The awards were originally named simply ''Critics' Choice Awards
. In 2010, the word Movie'' was added to their name, to differentiate them from the
Critics' Choice Television Awards, which were first bestowed the following year by the newly created Broadcast Television Critics Association. The name ''Critics' Choice Awards'' now officially refers to the ceremony honoring performances in both film and television. From 2006 through 2009, the awards ceremony was held in the
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. From 2010 through 2012, it took place in the refurbished, historic
Hollywood Palladium. Broadcasting the ceremony began with the sixth ceremony on
E! Entertainment Television in 2001 for four years, followed by
The WB Network for two years, before returning to E! for a year.
VH1 took over the broadcast in 2008. The live television broadcast of the event moved from VH1 to
The CW in 2013, with the 19th ceremony airing on January 16, 2014, live from the
Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. In October 2014, it was announced that the Critics' Choice Movie Awards would move to
A&E for 2015 and 2016. It then returned to The CW for 2017, where it aired until 2024. Traditionally the ceremony has aired in the second week of January, deferring to the
Golden Globe Awards, which has long claimed the first Sunday of January to open up the previous year's
film awards season. It then claimed the first Sunday of January in 2022 after the
Hollywood Foreign Press Association became enshrined in controversy over a lack of membership diversity and other building issues, and after the organization had not done enough, an industry boycott developed to the point where NBC said it would not carry the 2022 ceremony and would not televise it again until the HPFA made significant progress in fixing its issues. The CCA then claimed the first January, and by October 26, 2021, a simulcast agreement with
TBS (which is a sister network to The CW through their
joint venture between
Paramount Global and
Warner Bros. Discovery) was announced to broaden its viewership. The show moved to cable channel
E!, with a replay on
Peacock, in 2025. In 2026, the show will air on both
USA Network and E!. ==Categories==