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Jimmy James 11-30-12 08:39 PM
Re: Anyone else watch The Soup religiously?
 
Originally Posted by Matthew Chmiel (Post 11488653)
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  1. When E! launched The "What the?" Awards, it was a direct rip-off of VH1's Best Week Ever with the award and panel segments. However, as internet history would show, there were already comparisons abound to Talk Soup due to:
    • Most of Talk Soup's behind-the-scenes crew still in tact.
    • The show's "snarky" nature.
    How funny that years later, VH1 would rip off The Soup when they retooled Best Week Ever.
  2. When E! retooled the show into The Soup is when it became a spiritual successor to Talk Soup. Segments like Chat Stew reappeared and McHale grew more into his role as the host.
  3. Once The Soup was in its prime, McHale hosted a retrospective documentary on Talk Soup rather than doing the show for a week. I can't find any clips of it online, but at that point, everyone acknowledged that this was the second coming of Talk Soup.
  4. Like the clip I posted above, even pasts hosts have acknowledged this is the same show that was aired once before.
I'm sure you'll say next that Talk Soup was at it's prime with Kinnear as host, right? Get the fuck outta here. Everyone and their mother gets that The Soup has way more in common with Talk Soup than just the network it airs on.

... and you know what? It's the better show too.
In all seriousness, this was very well done. I can adopt this as definitive. Internet spat halted!

ETA: I didn't get E! when Kinnear hosted. My first Talk Soup host was Henson. Those were the days. I do think McHale does it best of all, though.

riley_dude 11-30-12 11:22 PM
Re: Anyone else watch The Soup religiously?
 
This show makes me laugh a lot every week.

Matthew Chmiel 11-30-12 11:25 PM
Re: Anyone else watch The Soup religiously?
 
Originally Posted by Jimmy James (Post 11489724)
In all seriousness, this was very well done. I can adopt this as definitive. Internet spat halted!

ETA: I didn't get E! when Kinnear hosted. My first Talk Soup host was Henson. Those were the days. I do think McHale does it best of all, though.
I prefer Kinnear/Sparks over the Henson/Tyler eras. I didn't find Henson and Tyler funny on Talk Soup and still continue not to find them funny.

PenguinJoe 04-23-13 08:10 AM
Re: Anyone else watch The Soup religiously?
 
A The Soup spin-off is being developed by E!, could this mean Community will not be picked up?

http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2013/04/joe...morning-links/

Gizmo 04-23-13 09:15 AM
Re: Anyone else watch The Soup religiously?
 
Originally Posted by PenguinJoe (Post 11663638)
A The Soup spin-off is being developed by E!, could this mean Community will not be picked up?

http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2013/04/joe...morning-links/
Joel can handle a "spin off" that will take him a few hours a week.

It means nothing in regards to Community. He does movies at the same time as The Soup AND Community.

dex14 12-12-14 12:52 PM
re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
Just a bump to let anyone know who watches this that it is moving BACK to Fridays at 10pm starting tonight, 12/12/14. The Soup Awards Special.

windom 11-18-15 01:25 PM
re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
Canceled by E! The final episode will be on Dec. 18.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...es-long-841683

dex14 11-18-15 01:31 PM
re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did. I wonder if McHale will try to do something similar on another network.

raven56706 11-18-15 01:31 PM
re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

dex14 11-18-15 01:34 PM
re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
I'm a little unclear the way the article is phrased. Is it ending because Joel McHale doesn't want to do it anymore so they network decided it isn't worth finding a new host? Or did the network make the decision?

whotony 11-18-15 02:00 PM
re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
Been running on fu. Especially for awhile. There's nothing but bad reality TV on here now. It's all the same every. Week.

windom 11-18-15 02:24 PM
re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
Whatever happened to The Grace Helbig Show? It seemed to be their attempt to replace Chelsea Handler but it seems to have gotten no reaction from the public whatsoever. It was pretty terrible if you ask me. I can't find any official cancellation announcement for it though, but I can't imagine they're planning on bringing it back.

