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Chelsea Handler kicked disconnected nan 2026 Critics Choice Awards connected E! and USA Network pinch gags astir Leonardo DiCaprio, Canadian deed bid Heated Rivalry and Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav.
That coupled pinch large wins for nan DiCaprio-led One Battle After Another, Timothée Chalamet, Jessie Buckley, Jacob Elordi and Amy Madigan helped boost nan Versant networks’ numbers.
The show, which was simulcast crossed nan 2 erstwhile NBCUniversal cablegram networks, much than doubled linear viewership compared to past year. It averaged 726,000 P2+ viewers connected nan 2 stations, which was up 125% versus past year’s telecast, which only aired connected E!.
This year’s show scored 350,000 full viewers connected E! alone, which was an summation of 8% connected past year’s show, if we’re comparing apples pinch apples.
Young group besides tuned successful pinch viewers successful nan 18-49 demo up 127% to 229,000, per Nielsen. This made it nan most-viewed Critics Choice Awards among nan demo since 2022, erstwhile it aired connected some TBS and The CW.
As such, it’s nary astonishment that integer numbers were up. The show landed 15M full integer engagements, which was up 63% from past year. It besides had 266M societal engagements, which includes video views, likes/comments/shares and stories impressions crossed E! News, E! Entertainment, E! Insider, and USA, which was up 219% year-on-year.
One Battle After Another won Best Feature aft Paul Thomas Anderson pulled disconnected an upset for Best Director and won Best Adapted Screenplay for nan Warner Bros thriller. Chalamet won Best Actor for A24’s Marty Supreme, Buckley won Best Actress for Focus Features’ Hamnet, Elordi won Best Supporting Actor for Netflix’s Frankenstein and Madigan won Best Supporting Actress for Warner Bros.’ Weapons.
Ryan Coogler’s blockbuster Sinners took location a co-leading 4 statuettes connected Sunday: Best Original Screenplay, Young Actor aliases Actress (Miles Caton), Score and nan inaugural Casting and Ensemble prize. Netflix’s Frankenstein also won 4 awards including Costume Design, Hair & Makeup and Production Design alongside Elordi’s win.
Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters won 2 for Best Animated Feature and Song, and Apple’s F1 also took a brace for Best Sound and Editing. Neon’s The Secret Agent won Best Foreign Film, and Paramount’s The Naked Gun took Best Comedy.
