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Randy Harward

Senior Staff Writer

Randy Harward is a Senior Staff Writer at CableTV.com and the site’s resident horror expert. With over 25 years of experience covering music, film, and television, Randy’s work has been featured in a broad range of publications. He has held key editorial roles, including Music Editor at Salt Lake City Weekly, Senior Editor at Blurt, and Associate Editor at HARP magazine. His writing has also appeared in over 20 outlets, such as Guitar World, Salt Lake Magazine, CMJ New Music Monthly, Rockpile, and Mean Street. At CableTV.com, Randy focuses on TV services—both streaming and traditional—and scary movies.

A collage of images from The Joe Schmo Show, Prime Target, Star Trek: Section 31, and C.B. Strike: The Ink Black Heart, shows covered in CableTV.com’s What to Watch This Week column for Jan. 20–26.

What To Watch This Week: Relax With Our Top 8 TV and Movie Picks (January 20–26)

by | Jan 21, 2025 | Entertainment

This week’s What To Watch picks include four thrilling dramas (C.B. Strike: The Ink Black Heart, Prime Target, and Watson), a modern revival of The Joe Schmo Show, a new Star Trek flick (Star Trek: Section 31), Harlem’s third season, and more natural eye candy from David Attenborough (Planet Earth: Asia). Now let’s hit the couch!

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All the Ways You Can Get High-Speed Internet Without Cable or a Phone Line

by and | Jan 17, 2025 | TV FAQs

You don’t have to pay for cable TV or home phone to get great internet service—and we’ve got the internet plans to prove it.

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The Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade logo over a wintery backdrop.

How To Watch the Christmas Day Parade on TV in 2024

by | Jan 15, 2025 | Entertainment

Wanna know how to watch the Christmas parade on TV? We have all the information you need to watch the 2024 Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade live on ABC or the day after Christmas on Hulu or Disney+.

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What To Watch This Week: Relax With Our Top 8 TV & Movie Picks (January 13–19)

by | Jan 13, 2025 | Entertainment

This week’s What To Watch picks include the long-awaited second season of Severance, the fifth season of Harley Quinn, a 50-year Saturday Night Live retrospective, new stand-up comedy specials from Ari Shaffir and Roy Wood Jr., the second season of A Real Bug’s Life, the continuing third season of Night Court, and more. Now let’s hit the couch!

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A collage of images from American Primeval, Gabriel Iglesias: The Legend of Fluffy, On Call, and Brilliant Minds.

What to Watch This Week: Relax With Our Top 8 TV and Movie Picks (January 6–12)

by | Jan 13, 2025 | Entertainment

This week’s What To Watch picks include a new Dick “Law & Order” Wolf cop show (On Call), a new western drama on Netflix (American Primeval), a new stand-up special from Gabriel Iglesias, the NFL playoffs wild-card round, and three medical dramas (Brilliant Minds, Doc, The Pitt) . Now let’s hit the couch—stat!

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A collage of images from Squid Game season two, the 47th Kennedy Center Honors, Your Friend Nate Bargatze, and Horror's Greatest—four of the shows covered in CableTV.com's What to Watch This Week for December 23 through January 5.

What to Watch This Week: Relax With Our Top 16 TV and Movie Picks (December 23–January 5)

by | Dec 23, 2024 | Entertainment

Due to the imminent holidays, we’re serving two scoops of What To Watch picks to cover you into the new year. We have series premieres (Happy’s Place), holiday specials (from Dick “Ryan Seacrest” Clark, Doctor Who, and Dolly Parton), Squid Game season two, the video-on-demand (VOD) debut of Aladdin 3477: The Jinn of Wisdom, and much more.

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Sling Orange vs. Sling Blue: What’s the Difference?

by and | Dec 17, 2024 | Brand Reviews, Reviews, Versus Reviews

How do you choose between Sling TV’s same-priced, color-coded livestreaming plans? It depends on what you’re looking for: Blue gives you more channels and streams, but Orange carries a handful of gotta-have networks like ESPN and Disney. And neither is great for local programming, FYI.

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A collage of images from Laid, Ronny Chieng: Love to Hate It , The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful, and Beast Games, all featured in CableTV.com's What to Watch This Week column.

What to Watch This Week: Relax With Our Top 9 TV and Movie Picks (December 16–22)

by | Dec 16, 2024 | Entertainment

This week’s What To Watch picks include series premieres (Dexter: Original Sin, Secret Level, One Hundred Years of Solitude), returning series (Bookie season two), Funday Football with The Simpsons, holiday horror (Joe Bob’s Christmas Carnage), and Jamie Foxx finally spilling his tea in his Netflix comedy special (What Had Happened Was . . .).

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2025 Live TV Streaming Customer Satisfaction Awards Survey: Niche Services Nudge Heavyweights Like YouTube TV Aside

by | Dec 12, 2024 | Best Of, Featured

Read real perspectives from 8,097 customers. See how live TV streaming services like YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Frndly TV, Philo, and more rate in user satisfaction.

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A collage of still images from Secret Level, Bookie, Dexter: Original Sin, and One Hundred Years of Solitude—all shows covered in CableTV.com's "What to Watch This Week" column for Dec. 9–15 2024

What to Watch This Week: Relax With Our Top 9 TV and Movie Picks (December 9–15)

by | Dec 9, 2024 | Entertainment

This week’s What To Watch picks include series premieres (Dexter: Original Sin, Secret Level, One Hundred Years of Solitude), returning series (Bookie season two), Funday Football with The Simpsons, holiday horror (Joe Bob’s Christmas Carnage), and Jamie Foxx finally spilling his tea in his Netflix comedy special (What Had Happened Was . . .).

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