dex14 11-18-15 02:29 PM
re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
Originally Posted by windom (Post 12648263)
Whatever happened to The Grace Helbig Show? It seemed to be their attempt to replace Chelsea Handler but it seems to have gotten no reaction from the public whatsoever. It was pretty terrible if you ask me. I can't find any official cancellation announcement for it though, but I can't imagine they're planning on bringing it back.
Every show they try to launch after The Soup fails. This brand of humor is not their audience. Chelsea did well because she had a trashy "drunk chick" brand of humor that the Kardashian crowd eat up. Thankfully, she got tired of being apart of the E! network and is moving on to better things.

majorjoe23 11-18-15 02:43 PM
re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
I hope Mankini lands on his feet.

Rob V 11-18-15 02:50 PM
re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
So I guess E! will focus on everything Kardashian and ?? Just pull the plug on this network entirely, please.

Unclejosh 11-18-15 05:07 PM
re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
Wow rough year for McHale.

DWilson 11-18-15 05:35 PM
re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
Originally Posted by dex14 (Post 12648196)
I'm a little unclear the way the article is phrased. Is it ending because Joel McHale doesn't want to do it anymore so they network decided it isn't worth finding a new host? Or did the network make the decision?
Someone on another board said they were at a taping and Joel said the ratings got a slight bump when they went "Live", which implies that they might have been in some trouble.

I've been watching "E!" since it was "Movie Time" back in the early days of cable. I've watched every incarnation of "Soup". "The Soup" is the only show on the network I currently watch.

TheKing 11-18-15 07:52 PM
re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
Yep, I'm now done with E! as well.

Matthew Chmiel 11-18-15 08:08 PM
re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
Weird how E cancelled it, especially since their contract with McHale went until the end of 2016. Hopefully he has a pay or play deal in place since the show's ending a year early.

I haven't watched the show in years, but I guess I'll have to tune in now for McHale's final swan song. Maybe they can go back to the What The...? Awards on the final episode. :lol:

E, here's what I think about you:

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dex14 11-11-19 05:28 AM
Re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
After a four-year break, The Soup is coming back. E! announced tonight during its telecast of the People’s Choice Awards that its signatures franchise will return with actress-comedian Jade Catta-Preta as host. (watch the Flashdance-influenced promo below)

Premiering in early 2020, the “reimagined” and “supercharged” new version of The Soup will continue to skewering pop culture.

“We’re excited to bring this beloved franchise back to the network, with a new take on an old favorite,” said Rod Aissa, EVP, Production and Development, Oxygen & Production, E!. “Jade’s quick wit and keen observations will provide a much-needed voice in today’s pop culture landscape delivered in a way that only The Soup can.”

E! most recently canceled The Soup at the end of 2015, ending the franchise’s 22-year run after a total of 3329 episodes.

The show premiered in 1991 as Talk Soup and famously launched the career of original host Greg Kinnear, who hosted until 1995. He was followed by John Henson (1995-99), Hal Sparks (1999-2000) and Aisha Tyler (2001-02).

It was re-launched as The Soup in 2004 with Joel McHale who remained as host until the series’ 2015 cancellation. The show earned a 2014 Emmy nom for Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program’

Catta-Preta is a Brazilian-born comic and actress performs at comedy clubs both in English and Portuguese. Her credits include MTV’s Girl Code and Punk’d, Comedy Central’s @Midnight and guest roles on Modern Family and The Jim Gaffigan Show.

The Soup is produced by Mission Control with Sue Murphy, Dwight D. Smith and Michael Agbabian serving as executive producers.
https://deadline.com/2019/11/the-sou...st-1202782564/

rocket1312 11-11-19 08:00 AM
Re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
Hmmm. Not sure if I care about The Soup with no Joel McHale. I'll probably give this an episode or two, but I'm not optimistic.

GoldenJCJ 11-11-19 09:19 AM
Re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
I haven’t watched since Greg Kinnear was hosting. I honestly can’t remember the last time I watched E!

