Talk Soup

Talk Soup
GenreComedy
Presented byGreg Kinnear
John Henson
Hal Sparks
Aisha Tyler
Narrated byBeau Weaver
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons11
Production
ProducersAileen 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 time22 minutes
Original release
NetworkE!
ReleaseJanuary 7, 1991 (1991-01-07) –
May 17, 2002 (2002-05-17)
Related
The Soup
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Talk Soup is 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.[1] During its run, Talk Soup was nominated for five Daytime Emmy Awards, winning once in 1995 for Outstanding Special Class Program. 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.

  1. ^ The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 1171. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.