The CW to Air ‘Critics Choice Movie Awards’ in 2014

Critics' Choice Awards

The annual Critics Choice Movie Awards will be broadcast in 2014 on The CW network, marking the second year in a row the network’s played host to the awards show. The Critics Choice Movie Awards are voted on by members of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (of which I’m a member), an organization made up of 280+ television, radio, and online critics. Nominees for the 19th annual CCMAs will be announced on December 16, 2013, and the winners will be revealed on January 16, 2014 during the live broadcast.

In addition to the film awards, The CW will also air the Critics Choice Television Awards in 2014. The awards will take place in June and will air in primetime for the very first time.

“We are thrilled to expand our partnership with The CW to include the Critics Choice Television Awards in addition to the Critics Choice Movie Awards,” said Joey Berlin, BFCA/BTJA President. “We believe the phenomenal success of our Movie Awards show on The CW last year was a harbinger of great things to come. Hosting our star-studded event on January 16th – the day the Academy Award nominations are announced and the world is focused on Hollywood – again guarantees that the Critics Choice Movie Awards celebration will be a must-see highlight of the awards season. And the Critics Choice Television Awards is poised to become as important to TV audiences as it is already to the TV industry.”

“We’re very happy to once again be the broadcast home of the Critics Choice Movie Awards,’ and to add the Critics Choice Television Awards to our schedule this season, continuing The CW’s commitment to more event programming throughout the year,” added John Maatta, The CW Executive Vice President. “With the biggest stars in movies and TV, the Critics Choice Movie Awards and the Critics Choice Television Awards are fantastic broadcast events for The CW as we keep adding more original hours to our primetime schedule.”

And an interesting sidenote: The Critics Choice Movie Awards are one of the most accurate predictors of the Academy Award nominations.