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 Staff Writer at CableTV.com, Bill is a syndicated streaming TV columnist forSalt 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 | October 23–29
by Bill Frost | Oct 23, 2023 | Entertainment
This week’s What to Watch recs include the long-awaited premiere of Five Nights at Freddy’s, new Netflix movies Pain Hustlers and Sister Death, the returns of American Horror Stories and Shoresy, the true story of Milli Vanilli, and the 2023 NBA season tip-off. Quicker to the clicker!
Read more8 Non-Christmas Holiday Movies
by Bill Frost | Oct 19, 2023 | Entertainment
Christmas gets all the hype, but what about the other fall and winter season holidays? Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and the rest are sorely underrepresented in movie land, but we’ve found a few festive flicks you can enjoy if—OK, when—you need a break from The Big C.
Read moreThe 15 Best Horror Movies on Tubi
by Bill Frost | Oct 17, 2023 | 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).
Read moreWhat to Watch This Week | October 16–22
by Bill Frost | Oct 16, 2023 | Entertainment
This week’s What to Watch picks include the returns of Wolf Like Me and Bosch: Legacy, the final seasons of Big Mouth and Fear the Walking Dead, Bill Burr original movie Old Dads, Joe Bob Briggs’ Helloween double feature, and Skate American figure-skating action. So much to watch!
Read moreThe 11 Best Horror Movies on Netflix Streaming Now
by Bill Frost | Oct 13, 2023 | 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 11 we recommend checking out this Halloween season. From slashers to witches to aliens to piranha to pizza, it has a little something for everyone.
Read more8 Best Christmas TV Episodes
by Bill Frost | Oct 11, 2023 | Entertainment
TV Christmas episodes are better than Christmas movies in at least one aspect: They’re shorter—do you have time to watch a two-hour film during the holiday season? Ho-ho-nope. Here are eight great modern-classic TV Christmas episodes to squeeze in this yuletide season, including a couple that may spike your familial anxiety. (You’ve been warned.)
Read moreThe 9 Best Horror Movies on Hulu
by Bill Frost | Oct 11, 2023 | 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, just in time for Halloween.
Read moreCanceled: TV Shows Ending in 2023
by Bill Frost | Oct 11, 2023 | Entertainment
All good shows must come to an end (except Reno 911!, which is probably going to outlive us all). This year looks especially brutal, with over 80 TV favorites concluding, being canceled, or just outright disappearing. Here are the beloved TV series that will be leaving us in 2023.
Read moreHow to Watch Bob’s Burgers Thanksgiving Episodes
by Bill Frost | Oct 10, 2023 | Entertainment
The Belcher family has been trying to create the perfect Thanksgiving for 11 of 13 seasons of Bob’s Burgers—they’ve even succeeded a couple of times. Watching Bob transform from a mild-mannered burger flipper into a maniacal turkey chef has become a seasonal TV tradition.
Read moreWhat to Watch This Week | October 9–15
by Bill Frost | Oct 9, 2023 | Entertainment
This week’s What to Watch recs include the comeback of Frasier, Netflix’s take on The Fall of the House of Usher, the final run of Doom Patrol, the long-awaited streaming premiere of Moonlighting, and NHL season-opener hockey action. Stream on!
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