Overview
- SNL announced on-air that Amanda Seyfried will make her hosting debut in the show’s December 5 episode during the John Mulaney–hosted installment.
- Don Toliver is confirmed as the musical guest for Seyfried’s episode, marking his first scheduled SNL performance.
- This will be Seyfried’s first time as SNL host and makes her the fourth first-time host of Season 52 following Jalen Brunson, Inde Navarrette, and Druski.
- The booking follows heightened public attention from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s You Can See Everything, in which Seyfried appears and briefly reprises her Emmy-winning Dropout portrayal of Elizabeth Holmes, and it comes as she prepares to voice Cinderella in Netflix’s Steps later this month.
- SNL is pausing for a short break after the Mulaney show and the Dec. 5 episode will begin three consecutive December broadcasts, a programming push that reflects the series’ tendency to pair hosts and musical guests with current pop-culture stories.