While originally set to go out on Sunday, January 12, the 2025 Critics Choice Awards has been delayed as a result of the devastating LA wildfires. The event will now take place on Sunday, January 26, with live coverage going out on E! at 7pm ET / 4pm PT.

Chelsea Handler, the six-time New York Times best-selling author and advocate, will be hosting the gala event for the third consecutive year.

Critics Choice Awards, originally scheduled for Jan. 12 and pushed to Jan. 26, it will now take place February 7.

The Critics Choice Awards, honoring “the finest in cinematic achievement,” according to Film Affinity, are set to take place in February. The event is organized by the Critics Choice Association, a collective of broadcast, radio, film critics and journalists, who review both film and television, stated on the official Critics Choice website.

That day of the week switch is presumably because the Directors Guild Awards and the Producers Guild Awards are already scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 8, and that kind of lays out the actual issue that happens when these dates start getting moved: Awards season (which,

Critics Choice Awards have been postponed again amid the L.A. wildfires. The ceremony will now be held on Friday, Feb. 7, PEOPLE confirms.