Critics Choice Awards 2027: Jan. 3 Date, Dec. 4 Nominations and How to Watch

The 32nd Critics Choice Awards take place Sunday, Jan. 3, 2027, at The Barker Hangar, airing live on E! and USA Network from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), according to the Critics Choice Association (CCA) announcement as reported by Awards Radar and Gold Derby. Nominations come Friday, Dec. 4, 2026, and the CCA’s website names Janelle James as host. The table below sets the show beside the Golden Globes and the Oscars, and a printable watch guide is further down.

Critics Choice Awards 2027 date, nominations and host

Awards Radar published the CCA’s release on April 20, 2026. It says the show “will take place on Sunday, January 3, 2027 at The Barker Hangar” and that nominations “will be announced on Friday, December 4, 2026.” Gold Derby reported the same Dec. 4 date for both film and television nominations, and Deadline reported the date and the show’s renewal on E!. A time of day for the nominations announcement has not been announced.

The CCA’s homepage headline reads “Janelle James to host the 32nd Annual Critics Choice Awards,” and Deadline reported the hosting news in October 2026. The CCA’s own announcement page returned an error when we tried it, so we cite the two newsrooms that carry its text. The Barker Hangar is in Santa Monica, California.

What time are the Critics Choice Awards in every U.S. time zone?

The announcement gives the show as 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Pacific Time (PT). The Central Time (CT), Mountain Time (MT) and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) columns are our conversions from 7 p.m. ET; standard time applies on Jan. 3.

Time zone	Start	End
ET	7 p.m. Sun., Jan. 3	10 p.m.
CT	6 p.m.	9 p.m.
MT	5 p.m.	8 p.m.
PT	4 p.m.	7 p.m.
GMT	Midnight, Mon., Jan. 4	3 a.m. Mon., Jan. 4

How to watch the Critics Choice Awards on E! and USA Network

The release says the show is “returning to E! for the third year in a row” and that the telecast “will also air live on both coasts across USA Network.” Neither Awards Radar’s text of the release nor Gold Derby names a streaming service, so we do not list one. Check your provider’s channel list for E! and USA Network before Jan. 3.

Awards season 2027: Critics Choice, Golden Globes and Oscars side by side

Counting from each show’s nominations announcement shows how short the Critics Choice window is. The day counts are our calculation from the dates in the sources.

Show	Nominations	Ceremony	Days between	Network
32nd Critics Choice Awards	Fri., Dec. 4, 2026	Sun., Jan. 3, 2027	30	E!, USA Network
84th Golden Globes	Mon., Dec. 7, 2026	Sun., Jan. 10, 2027	34	CBS, Paramount+
99th Oscars	Thu., Jan. 21, 2027	Sun., March 14, 2027	52	ABC

The Golden Globes say the show airs live on the CBS Television Network and streams on Paramount+ in the U.S., with nominations on Dec. 7 per its May 7, 2026 timetable. The Academy and ABC say the Oscars air live at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT on ABC from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood, and the Academy’s key dates page lists nominations for Jan. 21, 2027. Our Golden Globes and Oscars 2027 calendar has show times and the Oscar voting steps, and the Grammy nominations story covers the music side of the season.

How did the 2026 Critics Choice Awards compare?

Last year, the 31st Critics Choice Awards aired live on E! and USA Network on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, per Versant’s press room, with Chelsea Handler hosting. Nominations were announced Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, Awards Radar reported. The Boston Globe’s Jan. 4, 2026 results story shows the 2026 show was also held at the Barker Hangar.

Print the Critics Choice Awards watch guide

The printable lists the nominations day, the Jan. 3 ceremony with its ET, CT, MT and PT times, the Golden Globes and the Oscars, with a column for your picks. Pin it beside the December 2026 and January 2027 calendars.