Genre: | Infotainment |
Presenter: | Joel McHale |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Num Seasons: | 1 |
Num Episodes: | 7 |
Runtime: | 22 minutes |
Channel: | E! |
Related: | The Soup |
The Soup Investigates is a comedic news television series on E!. It is a spin-off of The Soup. While The Soup reports and makes fun of news events during the previous week, its spinoff follows a group of newspeople who inquire around for news stories that are potentially humorous. Like its parent, The Soup Investigates is hosted by Joel McHale.[1]
The series' pilot episode, featuring comedians Michael Kosta, Sarah Tiana, and Eli Olsberg, aired on June 19, 2013.[1]
On April 22, 2013, E! announced that it was developing the series.[2] It was announced on August 21, 2013, that E! had ordered a six-episode first season, which premiered on October 2, 2013.[3]
The Soup Investigates premiered to a 0.3 rating in the Adults 18-49 demographic and 0.61 million viewers.[4]
The series premiered on E! Australia on November 3, 2013.[5] Later it was shown on E! Israel