NBC is looking to one of its own to host the 2017 Golden Globe Awards.
Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon has been tapped to emcee the 84th annual ceremony, NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt announced Tuesday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour.
Fallon follows Ricky Gervais, who returned last year after three previous stints, and his former Saturday Night Live castmates Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, who also hosted three times.
Fallon previously hosted the 2010 Emmy Awards, when the ceremony aired on NBC.
“We’re thrilled to announce Jimmy as host of ‘The 74th Annual Golden Globes,’ ” Greenblatt said in a statement. “This is the most spontaneous and uninhibited award 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.”
Why are they even considering suck ups? I have nothing against Fallon but he's too nice and flat. Even Kimmel is more the teasing type, he's not afraid to drag celebrities.
