How to Watch the 2025 Critics’ Choice Awards Without Cable

The 30th Critics Choice Awards is finally here! If you love film, TV and pop culture, this is a wildly fun event you don’t want to miss. For many of us, the best part is seeing our favorite famous faces on the red carpet. Skinny bundle streaming services are the easiest way to get access to the broadcast, with options from several major streaming services to choose from. Here’s everything you need to watch the Critics Choice Awards without a cable subscription.

The Critics Choice Awards were originally set to air on Jan. 12 but was postponed twice due to the wildfires in Southern California. The show will now air on E! on Friday, Feb. 7, with a next-day stream on Peacock Feb. 8. Chelsea Handler will be returning as host for her third year and is sure to deliver unexpected, entertaining moments, like pulling Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie onstage last year. This year, “Wicked” and “Conclave” have tied for most-nominated film with 11 nods each; “Dune: Part Two” and “Emilia Perez” were close behind with 10. On the smaller screen, the TV series “Shōgun” is looking like the favorite with six nominations.

• When are the 2025 Critics Choice Awards?: Friday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. EST/4 p.m. PST
• Who is hosting the 2025 Critics Choice Awards?: Chelsea Handler
• Where are the 2025 Critics Choice Awards held?:  The Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport in Santa Monica, California
• What channel is showing the 2025 Critics Choice Awards?: E!

The Critics Choice Awards air on E!, which is available to stream live through several skinny bundle streaming services. These services let you add live TV channels for a small fee and are a much cheaper and more flexible alternative to cable. E! is a channel option on major streaming services like FuboTV, if you want to watch the ceremony live. If you don’t mind a recorded version, you can watch the Critics Choice Awards on Peacock the next day.

Here are all the ways to stream the 2025 Critics Choice Awards:

• DIRECTV
• FuboTV
• Sling TV
• Hulu + Live TV
• YouTube TV
• Peacock

Film Awards

Best Picture

“A Complete Unknown”
“Anora”
“The Brutalist”
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Nickel Boys”
“Sing Sing”
“The Substance”
“Wicked”

Best Actor

Adrien Brody – “The Brutalist”
Timothée Chalamet – “A Complete Unknown”
Daniel Craig – “Queer”
Colman Domingo – “Sing Sing”
Ralph Fiennes – “Conclave”
Hugh Grant – “Heretic”

Best Actress

Cynthia Erivo – “Wicked”
Karla Sofía Gascón – “Emilia Pérez”
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – “Hard Truths”
Angelina Jolie – “Maria”
Mikey Madison – “Anora”
Demi Moore – “The Substance”

Best Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov – “Anora”
Kieran Culkin – “A Real Pain”
Clarence Maclin – “Sing Sing”
Edward Norton – “A Complete Unknown”
Guy Pearce – “The Brutalist”
Denzel Washington – “Gladiator II”

Best Supporting Actress

Danielle Deadwyler – “The Piano Lesson”
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – “Nickel Boys”
Ariana Grande – “Wicked”
Margaret Qualley – “The Substance”
Isabella Rossellini – “Conclave”
Zoe Saldaña – “Emilia Pérez”

Best Young Actor / Actress

Alyla Browne – “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”
Elliott Heffernan – “Blitz”
Maisy Stella – “My Old Ass”
Izaac Wang – “Didi”
Alisha Weir – “Abigail”
Zoe Ziegler – “Janet Planet”

Best Acting Ensemble

“Anora”
“Conclave”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Saturday Night”
“Sing Sing”
“Wicked”

Best Director

Jacques Audiard – “Emilia Pérez”
Sean Baker – “Anora”
Edward Berger – “Conclave”
Brady Corbet – “The Brutalist”
Jon M. Chu – “Wicked”
Coralie Fargeat – “The Substance”
RaMell Ross – “Nickel Boys”
Denis Villeneuve – “Dune: Part Two”

Best Original Screenplay

Sean Baker – “Anora”
Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David – “September 5”
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold – “The Brutalist”
Jesse Eisenberg – “A Real Pain”
Coralie Fargeat – “The Substance”
Justin Kuritzkes – “Challengers”

Best Adapted Screenplay

Jacques Audiard – “Emilia Pérez”
Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox – “Wicked”
Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley – “Sing Sing”
RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes – “Nickel Boys”
Peter Straughan – “Conclave”
Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts – “Dune: Part Two”

Best Animated Feature

“Flow”
“Inside Out 2”
“Memoir of a Snail”
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
“The Wild Robot”

Best Comedy

“A Real Pain”
“Deadpool & Wolverine”
“Hit Man”
“My Old Ass”
“Saturday Night”
“Thelma”

Best Foreign Language Film

“All We Imagine as Light”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Flow”
“I’m Still Here”
“Kneecap”
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig”

Best Song

Beautiful That Way – “The Last Showgirl” – Miley Cyrus
Compress / Repress – “Challengers” – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
El Mal – “Emilia Pérez” – Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Camille
Harper and Will Go West – “Will & Harper” – Kristen Wiig
Kiss the Sky – “The Wild Robot” – Maren Morris
Mi Camino – “Emilia Pérez” – Selena Gomez

Best Score

Volker Bertelmann – “Conclave”
Daniel Blumberg – “The Brutalist”
Kris Bowers – “The Wild Robot”
Clément Ducol & Camille – “Emilia Pérez”
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – “Challengers”
Hans Zimmer – “Dune: Part Two”

