People's Choice Awards

For the Australian awards show, see People's Choice Awards (Australia).

People's Choice Awards
Current: 49th People's Choice Awards
Sponsored by	Procter & Gamble (1982–2017) E! (2018–present)
Country	United States
First awarded	March 3, 1975; 49 years ago (1975-03-03)
Website	https://www.votepca.com/
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS (1975–2017) E! (2018–) NBC (2021–) Peacock (2024-)

The People's Choice Awards is an American awards show, recognizing people in entertainment, voted online by the general public and fans. The show has been held annually since 1975,^[1][2] with the winners originally determined using Gallup Polls until a switch to online voting in 2005.

The awards were created by Bob Stivers, who produced the first show in 1975.^[3][4] The first awards recognized The Sting as Favorite Picture of 1974, Barbra Streisand as the year's Favorite Film Actress, and John Wayne as its Favorite Film Actor.^[5] So far, Ellen DeGeneres and Taylor Swift are the most awarded people, with a total of 20 awards each.^[6]

In 1982, Stivers sold the People's Choice Awards to Procter & Gamble Productions (P&G); under P&G, the ceremony was broadcast by CBS, and Procter & Gamble's brands held exclusive national advertising time across the entire telecast.^[7][8]

In April 2017, the E! network announced that they had acquired the People's Choice Awards.^[7][8] The ceremony was shifted from its previous January scheduling to November, to reduce its proximity to the busier months of awards season.^[9][10][11] Since 2021, the ceremony has aired on E!'s sister broadcast network NBC.^[12] In March 2023, NBC announced that it would premiere a country music awards show—the People's Choice Country Awards—as a spin-off event; it will be held in September at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.^[13] In June 2023, it was announced that the People's Choice Awards would move to February, beginning with the 49th ceremony in 2024. In addition, the ceremony will stream live on Peacock in addition to the NBC and E! broadcasts.^[14]

Categories

The award categories have varied over the years. For example, the 16th People's Choice Awards had categories including Favorite All-Around Movie (Batman), and both a Favorite Movie Actor (Tom Cruise) and a World Favorite Movie Actor (Dustin Hoffman). At the 23rd People's Choice Awards, Rob Reiner was named the People's Choice Awards Honoree. The 32nd People's Choice Awards (broadcast in January 2006) included categories such as Favorite On-Screen Match-Up (Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson in Wedding Crashers), Favorite Leading Lady (Reese Witherspoon), Favorite Tour (U2), and an award named after a Procter & Gamble brand: Nice 'n Easy Fans Favorite Hair (Faith Hill). In 2008, the People's Choice Awards introduced a new category: Favorite Sci-Fi Show. The nominees were Stargate Atlantis, Battlestar Galactica, and Doctor Who. Stargate Atlantis was the first recipient of the award.

Poll-based awards

In the 20th century, the awards were based on results from Gallup polls. Each year, Gallup took a survey of different categories for favorite actor, actress, movie, artist, television program or group. The scope was unlimited—the public could choose whomever or whatever it liked. The results of the annual survey were announced in the form of the People's Choice Awards. Since polls have margins of error, many years' awards have had ties in at least one category, when Gallup declared that the voting was so close that a single winner could not be chosen. For instance, in 2003, both Spider-Man and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring were recognized as Favorite Motion Picture.

Switch to online voting

The winners of the 31st People's Choice Awards (on January 9, 2005) were decided by online voting rather than Gallup polls. The nominees submitted for Internet voting were selected using an unpublished process involving editors at Entertainment Weekly, the show's production team and a panel of pop culture fans.

The nominees for the 32nd People's Choice Awards were determined by the web research company Knowledge Networks, which took a nationally representative sample of men and women ages 18 to 54, with and without Internet access, to come up with the nominees. After being presented with a list of candidates determined by national ratings averages, box office grosses and album sales, they had the option to write in their favorites. Knowledge Networks recruits its panel by using a RDD phone recruitment method and provides a web TV and Internet access to households without Internet access enabling them to infer back to the entire population.

