Jimmy Fallon To Host 2017 Golden Globes

Comedian Jimmy Fallon, host of NBC's The Tonight Show, will host the Golden Globes for the first time in January 2017.

Fallon, 41, follows acerbic British comedian Ricky Gervais who earlier this year hosted the Golden Globes for a fourth time.

Fallon, a former cast member of TV sketch show Saturday Night Live, took over NBC's flagship late night talk show in 2014, injecting the format with games and stunts.

The Tonight Show is currently the most-watched of the US late night TV talk shows.

NBC entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt said Fallon was a great fit for the Golden Globes.

"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," Greenblatt said.

via NZ Herald