TV Awards

Best Drama Series

“The Day of the Jackal”
“The Diplomat”
“Evil”
“Industry”
“Interview with the Vampire”
“The Old Man”
“Shōgun”
“Slow Horses”

Best Actor in a Drama Series

Jeff Bridges – “The Old Man”
Ncuti Gatwa – “Doctor Who”
Eddie Redmayne – “The Day of the Jackal”
Hiroyuki Sanada – “Shōgun”
Rufus Sewell – “The Diplomat”
Antony Starr – “The Boys”

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Tadanobu Asano – “Shōgun”
Michael Emerson – “Evil”
Mark-Paul Gosselaar – “Found”
Takehiro Hira – “Shōgun”
John Lithgow – “The Old Man”
Sam Reid – “Interview with the Vampire”

Best Actress in a Drama Series

Caitriona Balfe – “Outlander”
Kathy Bates – “Matlock”
Shanola Hampton – “Found”
Keira Knightley – “Black Doves”
Keri Russell – “The Diplomat”
Anna Sawai – “Shōgun”

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Moeka Hoshi – “Shōgun”
Allison Janney – “The Diplomat”
Nicole Kidman – “Special Ops: Lioness”
Skye P. Marshall – “Matlock”
Anna Sawai – “Pachinko”
Fiona Shaw – “Bad Sisters”

Best Comedy Series

“Abbott Elementary”
“English Teacher”
“Hacks”
“Nobody Wants This”
“Only Murders in the Building”
“Somebody Somewhere”
“St. Denis Medical”

“What We Do in the Shadows”

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

Brian Jordan Alvarez – “English Teacher”
Adam Brody – “Nobody Wants This”
David Alan Grier – “St. Denis Medical”
Steve Martin – “Only Murders in the Building”
Kayvan Novak – “What We Do in the Shadows”
Martin Short – “Only Murders in the Building”

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

Kristen Bell – “Nobody Wants This”
Quinta Brunson – “Abbott Elementary”
Natasia Demetriou – “What We Do in the Shadows”
Bridget Everett – “Somebody Somewhere”
Jean Smart – “Hacks”
Kristen Wiig – “Palm Royale”

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Paul W. Downs – “Hacks”
Asher Grodman – “Ghosts”
Harvey Guillén – “What We Do in the Shadows”
Brandon Scott Jones – “Ghosts”
Michael Urie – “Shrinking”
Tyler James Williams – “Abbott Elementary”

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Liza Colón-Zayas – “The Bear”
Hannah Einbinder – “Hacks”
Janelle James – “Abbott Elementary”
Stephanie Koenig – “English Teacher”
Patti LuPone – “Agatha All Along”
Annie Potts – “Young Sheldon”

Best Limited Series

“Baby Reindeer”
“Disclaimer”
“Masters of the Air”
“Mr. Bates vs the Post Office”
“The Penguin”
“Ripley”
“True Detective: Night Country”
“We Were the Lucky Ones”

Best Movie Made for Television

“The Great Lillian Hall”
“It’s What’s Inside”
“Música”
“Out of My Mind”
“Rebel Ridge”
“V/H/S/Beyond”

Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Colin Farrell – “The Penguin”
Richard Gadd – “Baby Reindeer”
Tom Hollander – “FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans”
Kevin Kline – “Disclaimer”
Ewan McGregor – “A Gentleman in Moscow”
Andrew Scott – “Ripley”

Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Cate Blanchett – “Disclaimer”
Jodie Foster – “True Detective: Night Country”
Jessica Lange – “The Great Lillian Hall”
Cristin Milioti – “The Penguin”
Phoebe-Rae Taylor – “Out of My Mind”
Naomi Watts – “FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans”

Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Robert Downey Jr. – “The Sympathizer”
Hugh Grant – “The Regime”
Ron Cephas Jones – “Genius: MLK/X”
Logan Lerman – “We Were the Lucky Ones”
Liev Schreiber – “The Perfect Couple”
Treat Williams – “FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans”

Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Dakota Fanning – “Ripley”
Leila George – “Disclaimer”
Betty Gilpin – “Three Women”
Jessica Gunning – “Baby Reindeer”
Deirdre O’Connell – “The Penguin”
Kali Reis – “True Detective: Night Country”

Best Foreign Language Series

“Acapulco”
“Citadel: Honey Bunny”
“La Máquina”
“The Law According to Lidia Poët”
“My Brilliant Friend”
“Pachinko”
“Senna”
“Squid Game”

Best Animated Series

“Batman: Caped Crusader”
“Bluey”
“Bob’s Burgers”
“Invincible”
“The Simpsons”
“X-Men ’97”

Best Talk Show

“Hot Ones”
“The Daily Show”
“The Graham Norton Show”
“John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A.”
“The Kelly Clarkson Show”
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”

Best Comedy Special

“Ali Wong: Single Lady”
“Jim Gaffigan: The Skinny”
“Kevin James: Irregardless”
“Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die”
“Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special”
“Ramy Youssef: More Feelings”

You can watch the Critics Choice Awards anywhere you want using streaming devices. Just connect your streaming service, such as Hulu or FuboTV, to a streaming device like Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV, Chromecast, mobile devices, gaming consoles, or the web to watch on any screen you want.

If you can’t get enough of red-carpet events like the Critics Choice Awards, there are plenty of similar ceremonies to look forward to during awards season. The Grammys are also held in February this year, and there are award shows like the Emmy Awards and the Oscars to look forward to later in the season.