Jimmy Fallon to Host 2017 Golden Globe Awards

UNIVERSAL CITY: Jimmy Fallon has been tapped to host the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards, which are scheduled to air next January on NBC.

Fallon has helmed The Tonight Show since February 2014 and previously hosted the 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards.

Nominations for the Golden Globes will be announced December 12. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) votes on the winners.

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“We’re thrilled to announce Jimmy as host of the 74th Annual Golden Globes,” said NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt. “This is the most spontaneous and uninhibited awards show on television, and Jimmy’s playful, disarming comedic brilliance makes him the ideal host to enhance and elevate the sense of fun and irreverence that’s made the Golden Globes one of the premier events of the entire broadcast year.”

“Jimmy Fallon is an exceptionally talented and dynamic entertainer and we couldn’t be more excited that he’ll be hosting the 2017 Golden Globes,” said Lorenzo Soria, the president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. “His charm, wit and incredible spontaneity will play exceedingly well both to everyone at the show as well as the millions watching at home from around the world.”

“Jimmy Fallon’s brand of comedy will continue the tradition of cutting-edge excitement viewers have come to expect from the host of the Golden Globes,” said Allen Shapiro, the CEO of dick clark productions.