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The Soup

2004–2020 · 13 seasons

A breezy, snarky clip show that turns the week's tackiest TV into a running joke you can half-watch.

Genres
Talk, Comedy
Starring
Joel McHale, Jade Catta-Preta, Anndi McAfee
Overview
With this satirical series, the E! Entertainment Network returns to a format they helped create with the popular '90s show Talk Soup. Only this time instead of just poking fun at talk shows, they're setting their sights on all things in entertainment, reality TV, pop culture, and politics.

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Genres
Talk, Comedy
Starring
Joel McHale, Jade Catta-Preta, Anndi McAfee
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • media
  • celebrity
  • art
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • mockumentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour8
Realism6
Romance0
Tension1
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight1

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Genres
talk, comedy
Starring
Joel McHale, Jade Catta-Preta, Anndi McAfee, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Clark Duke, Patrick Warburton, Kate Flannery, Art Mann
Length
13 seasons, 643 episodes, 30 min each
Network
E!
Languages
English

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