The 48th ceremony of the People's Choice Awards was held on December 6, 2022, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. Hosted for a second consecutive year by Kenan Thompson, the show was broadcast live simultaneously on NBC and E!. Nominees spanning 40 categories for film, television, music, and popular culture were announced on October 26. Nope and This Is Us led the Film and Television categories respectively with six nominations each while Bad Bunny led the Music categories with seven.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was the most-awarded Film nominee, winning three awards overall, including The Movie of 2022. Stranger Things topped the Television nominees, also earning three wins, including The Show of 2022. Taylor Swift was the most-awarded nominee in the Music categories, winning the awards for Female Artist, Album, and Music Video of 2022—she won in the last two categories with Midnights (2022) and "Anti-Hero" respectively. Ryan Reynolds was honored with the People's Icon Award, Lizzo received the People's Champion Award and also won The Song of 2022 with "About Damn Time", while Shania Twain was presented with the Music Icon Award.
Performers Shania Twain and Lauren Spencer-Smith were announced as the show's only performers on December 5, 2022. Twain performed a medley of her most popular songs, including her newest single "Waking Up Dreaming" from her forthcoming sixth studio album Queen of Me (2023), against "an ever-changing backdrop of leopard prints, desert light show and fire". During "That Don't Impress Me Much", the singer changed the "famous spoken-word 'Brad Pitt' line" to instead name-drop Ryan Reynolds who was in attendance as the Icon Award recipient. Multiple media outlets reported Twain's appearance as the highlight of the show, with Rolling Stone writing that the singer "delivered a powerhouse performance" and "owned the stage", while Billboard said that "Twain proved just what makes her a Music Icon". Vulture.com described the performance as "characteristically over-the-top...full of sparkles (all the way up to her top hat), fire, cowgirl dancers, hot men playing instruments", with writer Justin Cuarto further commenting that Twain defended her title as Music Icon and was "still queen of the stage".
+ List of musical performances Artist(s) Song(s) Lauren Spencer-Smith "Fingers Crossed" Shania Twain Medley"Any Man of Mine""That Don't Impress Me Much""Waking Up Dreaming""Man! I Feel Like a Woman!"
Presenters Kenan Thompson was announced as the show's host for a second consecutive year, on October 26, 2022. The complete lineup of presenters was revealed on December 5. Amy Poehler – presented The Country Artist of 2022 Sarah Hyland – presented The Drama Movie of 2022 David Spade – presented The Comedy Movie Star of 2022 Sarah Michelle Gellar – presented The Competition Contestant of 2022 to Selma Blair Billy Porter – introduced and presented the Music Icon Award to Twain Dwyane Wade – presented The Male TV Star of 2022 Nikki Glaser – presented The Nighttime Talk Show of 2022 Heidi Klum and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez – presented The Reality Show of 2022 Lil Rel Howery – introduced and presented the People's Icon Award to Ryan Reynolds Cast of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills – presented The Drama TV Star of 2022 Ana Gasteyer and Niecy Nash – presented The Daytime Talk Show of 2022 Colin Hanks and Mckenna Grace – presented The Female TV Star of 2022 Shari Johnson-Jefferson – introduced and presented the People's Champion Award to Lizzo The Miz and Maryse Mizanin – introduced Lauren Spencer-Smith Chandra Wilson and Sarah Hyland – introduced ..."See Her Now" James Corden – presented The Song of 2022 George Lopez and Mayan Lopez – presented The Drama Show of 2022