The nominees for the 2010 People's Choice Awards were determined by the media research company Visible Measures, which specializes in measuring Internet video audience behavior. The announcement of this partnership stated,

"For the first time ever, the People's Choice Awards has incorporated Internet video viewing data into the initial nominee selection process, depending on Visible Measures True Reach metrics to objectively measure online video popularity. [...] Visible Measures worked with the People's Choice Awards to determine each potential nominees' popularity on a True Reach basis, a unique measure of the total audience that has been exposed to an online video campaign – regardless of how widely the campaign spreads or where it appears. To measure True Reach, Visible Measures deploys a robust and patented set of technologies with the goal of capturing the universe of Internet video viewership data in near real-time."^[15]

Former categories

These are some of the past categories for the People's Choice Awards:^[16][17]

Movies Favorite Movies Favorite Movie Actor Favorite Movie Actress Favorite Action Movie Favorite Action Actor Favorite Action Actress Favorite Animated Movie Favorite Animated Movie Voice Favorite Cast[18] Favorite Comedy Movie Favorite Comedic Movie Actor Favorite Comedic Movie Actress Favorite Dramatic Movie Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress Favorite Family Movie Favorite Horror Movie Favorite Thriller Movie Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie Favorite Movie Icon Digital Favorite Comedic Collaboration Favorite Social Media Celebrity Favorite Social Media Star Favorite Mobile Game Favorite Video Game Favorite YouTube Star CBS.com's Favorite Digital Obsession

Television Favorite TV Show Favorite Network TV Comedy Favorite Comedy TV Actor Favorite Comedy TV Actress Favorite Network TV Drama Favorite Dramatic TV Actor Favorite Dramatic TV Actress Favorite Cable TV Comedy Favorite Cable TV Drama Favorite Cable TV Actor Favorite Cable TV Actress Favorite Premium Cable TV Show Favorite Premium Cable TV Actor Favorite Premium Cable TV Actress Favorite TV Crime Drama Favorite Horror Show Favorite Crime Drama TV Actor Favorite Crime Drama TV Actress Favorite Network Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show Favorite Cable Sci-Fri/Fantasy Show Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Actor Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Actress Favorite Competition TV Show Favorite Daytime TV Host Favorite Daytime TV Hosting Team Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host Favorite Streaming Series Favorite TV Bromance Favorite Actor in a New TV Series Favorite Actress in a New TV Series Favorite Animated TV Show Favorite New TV Comedy Favorite New TV Drama

Current categories

The first ceremony in 1975 had 14 categories. In 2016, 74 categories were established.^[19]

As of 2018, these are the current categories:^[20][21]

Movies Movie of the Year Comedy Movie of the Year Action Movie of the Year Drama Movie of the Year Drama Movie Star of the Year Male Movie Star of the Year Female Movie Star of the Year Comedy Movie Star of the Year Action Movie Star of the Year Sci Fi Movie of the Year Pop Culture Social Star of the Year Beauty Influencer of the Year Social Celebrity of the Year Animal Star of the Year Comedy Act of the Year Style Star of the Year Game Changer of the Year Pop Podcast of the Year Video Game of the Year Athlete of the Year Video of the Year

Television Drama Show of the Year Comedy Show of the Year Revival Show of the Year Reality Show of the Year Competition Show of the Year Male TV Star of the Year Female TV Star of the Year Drama TV Star of the Year Comedy TV Star of the Year Daytime Talk Show of the Year Nighttime Talk Show of the Year Competition Contestant of the Year Reality TV Star of the Year Bingeworthy Show of the Year Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show of the Year Music Male Artist of the Year Female Artist of the Year Group of the Year Song of the Year Album of the Year Country Artist of the Year Latin Artist of the Year Rock Artist of the Year Music Video of the Year Concert Tour of the Year

Special awards

People's Voice 2013: Christina Aguilera People's Icon 2018: Melissa McCarthy 2019: Jennifer Aniston 2020: Jennifer Lopez 2021: Halle Berry 2022: Ryan Reynolds 2024: Adam Sandler

