T.J. Miller to host the 22nd Annual Critics’ Choice Awards

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A&E Network, home of the Critics’ Choice Awards for the past two years, announced a significant shift in the year-end awards season calendar. The 22nd Annual Critics’ Choice Awards show will now be kicking off the season as the first major award show honoring the best in film and television when it airs live on Sunday, December 11th at 8PM ET/5PM PT.

Comedian T.J. Miller will return as host of the star-studded three-hour show celebrating the best in movies and television for the second consecutive year. The show will broadcast live on A&E from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.

T.J. Miller stars in HBO’s Emmy and Critics’ Choice Award-winning series Silicon Valley, which will begin shooting its fourth season this fall. The series took home the award for “Best Comedy Series” at last year’s Critics’ Choice Television Awards, and T.J. himself won “Best Supporting Actor.” T.J. starred opposite Ryan Reynolds in the hit Marvel feature Deadpool and his voice can be heard on the big screen in the Academy Award-winning Big Hero 6 and How to Train Your Dragon 2. Prior to this, Miller appeared in a number of major studio films including Transformers 4, Cloverfield, She’s Out of My League, Extract, Seeking a Friend for End of the World, Our Idiot Brother, Yogi Bear 3D, Unstoppable, and Get Him to the Greek. Among T.J.’s other projects are the recently wrapped Office Christmas Party, in which he stars opposite Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman; Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One, which is currently filming; and Gorburger, a show so strange you have to google it to understand.

T.J. is a nationally touring stand-up comedian, with an hour-long Comedy Central stand-up special titled T.J. Miller: No Real Reason. He has released the hip-hop/pop/folk music album The Extended Play E.P. and hosts the weekly podcast Cashing in with T.J. Miller. Miller was also named one of Variety’s “Top 10 Comics to Watch.”

“T.J.’s tremendous presence and comedic humor complement our mission to make this show bigger and better year after year,” said Frontain Bryant. “We are honored to have him return as we lead the way into award season celebrating the best of television and film.”

“The BFCA and BTJA are very excited about moving the Critics’ Choice Awards from the traditional mid-January date to December 11th,” added Berlin. “This is the logical time for the Critics’ Choice Awards to be presented in the vanguard of the awards season. The role of critics is to assess new films and television shows and advise the public when they are initially released. So this new date is actually the most appropriate time for our annual year-end assessment of the finest achievements in both media. December 11th will be the first time all of the year’s major award contenders will be gathered together to celebrate the best of the best.”