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.
The Daily Show Guest Host Lineup 2024
by Bill Frost | Jan 25, 2024 | Entertainment
The Daily Show has been a news-adjacent institution since 1996, when it launched on Comedy Central with host Craig Kilborn. Then came anchors Jon Stewart (1999–2015) and Trevor Noah (2015–2022), but the news desk now sits empty in 2023. Well, not exactly. On Tuesday, January 17, The Daily Show relaunched with a series of weekly guest hosts.
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Worst Super Bowl Halftime Shows
by Bill Frost | Jan 23, 2024 | Entertainment
CableTV.com recently ran down the six Best Super Bowl halftime shows of the past few decades, so it only seemed fair to weed out some of the worst. There’s a reason you probably don’t remember these six Big Game debacles.
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What to Watch This Week | January 22–28
by Bill Frost | Jan 22, 2024 | Entertainment
This week’s What to Watch picks include a new season of The Bachelor, Sophia Vergara crime drama Griselda, the streaming premiere of Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning, WWII epic Masters of the Air, and WWE Royal Rumble pro-wrestling action. Get watching!
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How To Watch WWE Royal Rumble 2024
by Bill Frost | Jan 18, 2024 | Entertainment
WWE Royal Rumble 2024 is shaping up to be one of the most jam-packed pro wrestling events in years, with champion Roman Reigns defending his belt, Logan Paul taking on Kevin Owens, and fan favorite CM Punk returning to the big event ring for the first time in a decade. Let’s get ready to Rumble!
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TikTok, Attraction, and Coworkers: How Americans Decide What To Watch on TV
by Bill Frost | Jan 16, 2024 | Entertainment, Outreach
To paraphrase the Talking Heads song “Once in a Lifetime,” “And you may ask yourself, ‘Why am I watching Bob’s Burgers?” In reality, you’ve probably never thought about why or how you started watching a TV show or movie, it just happened … or did it?
Read more What to Watch This Week | January 15–21
by Bill Frost | Jan 15, 2024 | Entertainment
This week’s What to Watch recs include the 75th Primetime Emmys, new dystopian sci-fi drama The Kitchen, the premiere of comedian Taylor Tomlinson’s After Midnight, Mandy Patinkin whodunnit Death and Other Details, the long-awaited return of cringe comedy Chad, and NBA on MLK Day basketball action. The couch awaits!
Read more What to Watch This Week | January 8–14
by Bill Frost | Jan 8, 2024 | Entertainment
This week’s What to Watch picks include the return of True Detective, new Marvel series Echo, Kevin Hart heist movie Lift, Kaley Cuoco action-comedy Role Play, and NFL Playoffs action. Get watching!
Read more What to Watch This Week | January 1–7
by Bill Frost | Jan 1, 2024 | Entertainment
This week’s recs include the return of the Golden Globe Awards, new series The Brothers Sun and Grimsburg, the streaming premiere of The Holdovers, British import Funny Woman, and NHL Winter Classic hockey action. New year, new TV!
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TV Premieres January 2024
by Bill Frost | Jan 1, 2024 | Entertainment
January kicks off 2024 with some highly-anticipated TV premieres—like True Detective: Night Country, starring Jodie Foster; Ryan Murphy’s latest Feud, Capote vs. The Swans; and Disney+’s new Marvel series, Echo. Also, the Golden Globe Awards, the Emmy Awards, and a new season of The Bachelor. Here’s to more (TV) in ’24!
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Best New TV Shows of 2023
by Bill Frost | Dec 20, 2023 | Entertainment
We finally made it! CableTV.com has been compiling our favorite new TV series of the year since January, serving up eight per quarter to ultimately bring us here, with 32 excellent freshman shows for 2023. Don’t worry, we didn’t leave out the best pre-2023 series—you’ll also find 32 shows that had killer seasons this year, as well.
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