This year will be the Critics’ Choice Awards’ 30th annual awards ceremony. However, due to the still-burning wildfires in California that have caused many other live TV shows to be put on hold, even this award ceremony was postponed. Normally, nominations are submitted through ballots during a nomination period and then announced in December, with winners chosen by the time January rolled around. This year, however, it was delayed two times.
Critics’ Choice Awards 2025
The annual ceremony’s website will have more information on how the process works, the film and TV awards timelines, the broadcasts, and more. The Critics’ Choice Awards are an annual awards show known for critiquing and honoring performances throughout film and television. The awards received at this ceremony are among the best ways to predict future Academy Awards. They are also the best way for actors, films, or TV shows to gain even more recognition.
Reason for Delay
On the website, users who scroll down can find two timeline PDFs that can be downloaded, which will both have a note at the bottom. The note will have an asterisk in the front, with summarized information that the date was changed due to the Southern California wildfires. Above those timelines is a link to an article that goes into more detail about the Critics’ Choice Awards returning. The delay is due to the Santa Ana winds that had caused the already-large fires to spread further across larger parts of Los Angeles. Schools, houses, and other properties were destroyed.
At the end of the article explaining all of this is a short message of condolences from the CEO regarding the California wildfires. The condolences are for those suffering or hurt by the fires emotionally, financially, medically, and possibly more. This includes some of the nominees expected to attend the awards show, with two reportingly losing their homes. The current status for the LA wildfire victims is that more than 25 people have been killed. More than 12,000 properties have been burned, and more than 88,000 people have lost their homes.
Resuming on the 7th
Aside from the recent setbacks, the rest of the show will still go according to plan, with this year’s host still being Chelsea Handler. The Critics’ Choice Awards will still be held at the same planned location, Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. It will still be broadcast all across the world through the same broadcasting company, E, and it will also be streamed through Peacock streaming services. Finally, the official date has been set for February 7th. This is due to the more fires burning on January 7th.
The original date was January 12, then moved back to January 26th, and when it was clear the fires were getting worse, it was pushed further back to February 7th. This was for the safety of everyone involved in the ceremony: the nominees, the guests, the attendees, and those in charge of setting up the show. Other articles surrounding the topic of the Critics’ Choice Awards will also help to confirm this information. Thankfully, there has not been any more news about delays so far.
Now We Wait!
Since January is practically over and there has been no more news about further delays, we can hope this new date for the award ceremony is certain. With so many TV shows that are broadcast live having to be postponed, there are speculations that some are considering creating a fundraiser for the wildfire victims. However, that is only speculation. For now, while the fires are still blazing, we can try to stay positive and indulge ourselves in the TV shows that were able to return. Worrying over something that won’t end for a while isn’t healthy.
