The Soup: Season 12
Season 12 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Soup Season 11.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 12 Progress Shield
Year End Clipdown - Part 2
Jan 2, 2015 · 30 min
Host Joel McHale winds down his countdown of the best and most comical television moments of 2014.
January 16, 2015
Jan 16, 2015 · 30 min
Joel McHale’s special guests are Jack Antonoff and Simon Helberg.
January 30, 2015
Jan 30, 2015 · 30 min
Joel McHale’s special guests tonight on “The Soup” are Martellus Bennett & Terrell Suggs.
February 6, 2015
Feb 6, 2015 · 30 min
Joel McHale’s special guest tonight on “The Soup” is Nick Kroll.
February 13, 2015
Feb 13, 2015 · 30 min
Joel McHale’s special guest are the cast of Hot Tub Time Machine 2 & Nick Young.
February 20, 2015
Feb 20, 2015 · 30 min
Live episode. Host Joel McHale takes a look at the week's hottest celeb news events and goofiest reality clips.
The Soup Salutes WWE
Mar 27, 2015 · 30 min
Joel McHale’s special guests are WWE Broadcasters & Superstars Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, Eva Marie, Daniel Bryan, the Miz, and Naomi.
May 22, 2015
May 22, 2015 · 30 min
The Soup talks about the new seasons of The Bachelorette and Game of Thrones.
August 28, 2015
Aug 28, 2015 · 30 min
Joel McHale’s special guest is Wendi McLendon-Covey.
September 25, 2015
Sep 25, 2015 · 30 min
Kunal Nayyar/Kal Penn/Danny Pudi/Maulik Pancholy
The Soup Invades NASCAR, Live from Talladega
Oct 23, 2015 · 30 min
NASCAR drivers, including Jeff Gordon, join Joel McHale at the Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama.
November 6, 2015
Nov 6, 2015 · 30 min
The best moments from reunion shows and some special Soup guests return. Love & Housewives & Bad Girls & Bachelors & Other Angry People: Los Angeles: The Reunion
December 18, 2015
Dec 18, 2015 · 30 min
The series finale features special guest James Van Der Beek.