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How To Watch The Critics Choice Awards

Updated on 2023-01-13 By Dennis Restauro

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The 28th annual Critics Choice Awards will air live this Sunday, January 15, at 7 p.m. ET/PT on The CW, and will be hosted by Chelsea Handler. The event will recognize leading achievements in film this past year, with top contenders including Everything Everywhere All At Once, Elvis, Tár, The Banshees of Inisherin, and The Fabelmans. Actor Jeff Bridges will receive the Critics Choice Lifetime Achievement Award. Read on to learn how to watch the event and see the 2022 Critics Choice Awards nominations.

  • When are The Critics Choice Awards: The Critics Choice Awards are live at 7 p.m. ET on Sunday, January 15, 2023.
  • TV Network: The Critics Choice Awards air on The CW.
  • Best Way to Stream Live: DIRECTV STREAM provides The CW, so you can watch new episodes of The Critics Choice Awards when they air, and it has a 5-day free trial. FuboTV (Free Trial), and YouTube TV(Free Trial) also carry The CW.
Table of Contents
  • Stream The The Critics Choice Awards Free
  • Watch The Critics Choice Awards on These Streaming Services
    • Watch The Critics Choice Awards on DIRECTV STREAM
    • Watch The Critics Choice Awards on Hulu
    • Watch The Critics Choice Awards on YouTube TV
    • Watch The Critics Choice Awards on The CW with fuboTV
  • 2023 Critics Choice Awards Nominations
    • Nominations for Film
    • Best Picture
    • Best Song
    • Best Score
    • Best Actor
    • Best Actress
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Best Young Actor/Actress
    • Best Acting Ensemble
    • Best Director
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Best Cinematography
    • Best Production Design
    • Best Editing
    • Best Costume Design
    • Best Hair and Makeup
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Best Comedy
    • Best Animated Feature
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Stream The The Critics Choice Awards Free

The Critics Choice Awards airs live on Sunday, January 15, at 7 p.m. on The CW.

Suppose you don’t have cable TV or can’t watch The CW using a TV antenna. Many live TV streaming services offer local CW stations in nearly all U.S. markets, and several offer a free trial, which allows you to watch The Critics Choice Awards as it airs for free. All the ways you can stream The Critics Choice Awards are listed below. All free trials auto-renew when they expire, but you will not be billed if you cancel before the trial ends.

If you can wait a day The Critics Choice Awards will be available to stream for free on The CW’s website and The CW app the day following the live broadcast on Monday.

Watch The Critics Choice Awards on These Streaming Services

The following streaming services carry The CW to watch The Critics Choice Awards as it airs live on Sunday.

Watch The Critics Choice Awards on DIRECTV STREAM

DIRECTV STREAM

DIRECTV STREAM offers The CW live in many markets. Through its “Entertainment” package for $79.99 a month, The CW is available along with a ton of cable TV and other broadcast networks like TBS. Check this online offer to make sure The CW are offered in your area. For more information, check out our review of DIRECTV STREAM.

How Much:  $79.99 per month through its “Entertainment” package.

Watch The Critics Choice Awards on Hulu

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Hulu offers live The CW in nearly all US markets along with cable TV and broadcast networks. Therefore, you can watch The Critics Choice Awards as it airs. To see if live The CW is available in your area, you can use this tool: Hulu Live TV Channels by Zip code.

Hulu + Live TV is supported on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, iOS, Android, and more. You can read more about Hulu in our review of Hulu. There isn’t a month-to-month contract, so you can sign up to test the service without fear of a long-term commitment. You can sign up for Hulu Live TV using this link.

Watch The Critics Choice Awards on YouTube TV

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YouTube TV is another excellent option for watching The Critics Choice Awards. YouTube TV offers The CW live with its streaming service in nearly ALL markets in the US. 

YouTube TV supports Roku, Android, iOS, Apple TV, Fire TV, Chromecast, and more. Be sure to check out our review of YouTube TV for more information. You can sign up for their free trial.

How Much:  $72.99 per month.

Watch The Critics Choice Awards on The CW with fuboTV

Fubo TV

FuboTV carries The CW in numerous US cities, allowing you to watch The Critics Choice Awards every week when it airs. You can check out FuboTV here. Fubo TV supports the following streaming devices:

  • Android smartphones
  • Android tablets
  • iPhone
  • iPad
  • Apple TV (4th Generation only)
  • Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick
  • Roku
  • Chromecast

For more information on FuboTV features, please see our Fubo TV review.

How Much: FuboTV costs  $74.99.

2023 Critics Choice Awards Nominations

Below is the list of awards and nominees for the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards.

