Maximum Scares: The Best Horror Movies To Stream on HBO Max
by Randy Harward | Jul 18, 2024 | Entertainment
There are 105+ horror movies on HBO Max™, and we’d say about 60% of them are worth watching. That’s a lotta movies, so we’ve highlighted nine in blurb recommendations, covering an ancient demon and a little girl, non-traditional vampires, demented dads, a weird-and-wacky haunted house, murder-minded telepaths, home invaders, serial killers, Swedish cultists, werewolves, and Beetlejuice.
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CableTV.com Summer of Cinema Dream Job
by Randy Harward | Jun 18, 2024 | Entertainment, Featured
There’s magic in going to the movies, folks, and CableTV.com wants to help you rekindle it—or, possibly, experience it for the first time. We’re hiring one person to watch five movies in a theater this summer. We’ll give you a sweet title—Chief of Cinema—buy your tickets and pay you $2,500 so you can afford popcorn.
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