A lot of us mourned when The Soup was cancelled 2 1/2 years ago. Sounds like Netflix is making a new version of it, which actually is online now. I’m watching it tonight, though, and will share thoughts.
It’s not The Soup, but McHale has made it sound similar enough. They are going to make fun of reality shows and so forth, but they are basically free of any limitations or genre requirements.
It is weekly. This is my first “weekly” show on Netflix, actually. Still, it should allow it to be fresh.
I hope he brought some of the Soup writers over. :crosses fingers:
I enjoyed the Soup and I enjoyed the first episode of this one. Glad he’s back on the air, even if they barely changed anything. Very nice and easy to watch, low-brow and dumb laughs.
Hilariously yes, as he literally launches the show with “Now…where was I? Oh right, the Bachelor.” And then without missing a beat the show turns into the Soup, with extra “fucks” in the dialog, just because they can.
I really enjoyed The Soup when it was on E! and miss it. But I don’t subscribe to the Netflix streaming service and this show’s not enough to tempt me to do so.
(I do wonder when Netflix will implode. This show’s not very expensive, but they have been spending money like there’s no tomorrow and at some point, I expect a collapse or a contraction.)
Nah, think of them similar to Amazon constantly investing to build out its warehousing/logistics capabilities: investing to build out a ton of content during this “land grab” period where viewers are establishing their streaming brand preferences.
I watched the first episode a couple of days ago. It’s definitely, unapologetically Soup 2.0, and that’s a good thing. McHale has a knack for making me laugh. I’m glad he’s doing this.
Speaking of McHale and Netflix, I’m watching the National Lampoon documentary, and it’s hilarious that they have McHale play his nemesis (Chevy Chase).
Just caught it last night and yes, I’m happy he’s back and he does make me giggle. Just his face sometimes. And Jason Priestley! The montage of Korean soap opera vehicle accidents had me rolling.
I think this first group of episodes was a test run, I’m glad it did well enough they are making more. I’m sure Joel is busy, but he did Community and The Soup at the same time for a while, hopefully they can coordinate things.