In 2004, E! leveraged the Talk Soup brand by renaming and reformatting The What The? Awards to create the show known today as The Soup with actor Joel McHale as host and co-writer, which continues to air today.
One remnant from Talk Soup that got carried over to The Soup is the segment Chat Stew. Chat Stew shows clips from various talk shows and funny comments. The segment is introduced with a CGI crock pot filled with talk show logos and host heads, while a woman (current announcer Kelly Andrews) voices about the "stew" being "so meaty!"
On an episode of The Soup in January 2009, John Henson, a former host of Talk Soup, appeared as a guest star to promote his current show, Wipeout. Aisha Tyler has also appeared on The Soup, wearing a cow girls outfit claiming she wanted to "see the old studios."
The Soup has been mistakenly referred to as Talk Soup by Jean Bice, Mickey Rourke, and many others in the media.
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