Jimmy Fallon to Host the 2017 Golden Globes

Jimmy Fallon hosts the 2017 Golden Globes
Jimmy Fallon, Host (Photo by Art Streiber / NBC)

NBC has tapped The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon to host the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards. The 2017 Globes will be held on January 8th and will air live on NBC beginning at 5pm PT and 8pm ET. 2017 will mark Fallon’s first time as the host of the Golden Globes, however it’s not his first time as the host of a major awards show. Fallon was the host of the Primetime Emmy Awards back in 2010.


“We’re thrilled to announce Jimmy as host of The 74th Annual Golden Globes,” stated NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt. “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.”

“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,” added Lorenzo Soria, 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.”

The Golden Globes is the unofficial start of the film awards season, and the 2016 show hosted by Ricky Gervais drew in 18.5 million viewers. The Globes recognize what the Hollywood Foreign Press Association members believe to be the best in feature films and television, with the group drawing criticism in the past for its often bizarre choice of nominees. Nominations for the 2017 Golden Globes will be announced on December 12, 2016.