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Jimmy Kimmel to host 2016 Emmy Awards

Jimmy Kimmel will MC this year's Emmy Awards broadcast, with ABC revealing that the late night host will return for a second stint at the TV awards this fall.

Fall awards show set for Sept. 18

Late night TV talk show host Jimmy Kimmel will return for a second stint as Emmy host this fall. He previously hosted the annual TV awards in 2012. (Dan Steinberg/Invision/Associated Press)

Jimmy Kimmel will host this year's Emmy Awards broadcast.

ABC announced Monday that Kimmel, host of that network's late-night Jimmy Kimmel Live, will return for the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards, which airs Sept. 18.

Kimmel's comment on the news: "I have a feeling I'm going to be great."

It's the second time for Kimmel, who first hosted the Emmys in 2012. The show will originate from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Nominations for the Emmy Awards will be announced July 14.