Sam Seder
Seder in 2025
Born	(1966-11-28)November 28, 1966 (age 59) New York City, U.S.
Education	Connecticut College (BA) Boston University (incomplete)
Occupations	Actor political commentator media host scriptwriter
Years active	1987–present
Notable work	F.U.B.A.R.: America's Right-Wing Nightmare (2006)
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Nicole Cattell ​ ​ (m. 2008; div. 2017)​
Children	2
YouTube information
Channel	The Majority Report w/Sam Seder
Years active	2010–present
Genres	Politics news humor debate interview live call-in
Subscribers	1.95 million
Views	1.12 billion
Last updated: June 29, 2025

Samuel Lincoln Seder (/ˈsiːdər/; born November 28, 1966) is an American actor andprogressive^[1] political commentator. His works include the filmWho's the Caboose? (1997) as well as the television showsBeat Cops (2001) andPilot Season (2004). He also appeared inNext Stop Wonderland (1998) and made guest appearances onSpin City (1997),Sex and the City (2000),America Undercover (2005), andMaron (2015). Since 2010, he has hosted a daily political talk show,The Majority Report with Sam Seder. He also voices Harold Cranwinkle and Hugo, recurring characters on the animated comedy seriesBob's Burgers.

Seder was born on November 28, 1966, inNew York City, to a Jewish family, and raised inWorcester, Massachusetts, and is the oldest of three children.^[2][3] His father, J. Robert Seder, is a lawyer in Worcester. Seder earned a Bachelor of Arts degree inReligious Studies fromConnecticut College and enrolled atBoston University School of Law. Disillusioned by the school's commercialized culture, he dropped out of studying law to pursue a career in comedy.^[3] Seder became involved in the Boston comedy scene, associating withJaneane Garofalo,David Cross,Marc Maron andSarah Silverman, whom he dated. These connections were used in his first film,Who's the Caboose?, which then led to Seder's appearances on comedy TV shows.^[3]

Seder and his former wife Nicole Cattell have two children.^[4][5][6] On April 27, 2018, Seder announced that the couple were separated.^[7] He later announced they had divorced.^[8] Seder is aReform Jew and has no problem with religion in general, but is opposed toreligious fundamentalism andtheocracy.^[9]

In March 2004, Seder became co-host ofAir America Radio'sThe Majority Report, alongsideJaneane Garofalo until July 2006, and alongsideEmma Vigeland since 2023.^[10]

DuringMark Green's restructuring plan to transform Air America into a profitable leader in progressive talk radio, called "Air America 2.0",^[11]The Sam Seder Show was canceled on April 13, 2007, and replaced byWOR Radio Network late night radio show hostLionel.^[12] Seder was relegated to a Sunday show entitledSeder on Sunday.^[11] Lionel soon lost two-thirds of Seder's live affiliates and listenership.^[13] The finalSeder on Sunday was broadcast on June 1, 2008.

Seder also occasionally substituted forRandi Rhodes when Rhodes was on Air America, as well as Mike Malloy onThe Mike Malloy Show on theNova M Radio network. In 2008 he also began a collaboration withMarc Maron onMaron v. Seder, an hour-long video webcast. In January 2009,Maron v. Seder was renamedBreakroom Live with Maron & Seder^[14] and aired live from the kitchen in the Air America offices weekdays. Seder and Maron also hosted a post-show chat with viewers after each episode. Air America Media cancelledBreakroom Live with Maron & Seder in July 2009.^[15] In 2010, Air America was shut down.^[16]

In November 2009, Seder hosted a pilot for NBC of an American version ofHave I Got News for You. Three years later, in November 2012, it was announced Seder would again be the host of an American version of the show, this time on TBS.^[17][18]

In November 2010, Seder began an independent online podcast, calledThe Seder Channel (later renamedThe Majority Report w/Sam Seder). The live talk-show format closely matches the previous Air America program, with politically oriented commentary by Seder and co-hosts, and interviews with various guests. Seder offers listeners different tiered levels of access to content around the show via crowdfunding platformPatreon.

In late 2010, Seder began occasionally serving as substitute host ofCountdown with Keith Olbermann when Olbermann was on vacation. In December 2010, Seder also became co-host of the nationally syndicated progressive radio interview programRing of Fire, co-hosted by Farron Cousins and Florida-based attorneyMike Papantonio.^[19]

Seder also worked as a political contributor forMSNBC.^[20][21]

The Majority Report was associated with theTYT Network, with which the show partnered, from the 2010 relaunch until 2020, which generally followed its original format but was rebooted as a viewer-funded production. Following those structural affiliation and funding-production changes, the show won a string of internationalPeople's Choice Podcast Awards,^[22] in five of the next seven annual competitions (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2017), for the "News and Politics" award.

In March 2025, Seder appeared in an episode of theJubilee Media web showSurrounded, in which he challenged 20Donald Trump supporters to a debate. The video, which had been filmed in January, quickly becameviral and gained millions of views within days, with commentary focusing on fringe views espoused by Seder's opponents.^[23][24]

In 2009, to criticize petitions seekingRoman Polanski's release from rape charges, Seder tweeted "Dont care re Polanski, but i hope if my daughter is ever raped it is by an older truly talented man w/ a great sense ofmise en scene".^[25] In 2017,Mike Cernovich called attention to the tweet and contacted multiple journalists asking them to write about it.^[20] As a result, MSNBC initially decided not to renew Seder's contract^[26] despite Seder explaining that the tweet was satire.^[25] Shortly afterward, MSNBC reversed its decision after getting pushback from journalists, and MSNBC's president said the initial decision to part ways had been wrong.^[27][28][29]

Bibliography

• Seder, Sam; Sherrill, Stephen (2006),F.U.B.A.R.: America's Right-Wing Nightmare, HarperCollins,ISBN 978-0-06-186364-6
• Scher, Bill; Garofalo, Janeane; Seder, Sam (2006),Wait! Don't Move to Canada: A Stay-and-Fight Strategy to Win Back America, Rodale,ISBN 9781594863967

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