Nominations for Film

Best Picture

  • Avatar: The Way of Water
  • Babylon
  • The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Elvis
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • The Fabelmans
  • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
  • RRR
  • Tár
  • Top Gun: Maverick
  • Women Talking

Best Song

  • Taylor Swift, “Carolina” – Where the Crawdads Sing
  • Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro, “Ciao Papa” – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
  • Lady Gaga, Bloodpop, “Hold My Hand” – Top Gun: Maverick
  • Tems, Ludwig Göransson, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, “Lift Me Up” – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
  • Kala Bhairava, M.M. Keeravani, Rahul Sipligunj, “Naatu Naatu” – RRR
  • LCD Soundsystem, “New Body Rhumba” – White Noise

Best Score

  • Alexandre Desplat – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
  • Michael Giacchino – The Batman
  • Hildur Guðnadóttir – Tár
  • Hildur Guðnadóttir – Women Talking
  • Justin Hurwitz – Babylon
  • John Williams – The Fabelmans

Best Actor

  • Austin Butler – Elvis
  • Tom Cruise – Top Gun: Maverick
  • Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Brendan Fraser – The Whale
  • Paul Mescal – Aftersun
  • Bill Nighy – Living

Best Actress

  • Cate Blanchett – Tár
  • Viola Davis – The Woman King
  • Danielle Deadwyler – Till
  • Margot Robbie – Babylon
  • Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans
  • Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actor

  • Paul Dano – The Fabelmans
  • Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Judd Hirsch – The Fabelmans
  • Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway

Best Supporting Actress

  • Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
  • Jessie Buckley – Women Talking
  • Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Young Actor/Actress

  • Frankie Corio – Aftersun
  • Jalyn Hall – Till
  • Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans
  • Bella Ramsey – Catherine Called Birdy
  • Banks Repeta – Armageddon Time
  • Sadie Sink – The Whale

Best Acting Ensemble

  • The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • The Fabelmans
  • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
  • The Woman King
  • Women Talking

Best Director

  • James Cameron – Avatar: The Way of Water
  • Damien Chazelle – Babylon
  • Todd Field – Tár
  • Baz Luhrmann – Elvis
  • Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Sarah Polley – Women Talking
  • Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Woman King
  • S. S. Rajamouli – RRR
  • Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans

Best Original Screenplay

  • Todd Field – Tár
  • Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner – The Fabelmans
  • Charlotte Wells – Aftersun

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Samuel D. Hunter – The Whale
  • Kazuo Ishiguro – Living
  • Rian Johnson – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
  • Rebecca Lenkiewicz – She Said
  • Sarah Polley – Women Talking

Best Cinematography

  • Russell Carpenter – Avatar: The Way of Water
  • Roger Deakins – Empire of Light
  • Florian Hoffmeister – Tár
  • Janusz Kaminski – The Fabelmans
  • Claudio Miranda – Top Gun: Maverick
  • Linus Sandgren – Babylon

Best Production Design

  • Hannah Beachler, Lisa K. Sessions – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
  • Rick Carter, Karen O’Hara – The Fabelmans
  • Dylan Cole, Ben Procter, Vanessa Cole – Avatar: The Way of Water
  • Jason Kisvarday, Kelsi Ephraim – Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn – Elvis
  • Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino – Babylon

Best Editing

  • Tom Cross – Babylon
  • Eddie Hamilton – Top Gun: Maverick
  • Stephen Rivkin, David Brenner, John Refoua, James Cameron – Avatar: The Way of Water
  • Paul Rogers – Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Matt Villa, Jonathan Redmond – Elvis
  • Monika Willi – Tár

Best Costume Design

  • Ruth E. Carter – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
  • Jenny Eagan – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
  • Shirley Kurata – Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Catherine Martin – Elvis
  • Gersha Phillips – The Woman King
  • Mary Zophres – Babylon

Best Hair and Makeup

  • Babylon
  • The Batman
  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
  • Elvis
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • The Whale

Best Visual Effects

  • Avatar: The Way of Water
  • The Batman
  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • RRR
  • Top Gun: Maverick

Best Comedy

  • The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Bros
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
  • Triangle of Sadness
  • The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Best Animated Feature

  • Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
  • Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
  • Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
  • Turning Red
  • Wendell & Wild

Best Foreign Language Film

  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Argentina, 1985
  • Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
  • Close
  • Decision to Leave
  • RRR

About The Author

Dennis Restauro

Dennis started Grounded Reason in 2014 to share his expertise in streaming devices, streaming services, local networking, and cutting the cord on cable TV. His expertise has been leveraged by The Washington Post, Forbes, Kiplinger, The Fiscal Times, podcasts, and other media. Dennis has spent over 25 years working in technology for the public and the private sector as a systems administrator and enterprise systems architect. Dennis is a graduate of Towson University with a degree in Computer Science. See Dennis on LinkedIn.

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