Joel McHale is ending his run on the E! clip show “The Soup,” TheWrap has learned.
McHale has hosted and produced the show for the past 12 years, while also appearing in films like “Spider Man 2” and “Ted.” He also starred on “Community” for NBC, before the show was picked up by Yahoo for one season.
Greg Kinnear was the original host of the show when it launched as “Talk Soup” in 1991. Hal Sparks and Aisha Tyler also both briefly hosted the show before McHale took over in 2004. His last episode will be on Dec. 18.
“The Soup” has aired 3,324 episodes to date, and recently earned a 2014 Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program. McHale scored Best Host in the 2015 Adweek Watch Awards.
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