Chelsea Handler will host the 2025 Critics' Choice Awards for the third year in a row

Both The Critics' Choice Awards and Chelsea Handler are set to return to E! For next year's event.

The annual awards show will air on its landmark 30th anniversary in 2025E! network for the first time since 2007.

Plus, always entertaining Handler He will preside over the milestone event at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. California after hosting the show for the past two years.

“It's even sweeter knowing that the Critics' Choice Awards will return for a third year and now air on E,” Handler said in a statement. 'I feel like I'm back where I was born.'

While the comedian delivered all the jokes and bits for the most recent show in January, he also put on a fashion show extravaganza wearing three different outfits – yellow, green and black.

Handler, 49, is a longtime E! The network was home to the talk show Chelsea for seven seasons from 2007 to 2014.

He also did three seasons of the scripted spinoff from 2011-2013, including one season of The Chelsea Handler Show in 2006.

The annual awards show honoring outstanding cinematic achievements as selected by the American-Canadian Critics' Choice Association, E! After a gap of 18 years during the event.

“With the incredible Chelsea Handler returning as our host, we know this special 30th anniversary show will be our biggest and best show yet,” said Joe Berlin, CEO of Critics' Choice Association. E! network.

He added, 'We couldn't be more excited to air the show live on E! It will be available to stream on Peacock the next day,' said Joey Berlin, CEO of the Critics' Choice Association. E! network Report.

The ceremony aired on E! It returned for a sixth season in 2001, and ran for four years, until 2004, before it moved to the WB for two years, E! for one year.

'E!' 's long-standing tradition of Hollywood's biggest nights celebrating achievements across pop culture makes it the perfect home for the Critics' Choice Awards,' said Jen Neal, NBCUniversal Entertainment's executive vp live events and specials. By The Hollywood Reporter.

After hosting the show for the past two years, the artist will headline the landmark event at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California23.; Seen in 20

Oppenheimer and its stars Robert Downey Jr. and Cillian Murphy were big winners at the 2024 Critics' Choice Awards, taking home eight trophies, including Best Picture, Best Director (Christopher Nolan) and Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.).

“It's even sweeter knowing that the Critics' Choice Awards will return for a third year and now air on E,” Handler said in a statement. 'I feel as if I am returning to the place of my birth' (viewed in 2023)

The Critics' Choice Association will announce this year's Best in TV nominations on Dec. 5 at 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT, while movie nominations will be announced a week later, on Dec. 12 at 12 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT.

The 30th anniversary of the E! The ceremony will begin with an hour-long red carpet pre-show.

The three-hour ceremony for the 2025 Critics' Choice Awards will air live from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California on Sunday, January 12, with E! network.

It will be available to stream on Peacock the following day on January 13.