Critics Choice Awards Set 2024 Date; CW Chief Brad Schwartz Talks Live Event Strategy, Golden Globes Rivalry

It looks like Matt James‘ mom might be following in his footsteps!

You oughta know! Before Alanis Morissette found The One with Mario “Souleye” Treadway, her romantic past inspired several breakup anthems.

It's one of the biggest nights in the UK showbiz calendar - The British Soap Awards. The annual event is set to take place this weekend, with viewers to see new host Jane McDonald take the reigns following Philip Schofield's sensational departure from ITV.

The American Film Institute said today that its annual honorees-only AFI Awards event is set for Friday, January 5, at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) today shared the timeline for its 2024 awards cycle, with its 2024 Film Awards set for Sunday, February 18.

2023 MTV Video Music Awards will return to the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on September 12, where the star-studded award show will once again air live at 8 p.m.«We're thrilled to be returning to the Prudential Center in Newark for this year's VMAs!» Bruce Gillmer, President of Music, Music Talent, Programming & Events, Paramount and Chief Content Officer, Music, Paramount+, said in a statement.

The cast of Vanderpump Rules is all together again for the first time since news of Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss‘ affair.

Angela Bassett received her first Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Tina Turner in the iconic 1993 biopic What’s Love Got To Do With It?

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Cate Blanchett kicked off her stilettos on Friday night as she took the stage a Cannes Film Festival party hosted by Variety and the Golden Globes. Because this is Cannes, where women are mandated to wear heels on the red carpet, shoes have become a political symbol on the French Riviera. And indeed, in this case, Blanchett went barefoot to make a statement — to stand in solidarity with the women of Iran. The A-list actor, on hand to present “Holy Spider” star Zahra Amir Ebrahim with a breakthrough artists award, grabbed the trophy and joked, “This is to stab everyone who stands in the way of women’s rights. Up the vajayjay!” In her remarks, an emotional Ebrahimi called attention to her home country, which is “executing innocent people.” She said, “I always thought being an actress was a paradox: serving the emotions of your own and being a flag or mirror or light. This award celebrates this paradox.”

Critics Choice Awards may be able to replace the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s big night. “That show, we believe — with a little bit of support, a little bit of marketing, a little more oomph behind it — that could almost replace the Golden Globes, maybe, with everything going on there,” Schwartz said.The network president called the 2023 Critics Choice Awards “absolutely” a better show than the Globes. “Far more fun, far more energy.

With a light-hearted, feel-good lineup of programming that includes The Spencer Sisters and Sullivan’s Crossing on the schedule for fall, the addition of dating show FBoy Island to the CW’s 2023-2024 schedule feels more than just a little incongruous.

The CW programming chief Brad Schwartz took a gentle swipe at the network’s previous business model as he revealed its fall schedule.

The Producers Guild of America has staked its claim to a date for its annual trophy show. The 2024 Producers Guild Awards will are set for Sunday, February 25, at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles — two weeks before the Oscars.

Producers Guild Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles on February 25, 2024.The Producers Guild Awards is a major predictor for the Academy Awards as a vast number of the voting members of the PGA are also members of the producers branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Thirteen of the last sixteen winners of the PGA’s Best Theatrical Motion Picture Award have gone on to win the Oscar for Best Picture, including this year’s winner, “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” The PGA Awards are also a predictor for the Best Animated Feature Oscar, as the last eight winners in that category have also won at this ceremony.

It’s mid-May, so it’s almost time for awards season! Well, not really, but we are getting some dates for the 2023-24 trophy chase. The 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards today were set for Saturday, February 24, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Netflix will stream the show live at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large The Screen Actors Guild Awards has announced a date for its first show on its new home, Netflix: Saturday, February 24, 2024. The 30th annual telecast will be streamed live on Netflix at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, and will return to its longtime home at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall. Last year’s SAG Awards ran on Netflix’s YouTube page; Netflix struck an 11th hour deal with the kudocast to televise the show (after its deal with TBS/TNT had expired), but too late to put it on the actual streamer in time. Hence, the 2024 edition will mark its live debut on Netflix. Meanwhile, the SAG Awards returns to the Shrine after having been held at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in 2023 and the Barker Hangar in 2022. Before that, it had been held at the Shrine every year from 1997 to 2021.

a combined 1.5 million viewers across various online platforms, again highlighting the disparity between a streaming success and an old-school network broadcast success. Submissions for nominations will open on August 28 and close on Oct. 27.

The Outer Critics Circle has named Some Like It Hot as the year’s Best New Broadway Musical and Leopoldstadt as Best New Broadway Play, the organization announced today.

London TV Screenings Unveils 2024 Dates

The Critics Choice Association (CCA) unveiled the nominees for the fifth annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards that honors the best in nonfiction, unscripted and reality programming.