Critics Choice Awards on The CW Draw Show’s Biggest Audience in 4 Years With 1 Million Viewers

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The Critics Choice Awards drew the biggest audience on The CW the ceremony has seen in four years.

Sunday’s annual ceremony, which kicked off at 7 p.m. ET, brought in 1.04 million viewers — up 14% from last year’s show — and a 0.15 rating in the key broadcast demo among adults 18-49, according to live-plus-same day Nielsen figures.

Hosted by Chelsea Handler from the Barker Hangar in Los Angeles, the 29th annual show scored 202,000 viewers in the key 18-49 demo — up 50% from last year — and reached 239,000 viewers among adults 25-54 — up 37% from last ceremony.