Winners and nominees Nominees were revealed online on October 26, 2022. Voting opened that same day on the PCAs website and Twitter and closed on November 9. In the Film categories, Nope led the nominations with six overall. Following with five apiece are Bullet Train, Top Gun: Maverick and The Adam Project. This Is Us is the most-nominated series in the Television categories, with six, followed by Abbott Elementary, Grey's Anatomy, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Saturday Night Live, and Stranger Things, with four each. Bad Bunny led the Music categories with seven nominations, followed by Harry Styles who earned five—Styles garnered six nominations overall, including for The Drama Movie Star of 2022 for his role in Don't Worry Darling.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
Film The Movie of 2022 The Comedy Movie of 2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness The Batman Bullet Train Elvis Jurassic World Dominion Nope Thor: Love and Thunder Top Gun: Maverick The Adam Project Fire Island Hocus Pocus 2 Hustle The Lost City Marry Me Senior Year Ticket To Paradise The Action Movie of 2022 The Drama Movie of 2022 Top Gun: Maverick The Batman Black Adam Bullet Train Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Jurassic World Dominion Thor: Love and Thunder The Woman King Don't Worry Darling Death on the Nile Elvis Halloween Ends Luckiest Girl Alive Nope Scream Where the Crawdads Sing The Male Movie Star of 2022 The Female Movie Star of 2022 Chris HemsworthThor: Love and Thunder Tom CruiseTop Gun: Maverick Dwayne JohnsonBlack Adam Daniel KaluuyaNope Brad PittBullet Train Chris PrattJurassic World Dominion Ryan ReynoldsThe Adam Project Miles TellerTop Gun: Maverick Elizabeth OlsenDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Viola DavisThe Woman King Gal GadotDeath on the Nile Jennifer GarnerThe Adam Project Joey KingBullet Train Jennifer LopezMarry Me Keke PalmerNope Queen LatifahHustle The Drama Movie Star of 2022 The Comedy Movie Star of 2022 Austin ButlerElvis Jamie Lee CurtisHalloween Ends Gal GadotDeath on the Nile Daniel KaluuyaNope Mila KunisLuckiest Girl Alive Keke PalmerNope Florence PughDon't Worry Darling Harry StylesDon't Worry Darling Adam SandlerHustle Sandra BullockThe Lost City Jennifer GarnerThe Adam Project Jennifer LopezMarry Me Ryan ReynoldsThe Adam Project Julia RobertsTicket To Paradise Queen LatifahHustle Channing TatumThe Lost City The Action Movie Star of 2022 Elizabeth OlsenDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Tom CruiseTop Gun: Maverick Viola DavisThe Woman King Chris HemsworthThor: Love and Thunder Dwayne JohnsonBlack Adam Joey KingBullet Train Zoë KravitzThe Batman Chris PrattJurassic World Dominion
TV The Show of 2022 The Drama Show of 2022 Stranger Things Abbott Elementary Better Call Saul Grey's Anatomy House of the Dragon Obi-Wan Kenobi Saturday Night Live This Is Us Grey's Anatomy Better Call Saul Cobra Kai Euphoria Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Ozark This Is Us The Walking Dead The Comedy Show of 2022 The Reality Show of 2022 Never Have I Ever Abbott Elementary Black-ish Only Murders in the Building Saturday Night Live The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window Young Rock Young Sheldon The Kardashians 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days Below Deck Sailing Yacht Jersey Shore: Family Vacation Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Selling Sunset The Competition Show of 2022 The Male TV Star of 2022 The Voice America's Got Talent American Idol The Bachelorette Dancing with the Stars Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls The Masked Singer RuPaul's Drag Race Noah Schnapp – Stranger Things Jason BatemanOzark Sterling K. BrownThis Is Us Ice-TLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit Oscar IsaacMoon Knight Dwayne JohnsonYoung Rock Ewan McGregorObi-Wan Kenobi Norman ReedusThe Walking Dead The Female TV Star of 2022 The Drama TV Star of 2022 Ellen PompeoGrey's Anatomy Kristen BellThe Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window Millie Bobby BrownStranger Things Quinta BrunsonAbbott Elementary Selena GomezOnly Murders in the Building Mariska HargitayLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit Mandy MooreThis Is Us Maitreyi RamakrishnanNever Have I Ever Mariska HargitayLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit Jason BatemanOzark Sterling K. BrownThis Is Us Mandy MooreThis Is Us Ellen PompeoGrey's Anatomy Norman ReedusThe Walking Dead Sydney SweeneyEuphoria Zendaya – Euphoria The Comedy TV Star of 2022 The Daytime Talk Show of 2022 Selena Gomez – Only Murders in the Building Kristen BellThe Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window Quinta BrunsonAbbott Elementary Dwayne JohnsonYoung Rock Maitreyi RamakrishnanNever Have I Ever Tracee Ellis Ross Black-ish Kenan ThompsonSaturday Night Live Bowen YangSaturday Night Live The Kelly Clarkson Show The Drew Barrymore Show The Ellen DeGeneres Show Good Morning America The Jennifer Hudson Show Live with Kelly and Ryan Today with Hoda & Jenna The View The Nighttime Talk Show of 2022 The Competition Contestant of 2022 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon The Daily Show Jimmy Kimmel Live! Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Late Night with Seth Meyers The Late Show with Stephen Colbert The Late Late Show with James Corden Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Selma BlairDancing with the Stars BoscoRuPaul's Drag Race Charli D'AmelioDancing with the Stars The MayyasAmerica's Got Talent Teyana TaylorThe Masked Singer Noah ThompsonAmerican Idol Willow PillRuPaul's Drag Race Gabby WindeyThe Bachelorette The Reality TV Star of 2022 The Bingeworthy Show of 2022 Khloé KardashianThe Kardashians Garcelle BeauvaisThe Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Kandi BurrussThe Real Housewives of Atlanta Kim KardashianThe Kardashians Kenya MooreThe Real Housewives of Atlanta Kyle RichardsThe Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Mike "The Situation" SorrentinoJersey Shore: Family Vacation Chrishell StauseSelling Sunset Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story The Bear Bel-Air The Boys Bridgerton Inventing Anna Severance The Thing About Pam The Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show of 2022 Stranger Things House of the Dragon La Brea The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Moon Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi She-Hulk: Attorney at Law The Umbrella Academy
Music The Male Artist of 2022 The Female Artist of 2022 Harry Styles Bad Bunny Luke Combs Drake Jack Harlow Kendrick Lamar Charlie Puth The Weeknd Taylor Swift Beyoncé Camila Cabello Doja Cat Lady Gaga Lizzo Megan Thee Stallion Nicki Minaj The Group of 2022 The Song of 2022 BTS 5 Seconds of Summer Blackpink Coldplay Imagine Dragons Måneskin OneRepublic Panic! at the Disco "About Damn Time"Lizzo "As It Was"Harry Styles "Break My Soul"Beyoncé "First Class"Jack Harlow "Hold My Hand"Lady Gaga "Me Porto Bonito"Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone "Super Freaky Girl"Nicki Minaj "Wait for U" Future featuring Drake and Tems The Album of 2022 The Country Artist of 2022 MidnightsTaylor Swift Dawn FMThe Weeknd Growin' UpLuke Combs Harry's HouseHarry Styles Mr. Morale & the Big SteppersKendrick Lamar RenaissanceBeyoncé SpecialLizzo Un Verano Sin TiBad Bunny Carrie Underwood Kelsea Ballerini Kane Brown Luke Combs Miranda Lambert Maren Morris Thomas Rhett Morgan Wallen The Latin Artist of 2022 The New Artist of 2022 Becky G Anitta Rauw Alejandro Bad Bunny Karol G Rosalía Shakira Sebastián Yatra Latto Chlöe Dove Cameron Gayle Muni Long Saucy Santana Lauren Spencer-Smith Steve Lacy The Music Video of 2022 The Collaboration Song of 2022 "Anti-Hero"Taylor Swift "As It Was"Harry Styles "Left and Right"Charlie Puth featuring Jungkook "Let Somebody Go"Coldplay X Selena Gomez "Oh My God"Adele "Pink Venom"Blackpink "Provenza"Karol G "Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)" – BTS "Left and Right"Charlie Puth featuring Jungkook "Bam Bam"Camila Cabello featuring Ed Sheeran "Do We Have a Problem?"Nicki Minaj X Lil Baby "Freaky Deaky"Tyga X Doja Cat