The 23rd Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 11, 2018, at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport, honoring the finest achievements of filmmaking and television programming in 2017. The ceremony was broadcast on The CW and hosted by Olivia Munn. The nominations were announced on December 6, 2017. Netflix led the nominations for television with 20, followed by HBO with 15. Big Little Lies won four awards, becoming the biggest television winner of the night and repeating its victory four days prior at the 75th Golden Globe Awards.

Lisa Olivia Munn is an American actress. After an internship at a news station in Tulsa, she moved to Los Angeles where she began her professional career as a television host for the gaming network G4, primarily on the series Attack of the Show! from 2006 until 2010. Munn appeared as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 2010 to 2011. She is known for her three-season-long portrayal of Sloan Sabbith in Aaron Sorkin's HBO political drama series The Newsroom (2012–2014).