Jimmy Fallon Will Host the 2017 Golden Globes

NBC is keeping things all in the family with its latest selection of Golden Globes host: Jimmy Fallon will emcee the awards show next year.

The "Tonight Show" host was tapped for the gig on Tuesday. The 74th annual Golden Globe Awards are set to air on NBC on Sunday, January 8, 2017.

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I'm so excited to be hosting The Golden Globes in January.

— jimmy fallon (@jimmyfallon) August 2, 2016

And I'm really looking forward to spending time with the Hollywood Foreign Press before Donald Trump has them all deported.

— jimmy fallon (@jimmyfallon) August 2, 2016

Fallon's selection was an immediate hit on Twitter, where his pals at former home "Saturday Night Live" celebrated his selection with a classic GIF from "The Barry Gibb Talk Show." Fallon may not be any match for fellow "SNL" alums and perfect Globes hosting duo Tina Fey and Amy Poehler (please, come back to us someday, ladies!), but if he manages to score a Justin Timberlake cameo during the ceremony, he'll have done a fine job.

[via: Jimmy Fallon]

Photo credit: Getty Images for NBC

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