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 skeleton breaks through the fuzzy screen of an old-style TV holding a promo code: “cabletv.”

Dollar Horror! CableTV.com Partners with Screambox for $0.99 Promo Code and $666.00 Halloween “Thrillternship”

by Randy Harward | Sep 22, 2025 | Entertainment

As part of our annual Bloodstream campaign, CableTV.com and premium horror streaming service Screambox are hiring a “thrilltern.” One lucky person will receive a one-time paycheck totalling a diabolical $666.00, a $50.00 Uber Eats code, and a free year of Screambox.

A collage of images from Into the Void: Life, Death, and Heavy Metal, The English Teacher, Wayward, and The Lowdown, shows covered in CableTV.com’s What to Watch This Week column for September 22–28.

What To Watch This Weekend: Stream Our Top 7 TV and Movie Picks (September 22–28)

by Randy Harward | Sep 22, 2025 | Entertainment

This week’s “What To Watch” picks include the docuseries Into the Void: Life, Death, and Heavy Metal on Hulu, the second season of English Teacher on FX and Hulu, the premiere of Mae Martin’s thriller Wayward on Netflix, another thriller called The Lowdown on FX—and more. Let’s hit the couch!

A collage of images from Haunted Hotel, Black Rabbit, Gen V, and Futurama, shows covered in CableTV.com’s What to Watch This Week column for September 15–21.

What To Watch This Weekend: Stream Our Top 7 TV and Movie Picks (September 15–21)

by Randy Harward | Sep 15, 2025 | Entertainment

This week’s “What To Watch” picks include Haunted Hotel and Black Rabbit (both on Netflix), Gen V (Prime Video), Futurama (Hulu), The Morning Show (Apple TV+), and more. Let’s hit the couch!

Basic Cable Packages and Channels Guide

by Randy Harward and Logan Jones | Sep 15, 2025 | TV FAQs

Our experts spent hundreds of hours looking into basic cable, how to get it, and whether or not it’s actually worth your money.

The prom scene from Carrie shows a smiling young woman wearing a tiara.

ALL the Stephen King Shows and Movies in One Place

by Randy Harward | Sep 14, 2025 | Entertainment

As a Stephen King fan, I know what it’s like to wanna read and watch everything the man puts out, so I’ve compiled this guide to watching every Stephen King movie and show.I hope it helps my fellow “constant readers,” as King likes to call us.

Incoming! Buzzy Horror Flick Weapons Is Finally Streaming—Here’s How to Watch It

by Randy Harward | Sep 12, 2025 | Entertainment

OMG! Have you seen Weapons yet? I’ve seen it twice now. If you haven’t been able to catch Zach Cregger’s chilling, gripping Barbarian follow-up in theaters, you’re in luck. Weapons—the third-highest-rated horror movie of 2025 according to Rotten Tomatoes—is finally on VOD, and we’ll tell you where to rent or buy it.

Spectrum vs. DISH

by Randy Harward | Sep 11, 2025 | Versus Reviews

See a side by side comparison of Spectrum vs Dish TV. See pros and cons of each, and make comparisons based on customer satisfaction, features, internet options and more.

Sling TV vs. YouTube TV

by Randy Harward | Sep 8, 2025 | Reviews, Versus Reviews

Sling TV offers a good deal for an affordable price—its packages have some flexibility, and its largest package is still cheaper than YouTube TV. But YouTube TV offers more channels and unlimited cloud DVR storage space, so in many ways, you really do get what you pay for.

A collage of images from Only Murders in the Building, Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television, Doc, and the 77th Emmy Awards, shows covered in CableTV.com’s What to Watch This Week column for September 8–14.

What To Watch This Weekend: Stream Our Top 7 TV and Movie Picks (September 8–14)

by Randy Harward | Sep 8, 2025 | Entertainment

This week’s “What To Watch” picks include Only Murders in the Building’s fifth season (Hulu), the docuseries Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television (HBO and HBO MaxTM), Doc’s second season (Fox), and the 77th Emmy Awards (CBS and Paramount+). Let’s hit the couch!

A woman wearing bloody surgical gloves holds the jawbone of a dog while talking to a camera in "Fur Babies" from V/H/S/Beyond. Photo courtesy of Shudder.

Pop One In: How to Watch the V/H/S Movies in Order

by Randy Harward | Sep 5, 2025 | Entertainment

You’ve heard about the joys of the super-scary found-footage V/H/S franchise. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be asking CableTV.com how to watch the V/H/S movies in order. Well, here’s the scoop on which streaming services and video-on-demand outlets have the films available to stream, rent, or buy.

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