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Fallon, 41, will be hosting the January ceremony for the
first time. He follows acerbic British comedian Ricky Gervais,
who took the reins for the fourth time earlier this year, and
comedians Tina Fey and Amy Poehler who did the honors from
2013-2015.
The 2017 ceremony takes place on Jan. 8 in Beverly Hills and
will be broadcast live on NBC television, the Hollywood Foreign
Press Association, which organizes the awards, said in a
statement.
Fallon said on Twitter he was excited to be hosting the event,
one of the biggest stops in Hollywood's long awards season.
"And I'm really looking forward to spending time with the
Hollywood Foreign Press before Donald Trump has them all
deported," he quipped, in a dig at the Republican presidential
contender's pledges to crack down on immigration if elected in
November.
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 U.S. 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 in a statement.
The Golden Globes ceremony, an informal and boozy dinner
attended by hundreds of A-list stars, is one of the biggest in
the Hollywood awards season that culminates with the Oscars in
late February. Some 18.5 million Americans watched the
three-hour show on television this year.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Chris Reese and
Marguerita Choy)
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