How to Watch the Critics Choice Awards 2026

*The thirty first annual Critics’ Alternative Awards will air dwell on Sunday, January 4, 2026, broadcasting concurrently on each coasts.

The ceremony shall be hosted by Chelsea Handler and held as soon as once more on the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. The present will air from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. ET and 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. PT on E! and USA Community.

The annual occasion will proceed its mixed format, honoring achievements throughout movie, tv, and streaming. Together with the awards ceremony, viewers can count on intensive red-carpet protection and post-show evaluation throughout E!’s digital and broadcast platforms.

Protection contains pre-show arrivals, backstage entry, and fashion-focused recaps all through the night.

In movie classes, Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners,” starring Michael B. Jordan, leads all nominees with 17 nominations.

The movie is acknowledged in main classes, together with Finest Image, Finest Director, Finest Actor, Finest Supporting Actress for Wunmi Mosaku, and Finest Younger Actor/Actress for Miles Caton.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After One other” follows carefully with 14 nominations, together with Finest Image, Finest Director, and appearing nods for Leonardo DiCaprio and Teyana Taylor.

Each movies will compete head-to-head in a number of technical and ensemble classes, together with Finest Casting, Ensemble, Cinematography, Modifying, Stunt Design, Rating, and Sound. On the tv facet, Netflix’s “Adolescence” leads with six nominations, together with Finest Restricted Collection.

As E! Information stories, main into the ceremony, Dwell From E!: Critics’ Alternative Awards will air from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. ET, hosted by Justin Sylvester and Keltie Knight, with Will Marfuggi and Erin Lim Rhodes.

Erin may even host CreatorCam starting at 6:15 p.m. ET, providing behind-the-scenes red-carpet entry throughout a number of social platforms.

Following the ceremony, Dwell RE!CAP: Critics’ Alternative will air from 10:00 to 10:30 p.m. ET on E! and digital platforms.

The awards present may even be out there to stream the following day on Peacock.

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