Kids' Choice Awards 2026 moved to CBS.
The 2026 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards air live November 14 on CBS and Nickelodeon, 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. ET, from Television City. Alex Warren hosts.
The 2026 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards air live on CBS and on Nickelodeon at the same time. Paramount set the broadcast for Saturday, November 14, from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. ET, which is 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. PT, from Television City in Los Angeles. The company’s tip sheet calls the CBS pairing a first. Alex Warren hosts.
The stream is not the same for every subscriber. Paramount+ Premium can watch live through the local CBS feed. Paramount+ Essential does not get that live stream. Essential gets the show on demand the next day, and Premium gets that replay too. Paramount also said the show reaches Paramount+ in other countries after the Nickelodeon linear premiere. That is a price tier, not a kids’ vote. The photograph is CBS Television City in Los Angeles. It is not Nickelodeon's slime.
The nominees are a ballot, not a result
As of Paramount’s November 13 tip sheet, Taylor Swift leads individual nominees with six. Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter have five each. The franchises named on the ballot include The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Toy Story 5, Wednesday, Wicked: For Good, The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, KPop Demon Hunters, and Percy Jackson and the Olympians. This piece was filed before the broadcast. It does not contain winners.
The opening number is a catalog
Paramount also said Jamie Miller would open the show with the US television debut of “Babydoll,” after a medley of older dance hits. A live network hour that starts with a viral song and a stack of catalog tracks is a programming decision. The slime is the brand. CBS is the new shelf.
Sources
- Paramount Press Express, November 13, 2026 — time, Television City, the CBS and Nickelodeon simulcast, Alex Warren, the Paramount+ tier split, and the nominee counts
- Paramount Press Express, November 12, 2026 — Jamie Miller opens with “Babydoll”
- Paramount+ — Premium live, Essential the next day
Photo: CBS Television City in Los Angeles, cropped from a photograph by Oliver Propst, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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