COMET, which offers free TV for fans of sci-fi and fantasy entertainment franchises, has announced the return of the Comet Fest fan festival in 2024. The on-air and digital event will return in the Summer of 2024 with a focus on artificial intelligence. The festival will feature many of the top AI, android and humanoid-themed franchises in history, including Terminator, Westworld and Robocop.
Throughout the multi-day event, Comet will televise movies and series, including the network premieres of James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgement Day with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Westworld from sci-fi legend Michael Crichton. Additional films and series include Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence with Jude Law and Haley Joel Osment, as well as the Cyberpunk cult-classic limited series Robocop. Additional programming, interviews, appearances, and interactive digital experiences will be announced in the coming months.
The network’s first annual Comet Fest, which ran June 16-18, 2023, was highly successful for Comet. The three-day television and digital event engaged fans with a marathon of the original four Star Trek movies, a The Captain’s Closeup miniseries directed by William Shatner, as well as an exclusive thirty-minute original interview with the star. Comet Fest drove fan engagement across Comet’s platforms with a surge in ratings, delivering an 82% increase in the time period and thousands of entries into the first ever Comet Fest cosplay and digital contests.
Adam Ware, SVP Sinclair Growth Networks, said:
“Comet is committed to delivering fantastic programming and experiences for fans of sci-fi, fantasy and horror genres. Comet Fest 2023 delivered on that mission with over 3.5 million fans tuning in. We expect Comet Fest 2024 to surpass these results as we celebrate the AI android-themed franchises that have inspired the imaginations of fans around the world.”
