Jimmy Kimmel is going to host the 2016 Emmy Awards

Kimmel will take another crack at the Emmys.
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Jimmy Kimmel will take a break from making celebrities read mean tweets to host the 2016 Emmy Awards, Good Morning America announced Monday. The Jimmy Kimmel Live! host also helmed the show in 2012.

ABC will air the 68th annual ceremony Sept. 18, which should give Kimmel time to actually work up some enthusiasm for the role. Julie Kliegman

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.