STEPHEN COLBERT to host 2017 Emmys

CBS has tapped Stephen Colbert to emcee the 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards, marking at least the fourth marquee award show to be hosted by a late-night personality this year. He'll follow Jimmy Fallon (The Golden Globes), Jimmy Kimmel (The Academy Awards) and James Corden (The Grammys) in what will surprisingly be the veteran comic's first time hosting a live awards telecast. 

The network also used the relatively early host confirmation to set the 2017 date for the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' biggest night. The Emmys will tape live, from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, on September 17. 

“This will be the largest audience to witness an Emmys, period,” Colbert said in a Monday statement, clearly mocking the weekend's false claims about inauguration attendance from new White House press secretary Sean Spicer. “Both in person and around the globe.”

Source: Billboard