The Critics Choice Awards and Chelsea Handler will return to E! for next year’s event.
The annual awards show, which will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2025, will air on E! network for the first time since 2007.
Plus, he’s always entertaining. animal trainer will headline the historic event, which will take place at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, after hosting the show for the past two years.
“Returning for a third year as host of the Critics Choice Awards has been even sweeter knowing that it will now air on E!” Handler said in a statement. “I feel like I’m returning to my birthplace.”
While the comedian told all the jokes and bits for the most recent show in January, she also put on a fashion show by donning three different dresses in yellow, green and black.
Chelsea Handler, 49, will return as host of the 2025 Critics Choice Awards in January when she and the show move to E! network for the next 30th anniversary in 2025
Handler, 49, had long called E! Network Home as host of the talk show Chelsea Lately for seven seasons, from 2007 to 2014.
She also did three more seasons of the scripted spin-off, After Lately, from 2011 to 2013, along with a single season of The Chelsea Handler Show in 2006.
The annual awards show, which honors the greatest achievements in film and is chosen by the American-Canadian Critics’ Choice Association, returns to E! after a gap of 18 years at the time of the event.
“With the return of the incredible Chelsea Handler as our host, we know this special 30th anniversary show will be the biggest and best show yet,” said Joey Berlin, executive director of the Critics Choice Association, in a report from the MY! grid.
He added: “We couldn’t be more excited to air the show live on E! and it will be available to stream on Peacock the next day,” said Joey Berlin, executive director of the Critics Choice Association, at the MY! grid report.
The broadcast of the ceremony moved to E! for the sixth installment, which was in 2001, and ran for four years, until 2004, before moving to The WB for two years, before returning to E! for a year.
‘The long tradition of E! being a part of many of Hollywood’s biggest nights celebrating achievements across pop culture makes it the perfect home for the Critics Choice Awards,’ said Jen Neal, executive vice president of live events and specials at NBCUniversal Entertainment, according to it was reported. by The Hollywood Reporter.
The artist will headline the historic event, which will take place at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica23, California, after hosting the show for the past two years. seen in 20
Oppenheimer and his stars Robert Downey Jr. and Cillian Murphy were the big winners at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards, taking home eight trophies, including Best Picture, Best Director (Christopher Nolan) and Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.). .
“Returning for a third year as host of the Critics Choice Awards has been even sweeter knowing that it will now air on E!” Handler said in a statement. ‘I feel like I’m returning to my birthplace’ (seen in 2023)
The Critics Choice Association will announce this year’s nominees for best of television on December 5 at 12 pm ET/9 am PT, while the film nominations will be made public a week later, on December 12, at 12 pm ET/9 am
The 30th anniversary show on E! will begin earlier, with an hour-long red carpet pre-show before the ceremony begins.
The three-hour 2025 Critics Choice Awards ceremony will air live on Sunday, January 12 from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, starting at 7 pm ET/4 pm PT on E! grid.
It will also be available to stream on Peacock the next day, January 13.