People's Music Icon 2021: Christina Aguilera 2022: Shania Twain

Ceremonies

#	Date	Host		#	Date	Host		#	Date	Host
1st	March 3, 1975	Army Archerd & Richard Crenna		21st	March 5, 1995	Tim Daly & Annie Potts		41st	January 7, 2015	Anna Faris & Allison Janney
2nd	February 19, 1976	Jack Albertson		22nd	March 10, 1996	Brett Butler		42nd	January 6, 2016	Jane Lynch
3rd	February 10, 1977	Dick Van Dyke		23rd	January 12, 1997	Don Johnson & Roma Downey		43rd	January 18, 2017	Joel McHale
4th	February 20, 1978	—		24th	January 11, 1998	Reba McEntire & Ray Romano		44th	November 11, 2018	—
5th	March 7, 1979	Army Archerd & Dick Van Dyke		25th	January 13, 1999	Ray Romano		45th	November 10, 2019
6th	January 24, 1980	Mariette Hartley & Bert Parks		26th	January 9, 2000	Don Johnson & Cheech Marin		46th	November 15, 2020	Demi Lovato
7th	March 8, 1981	Army Archerd & Lee Remick		27th	January 7, 2001	Kevin James		47th	December 7, 2021	Kenan Thompson
8th	March 18, 1982	Army Archerd & John Forsythe		28th	January 13, 2002			48th	December 6, 2022
9th	March 17, 1983	Dick Van Dyke		29th	January 12, 2003	Tony Danza		49th	February 18, 2024[14]	Simu Liu[22]
10th	March 15, 1984	Andy Williams		30th	January 11, 2004	Charlie Sheen & Jon Cryer
11th	March 12, 1985	John Forsythe		31st	January 9, 2005	Jason Alexander & Malcolm-Jamal Warner
12th	March 13, 1986	John Denver		32nd	January 10, 2006	Craig Ferguson
13th	March 14, 1987	Dick Van Dyke		33rd	January 9, 2007	Queen Latifah
14th	March 13, 1988	Carl Reiner		34th	January 8, 2008
15th	August 23, 1989	Michael Landon & Michele Lee		35th	January 7, 2009
16th	March 11, 1990	Valerie Harper, Fred Savage, Army Archerd & Barbara Mandrell		36th	January 6, 2010
17th	March 11, 1991	Burt Reynolds		37th	January 5, 2011
18th	March 17, 1992	Kenny Rogers		38th	January 11, 2012	Kaley Cuoco
19th	March 17, 1993	John Ritter & Jane Seymour		39th	January 9, 2013
20th	March 8, 1994	Paul Reiser		40th	January 8, 2014	Beth Behrs & Kat Dennings

See also

• People's Choice Awards Australia
• People's Choice Awards India
• People's Choice Podcast Awards

References

1. Stillman, Josh (October 9, 2012). "Kaley Cuoco to host People's Choice Awards". CNN. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
2. Lee, Chris (December 19, 2007). "People's Choice Awards: Strike Leaves Little Choice". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
3. "Bob Stivers; Producer of Celebrity Specials for TV". Los Angeles Times. February 20, 1988. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
4. "Bob Stivers, 66, Dies; Produced TV Specials". The New York Times. February 20, 1988. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
5. "Past Nominees & Winners: 1975". People's Choice. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
6. "People's Choice Awards 2017: Complete Winners List". Us Weekly. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
7. Horgan, Richard (April 8, 2017). "Procter & Gamble Says Goodbye to the People's Choice Awards". Adweek. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
8. Brunsman, Barrett J. (April 6, 2017). "Here's why P&G just sold the People's Choice Awards program". Cincinnati Business Courier. Archived from the original on April 10, 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
9. Ramos, Dino-Ray (December 14, 2017). "People's Choice Awards Sets Premiere Date For Inaugural Telecast On E!". Deadline. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
10. Andreeva, Nellie (April 6, 2017). "People's Choice Awards Moves From CBS To E!". Deadline. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
11. Haring, Bruce (September 24, 2018). "E! People's Choice Awards Finalists Set – Voting Open Through Oct. 19". Deadline. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
12. White, Peter (July 28, 2021). "'People's Choice Awards' To Air On NBC In December". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
13. Campione, Katie (March 9, 2023). "NBC & Peacock Launch Country Music Spinoff Of People's Choice Awards". Deadline. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
14. Denise Petski (June 14, 2023). "People's Choice Awards Sets 2024 Date; Will Air Live On NBC, E!, & For The First Time, On Peacock". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
15. "Visible Measures Selected as Internet Video Measurement Partner for People's Choice Awards 2010". Shoot. October 29, 2009. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
16. Motaski, Lauren (November 3, 2015). "People's Choice Awards 2016 Nominees Are Out". CBS. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
17. "People's Choice Awards Nominees 2017 — Full List". Deadline. November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
18. "People's Choice Awards Past Nominees & Winners: 2009". People's Choice Awards. Sycamore Productions Inc. Archived from the original on December 28, 2009. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
19. Lewis, Hilary (November 15, 2016). "People's Choice Awards: 'Captain America: Civil War,' Kevin Hart Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
20. Ramos, Dino-Ray (September 5, 2018). "FILM BREAKING NEWS E! People's Choice Awards Unveils New Categories; Opens Nomination Voting". Deadline. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
21. Macke, Johnni (September 5, 2018). "2018 People's Choice Awards: Complete List of Nominations". E! Online. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
22. Valerie Wu (January 11, 2024). "Simu Liu to Host 2024 People's Choice Awards". Variety. Retrieved January 11, 2024.

External links

• Official website
• "People's Choice Awards: You showed up? Here's a trophy!" from Entertainment Weekly
• A 35th Anniversary article from The Hollywood Reporter