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.
How to Connect a TV to Wi-Fi
by Randy Harward | May 22, 2025 | 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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What To Watch This Weekend: Stream Our Top 8 TV and Movie Picks (May 19–25)
by Randy Harward | May 19, 2025 | Entertainment
This week’s What To Watch picks include the black comedy Sirens on Netflix, the second season of Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers, the magical HBO doc Pee-wee as Himself, the return of Rick and Morty, the eighth and final season of Big Mouth, and more. Let’s hit the couch!
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Try DIRECTV STREAM for free!
by Randy Harward | Apr 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Don't miss any of the drama this playoff season: DIRECTV STREAM is the only live TV streaming service that consistently offers a free trial and carries TNT—an essential channel for watching the NBA Playoffs and the Stanley Cup. So, are you eyeing DIRECTV STREAM for your live TV fix? Do what I did and start with [...]
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What To Watch This Weekend: Stream Our Top 7 TV and Movie Picks (April 21–27)
by Randy Harward | Apr 21, 2025 | Entertainment
This week’s What To Watch picks include a new show from the creators of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Étoile), the final seasons of Andor and You, a new season of the Aussie crime drama Black Snow, a documentary about country music straight outta Swaziland, and more. Let’s hit the couch!
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What To Watch This Weekend: Stream Our Top 7 TV and Movie Picks (April 14–20)
by Randy Harward | Apr 14, 2025 | Entertainment
This week’s What To Watch picks include Prime Video’s adult animation series #1 Happy Family USA, Nathan Fielder’s HBO Original comedy series The Rehearsal, the Apple TV+ comedy Government Cheese, the fifth season of Law & Order: Organized Crime (now on Peacock), and more. Let’s hit the couch!
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Keeping It Local: How To Stream Local Channels
by Bill Frost and Randy Harward | Apr 9, 2025 | TV FAQs
One of the shortcomings of live TV streaming is the lack of local channels—not every service carries all of your local broadcast stations. This means you could miss out on your favorite shows from ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, PBS, Telemundo, and others, not to mention local news and sports programming.
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What To Watch This Week: Stream Our Top 7 TV and Movie Picks (April 7–13)
by Randy Harward | Apr 7, 2025 | Entertainment
This week’s What To Watch picks include HBO’s freaky fungus show The Last of Us, the Max comedy Hacks, Hulu’s depressing/terrifying The Handmaid’s Tale, Netflix’s sci-fi mind-fffffudge anthology series Black Mirror, and more. Let’s hit the couch!
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What To Watch This Weekend: Stream Our Top 7 TV and Movie Picks (March 31–April 6)
by Randy Harward | Mar 31, 2025 | Entertainment
This week’s What To Watch picks include Kevin Bacon as an undead demon hunter in The Bondsman, a new anime series from the creator of Cowboy Bebop, a sexy tearjerker (Hulu’s Dying for Sex), Shudder’s “Halfway to Halloween” celebration (featuring a mystery slasher double-feature) and more. Let’s hit the couch!
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What To Watch This Weekend: Stream Our Top 8 TV and Movie Picks (March 24–30)
by Randy Harward | Mar 24, 2025 | Entertainment
This week’s What To Watch picks include new series (The Studio from Apple TV+, MobLand from Paramount+), the final season of Bosch: Legacy, a psychological horror film starring esteemed actors John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush, a new stand-up special from Chelsea Handler, a film about a punk band trying to escape Cuba, and more. Let’s hit the couch!
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What To Watch This Week: Stream Our Top 7 TV and Movie Picks (March 17–23)
by Randy Harward | Mar 18, 2025 | Entertainment
This week’s What To Watch picks include a new mystery starring Uzo Aduba, a based-on-a-true story similar to the movie Orphan, a new comedy-mystery starring Peep Show’s David Mitchell, the first of three Popeye horror movies, and more. Let’s hit the couch!
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