Randy Harward
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.
The Golden Age of Horror: The Best 80s Horror Movies and How to Stream Them
by Randy Harward | Oct 7, 2025 | Entertainment
We’ve compiled a list of classic 80s horror movies to get you started. Each recommended film has auto-updating links telling you which streaming services have them available to stream, rent, or buy. Also, since we’re confident you’ll love 80s horror movies, we’re including dozens more recommendations for further viewing.
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Spectrum vs. DIRECTV
by Randy Harward | Oct 7, 2025 | Versus Reviews
Spectrum offers cable TV and internet services to select regions across the US without a contract. Its TV plan is affordable, flexible, simple, and bundles well with Spectrum’s high-speed internet service.
DIRECTV satellite TV service is available almost anywhere in the country, includes the Genie DVR at no extra cost, and is the best TV provider for sports. But DIRECTV is losing NFL SUNDAY TICKET this fall. It’s too bad, though, that DIRECTV has contracts, high prices—including a steep second-year price hike—and limited bundling options.
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Optimum vs. Stream with DIRECTV
by Randy Harward | Oct 7, 2025 | Reviews, Versus Reviews
Cable apples and streaming oranges aside, Optimum is better than DIRECTV’s streaming service. It has the best channel counts, bundles, and value—especially when you consider its no-contract plans and $500 contract buyout.
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Spectrum vs. Stream with DIRECTV
by Randy Harward | Oct 7, 2025 | Versus Reviews
Our TV experts’ research shows that Spectrum’s affordable, premium-jammed plans beat Stream with DIRECTV’s poor value.
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Stream with DIRECTV vs. DIRECTV: Live Streaming or Satellite TV Service – Which Is Better For You?
by Randy Harward | Oct 6, 2025 | Reviews, Versus Reviews
DIRECTV’s streaming and satellite products both have some excellent features, but they’re both way too expensive to be worth it for most folks. Forced to choose one over the other, we’d pick DIRECTV’s streaming plans since they’re the most flexible (no contract means an easier escape) and avoid DIRECTV’s ridiculous second-year price hike.
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DIRECTV vs. Xfinity
by Randy Harward | Oct 6, 2025 | Versus Reviews
DIRECTV packages are expensive but probably worth it for sports fans. Xfinity TV packages have fewer channels but a better user experience.
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What To Watch This Weekend: Stream Our Top 7 TV and Movie Picks (October 6–12)
by Randy Harward | Oct 6, 2025 | Entertainment
This week’s “What To Watch” picks include the Tim Robinson comedy The Chair Company on HBO Max, the rock doc Ozzy: No Escape from Now on Paramount+, the gays-in-the-military dramedy BOOTS on Netflix, the drama-thriller The Last Frontier on Apple TV+, and more. Let’s hit the couch!
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31 Days of Halloween: The Ultimate Horror Streaming Guide
by Randy Harward | Sep 30, 2025 | Entertainment
The nightmare of choice paralysis can waste a lot of your time as you decide what to watch in October. Knowing in advance what’s available to watch, and on which streaming services, helps. That’s a lot of research, though. Who has that kinda time? I do.
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31 Days of Horror Movies on Shudder
by Randy Harward | Sep 30, 2025 | Entertainment
It’s hard to beat Shudder. Curated by and for horror fans, the streaming service has 720+ horror films and 55+ horror series. It’s the largest horror-centric streaming library I’ve encountered, and so far the best.
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31 Days of Horror Movies on Amazon Prime Video
by Randy Harward | Sep 30, 2025 | Entertainment
Right now, there are nearly 700 horror movies on Amazon Prime Video (for subscribers, natch. That’s almost as many as Shudder, the top horror streaming service. You know what else?
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