Meet Dennis Restauro

About Dennis Restauro

Dennis is the founder of and the editor in chief at Grounded Reason. He and his family dropped their cable subscription in 2013 to save money. After seeing how much more enjoyable their TV viewing was without cable, Dennis wanted to share his experience with the world. He started Grounded Reason a year later to build guides and resources on how to cut the cord on cable and save money on consumer technology.

Since then, his cord cutting expertise has been leveraged by The Washington Post, Readers Digest, Kiplinger, The Fiscal Times, podcasts, and other media.

Before writing about cutting the cord and using technology to save you money, he spent 20 years working in the tech sector ten years as a Unix System Admin, and Systems Analyst, before moving into the public sector as an enterprise architect within the U.S. government.

How To Watch Lovecraft Country

Published 2020-08-14 By Dennis Restauro

Producers Jordan Peele and J.J. Abrams come together for a TV series adaptation of Matt Ruff’s novel Lovecraft Country. This show is an allegorical horror tale told against the backdrop of a racially segregated 1950s America. The story follows three Black Americans on a road trip to find a missing person where they not only have [Continue Reading]

How To Watch UFC 252 Moicic vs Cormier III

Published 2020-08-14 By Dennis Restauro

Tomorrow (Saturday, August 15) Stipe Miocic will take on Daniel “DC” Cormier for the UFC Heavyweight Championship in their third meeting at UFC 252. This fight will be riveting. Each fighter finished the other in their previous two meetings, and neither has fought since their last meeting in UFC 241. This saga goes back to UFC 226 when Cormier [Continue Reading]

A Detailed Guide to ESPN+ (ESPN Plus)

Published 2020-08-14 By Dennis Restauro

Before we get into the details on ESPN+ (pronounced ESPN Plus,) please note that ESPN+ isn’t a standalone streaming service or a replacement for ESPN. If you are looking for a way to stream ESPN, please take a look at our guide to watching ESPN Online. Table of Contents What is ESPN+ ESPN+ Cost What [Continue Reading]

Altitude Sports Waives Blackout for Nuggets and Avalanche

Published 2020-08-13 By Dennis Restauro

The Denver Regional Sports Network Altitude Sports Network recently announced they are waiving blackout restrictions for the Nuggets and Avalanche Playoff games for the 2020 season. This means any Avalanche games airing nationally on NBCSN, NHL Network, and CNBC will not be subject to a media blackout in the Denver TV markets where Altitude is [Continue Reading]

How to Watch the NBA 2020 Season without Cable

Published 2020-08-13 By Dennis Restauro

Pro Basketball is Back! The 2020 NBA season is set to restart on July 30th when the Jazz meets the Pelicans and Clippers take on the Lakers. These games are the first two “seeding games” the NBA will use to determine the playoff seeds. Twenty-two of the NBA’s thirty teams return, each team is playing [Continue Reading]

Watching the 2020 NHL Playoffs Online Without Cable

Published 2020-08-13 By Dennis Restauro

How The NHL 2020 Playoffs will Work The NHL plans to resume its season August 1st with an expanded, 24-team Stanley Cup Playoffs. In each conference, the bottom eight teams will compete in a best of 5 qualification tournament. Meanwhile, the top 4 teams will play each other in a round-robin to determine their playoff [Continue Reading]

How To Watch HBO Online: HBO Max, HBO, or HBO Now

Published 2020-08-12 By Dennis Restauro

The Confusion with HBO Streaming Streaming HBO online has become a bit of a confusing mess for many cord-cutters. After it’s the acquisition of Time Warner, AT&T owns both HBO and WarnerMedia. Before now, if you wanted to watch HBO and you didn’t have cable, you could subscribe to HBO Now and watch HBO just [Continue Reading]

You Need to Watch The Umbrella Academy

Published 2020-08-11 By Dennis Restauro

With so many great shows available to watch on various streaming services, it’s usually difficult for me to pick a favorite. That isn’t the case since I’ve been watching The Umbrella Academy. It’s easily the most entertaining show I’ve seen in 2020. This Netflix Original is in its second season, and if you like Dark [Continue Reading]

The One and Only Ivan Comes to Disney+

Published 2020-08-10 By Dennis Restauro

If you have kids entering middle school, you’ve likely heard of the book The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate. It won the Newbery Medal in 2013 and appeared on many summer reading lists. The book is told from Ivan’s perspective, a Gorilla who has normalized living his entire life in a cage at a shopping [Continue Reading]

ESPN+ is Raising the Price for New Subscribers

Published 2020-08-10 By Dennis Restauro

The Disney owned sports-focused premium streaming service ESPN+ will increase it’s subscription price this week. On Wednesday, August 12, the monthly cost of ESPN+ will increase from $4.99 per month to $5.99 per month for new subscribers. Those who are already ESPN+ subscribers will not see their subscription costs increase at this time. Existing subscribers will continue [Continue Reading]