Talk Soup
| Talk Soup | |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Presented by |
Greg Kinnear John Henson Hal Sparks Aisha Tyler |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 11 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Aileen Gram Moreno Alex Duda Angela Gordon Mark Tye Turner Stan Evans Jeff Zimmer Bob Taylor Brad Gyori David Bernstein Gregg Cannizzaro Lara Kierlin Ben Cheng Heather Stewart Tom Greenhut |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | E! |
| Original release | January 7, 1991 – May 17, 2002 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | The Soup |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Talk Soup was a television show produced for cable network E! that debuted on January 7, 1991, and aired until August 2002. Talk Soup aired selected clips of the previous day's daily talk shows—ranging from daytime entries like The Jerry Springer Show and to celebrity interview shows like The Tonight Show—surrounded by humorous commentary delivered by the host. Although Talk Soup poked fun at the talk shows, it also advertised the topics and guests of upcoming broadcasts. Despite this, several talk shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, refused to allow clips of their shows to be shown on the series. During its run, Talk Soup was nominated for five Daytime Emmy Awards, winning once in 1995 for Outstanding Special Class Program. It remains the only E! show to ever win an Emmy. A show based on it, The Soup, aired from 2004 to 2015.
The show frequently poked fun at actors Randolph Mantooth and Mario Van Peebles. Also featured was a womanizing Argentine sock puppet named Señor Sock that had bought several Thighmasters because he was madly in love with Suzanne Somers.
Joel McHale hosted an updated spinoff version of the series titled The Soup (2004–2015).
The show has had number of guest hosts sitting in the soup chair over the years including Roseanne Barr, Brad Garrett, Juliette Lewis, Patrick Warburton, Sarah Silverman, Suzanne Somers, Jon Hamm, Julia Sweeney, Kevin Nealon, Robert McRay, David Brenner, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jerry Springer, Adam Carolla, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Jimmy Kimmel, Tom Arnold, Catherine O'Hara, David Spade, Donna D'Errico, Richard Lewis, George Hamilton, Wayne Brady, Rolonda Watts, French Stewart, Sally Jesse Raphael,
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