Chelsea Handler-hosted 2025 Critics Choice Awards postponed amid L.A. wildfires

E! is now set to broadcast the ceremony on Jan. 26.

Joey Nolfi

8 January 2025 at 3:46 pm·2-min read

Kevin Winter/Getty; Critics Choice Association Chelsea Handler at the Critics Choice Awards in 2023 — Kevin Winter/Getty; Critics Choice Association
Chelsea Handler at the Critics Choice Awards in 2023

The Chelsea Handler-hosted 2025 Critics Choice Awards have been postponed as a series of wildfires continue to spread through southern California.

As evacuation orders and casualties sweep the region, the Critics Choice Awards canceled its originally planned ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. ET/PT. Instead, the Critics Choice Awards will broadcast on Sunday, Jan. 26 live on E! and stream on Peacock the following day. The event will remain at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif.

"This unfolding tragedy has already had a profound impact on our community," Critics Choice Association CEO Joey Berlin said in an emailed statement. "All our thoughts and prayers are with those battling the devastating fires and with all who have been affected."

Handler is set to return for her third consecutive year as the Critics Choice Awards host, presiding over a ceremony where the Critics Choice Association will name its annual list of winners in film and TV categories.

Other entertainment entities impacted by the ongoing L.A. wildfires, which have thus far forced the evacuation of over 30,000 people in the region and killed at least two people, include the live 2025 SAG Awards nominations announcement, which was canceled Wednesday morning, as well as Universal Studios Hollywood theme park, which closed for the day for the first time since the 2020 COVID pandemic.

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Chelsea Handler — Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
Chelsea Handler

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Stars like Jamie Lee Curtis, Steve Guttenberg, Spencer Pratt, and Mark Hamill also detailed evacuation and damage efforts in their areas, with Curtis urging her followers on social media to "stay out of the way and let the firefighters do their work."

Leaders among the 2025 Critics Choice Awards nominees included Wicked and Conclave with 11 nominations each, while Shōgun led TV nominees with six overall nods.

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