Jimmy Fallon will host the 2017 Golden Globe Awards

Funnyman and late-night TV show host Jimmy Fallon will be the host of the 2017 Golden Globe Awards.

Fallon will host the three-hour (or slightly longer) ceremony, scheduled for Jan. 8 on NBC in the U.S. and CTV in Canada, NBC confirmed Tuesday. The awards will be handed out at the Beverly Hilton hotel.

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Fallon, host of NBC’s Tonight Show, has a playful humour that’s a good match for the “spontaneous and uninhibited” awards show, NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt said.

“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,” Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Lorenzo Soria said. “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.”

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Fallon takes over from last year’s host, Ricky Gervais, whose biting style of humour didn’t necessarily sit well with some viewers. Prior to Gervais, Fallon’s former Saturday Night Live castmates, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, co-hosted together to relatively positive reviews.

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Fallon is very excited to take the helm of the awards show, already quipping about presidential candidate Donald Trump.