Critics Choice Awards Ratings Bounce Back Via Simulcast on The CW and TBS

variety.com:

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe Critics Choice Awards returned to a fully in-person event on Sunday, and so did the audience — sort of.

Never a huge ratings performer, the ceremony nonetheless recovered from last year’s COVID dip, averaging 1.1 million viewers and a 0.2 rating with adults 18-49 in live + same day viewership.That rating is on par with the last regular Critics Choice Awards telecast, on January 12, 2020, which averaged 1.2 million viewers.

Of note, that 2020 show aired only on The CW, while this year’s event was simulcast on both The CW and TBS. (And also of note: Those 2020 ratings represented a sharp decline for the show vs.

2019: Down 33% in the key 18-49 demographic and down roughly 22% on total viewership.) Last year, the 2021 event, held at Barker Hanger, was a limited, socially distanced affair that attracted just 337,000 viewers and a 0.1 rating with adults 18-49 on The CW.