31st Critics' Choice Awards
| 31st Critics' Choice Awards | |
|---|---|
Official poster | |
| Date | January 4, 2026 |
| Site | Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, California, United States |
| Hosted by | Chelsea Handler |
| Highlights | |
| Most wins | Film: Frankenstein / Sinners (4) Television: Adolescence (4) |
| Most nominations | Film: Sinners (17) Television: Adolescence (6) |
| Best Picture | One Battle After Another |
| Best Comedy Series | The Studio |
| Best Drama Series | The Pitt |
| Best Limited Series | Adolescence |
| Website | www |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | E! / USA Network |
| Viewership | 730,000 |
The 31st Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 4, 2026, at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport in Santa Monica, California, honoring the finest achievements of filmmaking and television programming in 2025. The ceremony was broadcast on E! and USA Network, and was hosted by comedian Chelsea Handler for the fourth consecutive year.
Nominations for both the film and television categories were announced on cable's E! and USA Network's channels. Additionally, the announcement of the nominations were streamed on criticschoice.com, as well as the CCA, E!, E! Online and the USA Network's YouTube channels; the nominations were also revealed on the CCA's social media channels. The livestream was hosted by television personalities Keltie Knight and Erin Lim Rhodes.
Ryan Coogler's period supernatural horror film Sinners led the film nominations with seventeen, followed by Paul Thomas Anderson's action thriller One Battle After Another with fourteen. For the television categories, the Netflix limited series Adolescence led the nominations with six, followed by the romantic comedy series Nobody Wants This with five.