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 | December 4–10
by Bill Frost | Dec 4, 2023 | Entertainment
This week’s What to Watch recs include the return of cable detective Monk, Julia Roberts thriller Leave the World Behind, British crime drama Culprits, the festive A Very Demi Holiday Special, and MLS Cup Final soccer action. Only three weeks until Christmas!
Read more What to Watch This Week | November 27–December 3
by Bill Frost | Nov 27, 2023 | Entertainment
This week’s (two weeks’ worth, actually) What to Watch picks included the long-awaited return of Fargo, competition series Squid Game: The Challenge, dark Irish comedy Obituary, Keenan and Kel reunited in Good Burger 2, and Football on Thanksgiving NFL action. Pass the turkey and the remote!
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How to Watch Freeform’s 25 Days of Christmas: Schedule, Streaming, and More
by Bill Frost | Nov 14, 2023 | Entertainment
The 25 Days of Christmas movie marathon has been a cable staple since 1996, beginning on The Family Channel, which became FOX Family, then ABC Family, and now Freeform. The network may have changed hands more times than your aunt’s holiday fruitcake, but the December 1–25 Yuletide flick blitz(en) grows more popular every year.
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Canceled: 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 more What to Watch This Week | September 25–October 1
by Bill Frost | Sep 25, 2023 | Entertainment
This week’s What to Watch recs include the premiere of The Golden Bachelor, Wes Anderson’s Roald Dahl adaptation for Netflix, The Boys spinoff Gen V, new NBC series The Irrational, and Lamar Hunt U.S. Open soccer action. Welcome to fall (TV)!
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What to Watch This Week | September 11–17
by Bill Frost | Sep 11, 2023 | Entertainment
This week’s What to Watch picks include the return of Jennifer Aniston/Reese Witherspoon drama The Morning Show, Netflix flicks El Conde and Love at First Sight, the second season of Welcome to Wrexham, scenic thriller series Wilderness, and WNBA Playoffs action. Watch harder!
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How to Watch the 2023 U.S. Elections
by Bill Frost | Sep 7, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News
On Tuesday, November 7, Americans will vote in the 2023 off-year elections. Since we’re in an odd-numbered year, these aren’t technically midterm elections, but they’ll still be referred to as such by some media outlets. On the ballots this year are several gubernatorial and state legislative elections, as well as citizen initiatives and mayoral contests.
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How to Watch Abbott Elementary
by Bill Frost | Sep 5, 2023 | Entertainment
Abbott Elementary, a single-camera comedy that debuted quietly in the dead of winter 2021 on ABC, quickly became the broadcast hit of the past two years, and it’s now available to stream in its entirety on Max and Hulu. Also, ABC will be airing reruns of Abbott Elementary in the fall of 2023, billed as “encores,” on Wednesdays.
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TV Premieres September 2023
by Bill Frost | Sep 1, 2023 | Entertainment
It’s only September, but we’re already seeing some Halloween-y horror TV pop up: American Horror Story: Delicate and The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon are premiering this month, as are new seasons of The Kardashians and The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (horror is subjective). Oh, and Welcome to Wrexham is back, too—go Dragons!
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49 Wildest Riverdale Plotlines
by Bill Frost | Aug 23, 2023 | Entertainment
Since its debut in 2017, Riverdale has proven itself to be one of the most deliciously deranged teen dramas in TV history, an Archie Comics-meets-Twin Peaks fever dream that never takes a breath or a reality check. We’ve rounded up seven plotlines from seven seasons apiece to prove it.
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