That channel went from one I’d check in on daily for actual entertainment news to a complete pile of shit that spent all its time creaming itself over the Kardashians.

cowtown 11-11-19 10:58 AM
Re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
Back when we had a snark deficit, this was a fun show. Today, snark is everywhere and it's annoying.

Mr. Flix 11-11-19 09:01 PM
Re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
No McHale, no sale.

DWilson 11-12-19 06:32 AM
Re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ (Post 13637924)
I haven’t watched since Greg Kinnear was hosting. I honestly can’t remember the last time I watched E!

That channel went from one I’d check in on daily for actual entertainment news to a complete pile of shit that spent all its time creaming itself over the Kardashians.
I watched the channel regularly since it was "Movie Time". I was sad to see Kinnear leave "Talk Soup", though I thought John Henson made it watchable again. By the time Joel McHale hit his stride, "The Soup" was the only "E" program I was watching, and now I haven't watched anything on there in years. I'll check out the new version, but I'm going in with low expectations.

JeffTheAlpaca 11-12-19 06:17 PM
Re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
Maybe that new host is similar in style to Lilly Singh

dex14 01-09-20 01:32 PM
Re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 


Jade Catta-Preta is ready to stir up some laughs at pop culture's expense. "The Soup" premieres Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 10|9c on E!

JeffTheAlpaca 01-10-20 05:56 PM
Re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
She will probably spend most of the show dissing the Kardashians, Real Housewives, and the Bachelor shows so it will not be the same show from the 90's.

dex14 01-10-20 06:52 PM
Re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
That isn’t any different than what McHale did.

OldBoy 01-10-20 08:14 PM
Re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
or Kinnear or that other guy, Hensen. it's a formula show. which i never minded. i liked this show. will try this incarnation out...

covenant 01-10-20 08:14 PM
Re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
Originally Posted by Mr. Flix (Post 13638300)
No McHale, no sale.
have to watch his show on Netflix. Which is pretty darn good.

majorjoe23 01-10-20 11:56 PM
Re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
[QUOTE=JeffTheAlpaca;13668949]She will probably spend most of the show dissing the Kardashians, Real Housewives, and the Bachelor shows so it will not be the same show from the 90's.]

Maybe it will be all Sally Jesse Raphael and Chevy Chase Show references.

Red Hood 01-11-20 07:18 AM
Re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
Originally Posted by dex14 (Post 13668140)


Jade Catta-Preta is ready to stir up some laughs at pop culture's expense. "The Soup" premieres Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 10|9c on E!
She looks like the child of Lady Gaga and Whitney Cummings. Will try the show since I always liked the concept

dex14 02-12-20 02:20 PM
Re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
The new version starts tonight.

Count Dooku 02-12-20 02:41 PM
Re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
Originally Posted by Red Hood (Post 13669118)
She looks like the child of Lady Gaga and Whitney Cummings. Will try the show since I always liked the concept
If I had known it was not before I watched the video, I would have guessed that was Whitney Cummings.

whotony 03-01-20 11:11 PM
Re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
This is awful.

She doesn’t have the chops to carry this show.

dex14 03-01-20 11:32 PM
Re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
Yea. I bailed after 1.5 episodes.

DWilson 03-02-20 06:13 AM
Re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
This is the lightest of "light viewing", so it'll do. I don't mind Jade Cafeteria all that much. I think she's improved slightly but reading material off a prompter and making it sound "live" or genuine or whatever you care to call it is an art, and she's certainly not there yet.

joltman 03-02-20 08:01 AM
Re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
I'm fine with Jade, I just don't think the writing is as good as it was with Joel. I'm still watching it but it's not something I get excited about.

whotony 07-23-20 02:38 PM
Re: The Soup (E!) - Series Thread
 
My dvr caught a new ep of this last night.

Was the 6th show to air.


I thought it might have been cancelled.
Also I have seen that the host has been in a half dozen commercials recentLy including of of the Commercials with Flo, is that Progressive?


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