The 2024 Critics Selection Awards will return to the CW, airing on Jan. 14, the community introduced as we speak as a part of its 2023-24 schedule. As soon as once more, the present will observe the Golden Globes, which have set a Jan. 7, 2024 date however no community but.
Throughout the CW press convention Thursday morning along with the schedule’s launch, the community’s President of Leisure Brad Schwartz praised the 2023 Critics Selection Awards and took just a few pictures at its foremost rival, which is coming off a rocky two years and a significant overhaul.
“From my artistic imaginative and prescient, it completely was a greater present than the Golden Globes, much more enjoyable, much more vitality, [host] Chelsea Handler killed it. It is a truth, it was a much better predictor of the Academy Awards than the Golden Globes,” he stated. “That present, we imagine, with somewhat little bit of assist and a bit of promoting, somewhat extra oomph behind it, might have nearly changed the Golden Globes, possibly, with all the pieces occurring there. However creatively that present is one thing we’re very pleased with, particularly this final yr. Everybody was within the room, Julia Roberts was within the room, it was actually enjoyable. We’re actually proud to be part of it, and we’re excited to maintain going.”
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Critics Selection Awards is the one non-sports stay occasion presently on the CW. There may very well be extra however there are not any plans to considerably scale up that a part of the enterprise, Schwartz stated.
“We’re a lot of completely different stay occasions, and I believe we’ll do just a few extra like them. However, as we re-imagine and reinvent the CW, we have to focus extra of our cash on issues that may carry folks again week after week, issues that may carry folks again season after season,” he stated. “And so, scripted and unscripted sequence is extra the place we needs to be putting our bets. Having stated that, it’s fantastic for us to be in the course of the leisure trade and host this wonderful Critics Selection Awards.”
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