TBS Joins The CW To Air ‘Critics Choice Awards’

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Corporate cousins team up on January telecast

Taye Diggs during the 26th Annual Critics Choice Awards on March 7, 2021.
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TBS is joining The CW to air The Critics Choice Awards live on Sunday, Jan. 9. It is the 27th annual Critics Choice Awards, celebrating the best in television and film. 

The ceremony happens at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Century City, California. The telecast will be three hours.  

Submissions close for Critics Choice Awards TV categories Nov. 15 and nominations are announced Dec. 1. Nominating ballots go out to Film Branch members Nov. 29 and film nominations are announced Dec.6. 

The CW, TBS and TNT have at times aired one another’s pilot episodes. The CW is a joint venture between Warner Bros. and CBS. TNT and TBS are part of WarnerMedia.

The 27th annual Critics Choice Awards show will be produced by Bob Bain Productions and Berlin Entertainment.  

Netflix took home eight Critics Choice Awards earlier this year, leading all networks. Netflix’s The Crown won best drama while Apple TV Plus’s Ted Lasso got top comedy. 

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.