Comet Announces Return of Comet Fest Fan Festival in 2024
June 29 2023 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
“Comet Fest 2024: The Future of AI is Here”
Coming Summer 2024
With a Blockbuster Line-Up of AI, Android
and Humanoid Themed Titles
Builds on Major Ratings Success of
First-Annual Comet Fest Fan Festival Which Reached Over 3.5 Million
Viewers
COMET, the top destination on free TV for fans of sci-fi and
fantasy entertainment franchises, today 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, anchored by many of the top AI, android and
humanoid-themed franchises in history including Terminator,
Westworld and Robocop.
Comet will televise movies and series throughout the multi-day
event, 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, garnered record-setting success for Comet. The three-day
television and digital event engaged fans with a Star Trek
movie marathon of the original four movies, 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 increase of 82% in the time period and
thousands of entries into the first ever Comet Fest cosplay and
digital contests.
“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,” said Adam Ware, SVP Sinclair Growth Networks. “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.”
About Sinclair:
Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and
a leading provider of local news and sports. The Company owns,
operates and/or provides services to 185 television stations in 86
markets affiliated with all the major broadcast networks; owns
Tennis Channel and multicast networks Comet, CHARGE! and TBD; and
owns and provides services to 21 regional sports network brands.
Sinclair’s content is delivered via multiple platforms, including
over-the-air, multi-channel video program distributors, and the
nation’s largest streaming aggregator of local news content,
NewsON. The Company regularly uses its website as a key source of
Company information which can be accessed at www.sbgi.net.
Source: Nielsen L+SD P2+ reach, 6/16-6/18/23, Total Day
(9am-3am) Source: Nielsen L+SD P2+ Imp (000), Comet Fest
6/16-6/18/23 vs the 2023 time period
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