Randy Harward
CableTV.com Senior Staff Writer Randy Harward’s music and entertainment scribbles has appeared in HARP, Guitar World, Blurt, Salt Lake City Weekly, Salt Lake Magazine, and dozens of other publications since 1998. He watches tons of horror films for work (and also for fun). Randy also enjoys other movies, books, burritos, disc golf, guitars, tarantulas, and cats.
What Is a Broadcast TV Fee?
by Randy Harward | Dec 28, 2022 | TV FAQs
According to TV providers, a broadcast TV fee, or broadcast surcharge, is what you pay for access to your local broadcast affiliates like ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC. We know what you’re thinkin’: Isn’t that why I pay for my TV plan every month? Well, you’d think so.
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Best 65-Inch TV
by Randy Harward | Nov 18, 2022 | Best Of, Equipment Guides
Black Friday is the best time of year to buy that 65-inch TV that has you all slobbery. Our TV experts recommend the Samsung QN90B (QN65QN90BAFXZA) best 65-inch TV overall and show you a sweet bundle deal including a Mackie soundbar. And, for budget shoppers, we suggest the Hisense U8H is the best 65-inch TV under $1,000.
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How to Connect Your iPhone to Your TV
by Randy Harward | Nov 10, 2022 | Equipment Guides, TV FAQs
Whether you need to mirror your phone screen or use your iPhone as a remote, we’ve rounded up the most common ways to connect your iPhone to your TV and how to do it.
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America’s Most Popular News Networks
by Randy Harward | Oct 31, 2022 | Entertainment
We surveyed 1,126 Americans to find the most popular TV news networks in the United States, collectively and regionally—here are the results.
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Best New Horror Movies for 2022
by Randy Harward | Oct 10, 2022 | Entertainment
Hey, horror fan. Have you burned through all of the classic horror movies? Are you craving new blood like a vampire with cottonmouth? Stop your creepy panting, and peek out from your coffins ’cause our horror movie nerds rounded up nine new spooky flicks for you.
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How to Connect a TV to Wi-Fi
by Randy Harward | Oct 5, 2022 | Equipment Guides
Hey, reader. That’s a nice TV you’ve got there. We’ve compiled a guide to help you connect it to your home Wi-Fi network so you can start an epic streaming TV binge.
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Survey: 1 in 10 Would Drop Sex Before TV
by Randy Harward | Aug 25, 2022 | Entertainment, Industry News, Outreach
What would you give up for a month to keep your favorite streaming TV service? Of the 983 Americans we polled, more than 1 in 10 said they’d drop sex.
For real? Didn’t sex put the “chill” in “Netflix and chill?” Well, the data is the data, and it’s compelling: 12% of respondents (so more than 1 in 10) said they’d go celibate for a month to keep streaming TV.
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9 R-rated Movie Suggestions for Disney Plus
by Randy Harward | Jul 28, 2022 | Entertainment
Disney+ announced on Monday that it had added R-rated films like Deadpool, Deadpool 2, and Logan to its streaming library. It makes sense since the movies are about Marvel characters and Disney+ owns Marvel Studios. But the films are for adults, and Disney+ is about families—or it was, until Disney decided it wanted that grown-up cash.
What does this mean for the future? More R-rated films are coming to Disney+, but which ones make sense for the service? We have some suggestions.
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America’s Favorite Reality Shows in 2022
by Randy Harward | Jul 25, 2022 | Entertainment
Americans love reality television, but asking us to pick a favorite reality show results in significant division.
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America’s Most Popular Marvel Movies
by Randy Harward | Jun 29, 2022 | Entertainment
America loves The Avengers, Iron Man, and Black Panther the most. But how do Marvel movies fare regionally in the US?
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