Jimmy Fallon Lands Emmy Hosting Gig

'Late Night' host beats out team of Justin Timberlake and Amdy Samberg
By Marie Morris,  Newser Staff
Posted May 4, 2010 1:44 PM CDT
Jimmy Fallon to host Emmys, edging out Justin Timberlake | Gold Derby | Los Angeles Times
Justin Timberlake appears at the Hasty Pudding Club on the Harvard campus in Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 5, 2010. Jimmy Fallon has beaten out Timberlake and Andy Samberg for the Emmy Awards hosting gig.   (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Jimmy Fallon will host the Aug. 29 Emmy Awards telecast, which not coincidentally will air on NBC. The announcement is no surprise—predecessor Conan O'Brien did the honors in 2002 and 2006—but the identity of the runners-up for the gig may be, the Los Angeles Times reports. Justin Timberlake and Saturday Night Live star Andy Samberg, who shared an Emmy for "Dick in a Box" in 2008, got a serious look.
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