Chelsea Handler to host 2025 Critics Choice Awards for third year

The Critics Choice Awards and Chelsea Handler are both set to return to E! for next year’s event.

The annual awards show, which will be marking its 30th anniversary in 2025, will be broadcast on the E! network for the first time since 2007.

Plus, the always entertaining Handler will be at the helm for the milestone event, which will take place at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, after hosting the show for the past two years.

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‘Returning for the third year to host the Critics Choice Awards has been made even sweeter knowing it will now air on E!,’ Handler said in a statement. ‘I feel like I’m returning to my birthplace.’ 

While the comedian served up all the jokes and bits for the most recent show in January, she also put on a fashion show extravaganza by donning three different dresses in yellow, green, and black.

Chelsea Handler, 49, is returning as host of the 2025 Critics Choice Awards in January when she and the show moves to the E! network for the upcoming 30th anniversary in 2025

Handler, 49, had long called the 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 spinoff, After Lately, from 2011- 2013, along with a single season of The Chelsea Handler Show in 2006. 

The annual award show, which honors the finest in cinematic achievement, and is chosen by American-Canadian Critics Choice Association, is returning to E! after an 18-year gap by the time of the event.

‘With the incredible Chelsea Handler returning as our host, we know this special 30th anniversary show is going to be our biggest and best show yet,’ said Joey Berlin, CEO of the Critics Choice Association, in an report from the E! network.

He added, ‘We couldn’t be more excited to be airing the show live on E! and available to stream on Peacock next day,’ said Joey Berlin, CEO of the Critics Choice Association, in the E! network report.

The broadcasting of the ceremony moved to E! for the sixth installment, which was back in 2001, and went for four years, until 2004, before it moved to The WB for two years, before returning to E! for a year.

‘E!’s longstanding tradition being part of many of Hollywood’s biggest nights celebrating achievements across all of pop culture makes it the perfect home for the Critics Choice Awards,’ said Jen Neal, executive vp live events and specials at NBCUniversal Entertainment, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter.

The performer will be at the helm for the milestone 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 its 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 the third year to host the Critics Choice Awards has been made even sweeter knowing 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 the best in TV on December 5 at 12 p.m ET/9 a.m. PT, while film nominations will be made public one week later, on December 12, at 12 p.m ET/9 a.m.

The 30th anniversary show on E! will be getting an earlier start, kicking off with a one-hour red carpet pre-show before the ceremony begins. 

The three-hour ceremony for the 2025 Critics Choice Awards will air live on Sunday, January 12, from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, beginning at 7 p.m ET/4 p.m. PT on the E! network.

It will also be available to be streamed on Peacock the  following day, on January 13.