Xfinity Watch Week: More Than 10,000 Free Shows And Movies

PITTSBURGH, PA - Hoping to provide an antidote to boredom during the coronavirus outbreak, Comcast will provide 10,000 free shows and movies during Xfinity Watchathon Week that will take place May 11-17.

Among the shows available to Xfinity video and internet-only customers will be Hulu originals such as "Castle Rock," "Dollface," "The Handmaid's Tale," "High Fidelity," "Little Fires Everywhere" and "Ramy and Shrill." Other popular titles that will be free include EPIX's "Godfather of Harlem" and "Belgravia'; STARZ's "Outlander," "Power" and "Hightown" and Showtime's "Billions."

Free programming will be available across Xfinity platforms including X1, Flex and Xfinity Stream. X1 customers can tune into an Xfinity Watchathon Week Channel featuring free programming across providers curated by Xfinity’s team of editors; the channel can be accessed within the guide on channel one.

"Over the past month with so many customers still at home, we've not only seen a 50 percent increase in Xfinity On Demand viewing across genres of programming from drama and comedy to reality but we're noticing other interesting trends like a more than double-digit growth for discovery-related voice commands such as ‘what to watch’ and ‘surprise me,’ Rebecca Heap, Comcast senior vice president of video and entertainment, said in a release.

“Watchathon Week lets customers enjoy free access to the best shows and movies they haven’t had the chance to watch and that everyone has been talking about, no strings attached.”

The free programming will be available for free from more than 70 networks and streaming services, including Acorn TV, A&E, AFRO, Aspire TV, Bravo, Bluprint, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Cine Mexicano, DOGTV, EPIX, FOX, HBO, HISTORY Vault, Hitz, Lifetime, Lifetime Movie Club, NBC, Nick Jr., MTV, National Geographic, Pantaya, PlayKids, REVOLT, SHOWTIME, STARZ, TBS, USA Network, VH1 and Hulu, which is now available to X1 and Flex customers everywhere with a Hulu subscription.

Additionally, Xfinity customers can enjoy Peacock from NBCUniversal – now available as an early preview to X1 and Flex customers – with over 15,000 hours of shows and movies included at no additional cost all the time.