Overview
- The live show takes place at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica with TNT and HBO Max carrying the broadcast in Latin America, E! and USA Network airing it in the U.S., and Peacock offering a next‑day stream; red‑carpet coverage begins an hour earlier.
- Sinners tops the film nominations with 17, followed by One Battle After Another with 14, while Frankenstein and Hamnet earned 11 each.
- Host Chelsea Handler returns for a fourth consecutive year to lead the 31st edition of the Critics Choice Awards.
- The 2026 slate adds Best Variety Series, Best Action Scene Design, Best Cast and Ensemble, and Best Sound.
- International contenders include Argentina’s Belén in the Best Foreign Language Film race, and on television Netflix fronts the pack with series such as Adolescence, which scored six nods.