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 Channel Is CBS On?
by Bill Frost | Apr 9, 2025 | Entertainment
The channel number of CBS varies by city and by whether you have a cable or satellite provider (or use an antenna). There are over 200 local CBS TV stations across the country, with at least one in every state, including the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and Puerto Rico. The Eye is everywhere.
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What Channel Is The CW On?
by Bill Frost | Mar 13, 2025 | TV FAQs
The CW is a small national broadcast network, but it’s available across the U.S. If you want to see dramas like All American and Wild Cards, or variety shows like Penn & Teller: Fool Us, there are plenty of ways to watch The CW.
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Best Free and Cheap Streaming Services of 2025
by Bill Frost | Feb 28, 2025 | Best Of, Entertainment
We’re all about the bang for your buck here at CableTV.com, but how about bang for no bucks? Expensive premium streaming services are cool and all, but discovering free and cheap entertainment is a small victory that’s (mostly) priceless. We’ve rounded up some of those small victories for your streaming enjoyment.
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How You Can Watch the Oscars Live 2025: Broadcast, Streaming, Cable
by Bill Frost and Olivia Bono | Feb 27, 2025 | Entertainment
The 97th Academy Awards will air live on ABC on Sunday, March 2, at 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET, with new host Conan O’Brien. We’ve already seen some prestigious ceremonies so far this year—shout out to the Golden Globes and the SAG Awards—but the Oscars is the biggest whale of awards season.
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24 TV Shows You Can Binge-Watch in One Weekend and How to Stream Them
by Bill Frost | Feb 21, 2025 | Entertainment
The CableTV.com team watches television professionally, so it’s easy to forget sometimes that normal humans don’t have time for all the shows, movies, and sports we throw at them every week. With that in mind, we’ve compiled 23 short series that you could easily take in over a weekend.
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What Channel Is NBC On?
by Bill Frost | Feb 19, 2025 | Entertainment, Featured, TV FAQs
NBC, the current broadcast home of The Voice, Quantum Leap, a trifecta of Chicago and Law & Order dramas, and the venerable Saturday Night Live is available through 200 local TV affiliates in the U.S.
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What Channel Is PBS On?
by Bill Frost | Feb 19, 2025 | TV FAQs
The PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) TV network has been around longer than most of us have been alive. Know anyone who’s never heard of Sesame Street, Antiques Roadshow, or Austin City Limits? Probably not. PBS is also more widely available than most of its commercial counterparts—let’s get into where you can find your local station.
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How To Watch Pro Wrestling Every Day of the Week
by Bill Frost | Feb 7, 2025 | Entertainment
How do I know that pro wrestling is the most American sport of them all? You can watch it every day of the week on TV—boom, mouse drop. Pro wrestling is also not seasonal, which means it’s on 24/7/365, just like all of the hard-working Americans here at the Enormodome tonight! Let me hear you, Atlanta!
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Netflix vs. Hulu
by Bill Frost | Feb 7, 2025 | Entertainment, Versus Reviews
The twin titans of on-demand content, Netflix and Hulu, both began streaming in 2007 and have been battling for dominance ever since. So, which does it better?
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Best Super Bowl Halftime Shows
by Bill Frost | Feb 3, 2025 | Entertainment
Since Michael Jackson claimed the field for pop at Super Bowl XXVII in 1993, the Super Bowl halftime show has become a sensational, must-see event every year. Here are six of our favorite past performances from the ‘90s to now.
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