Joel McHale on His New Netflix Show, Why E! Can’t Sue Him, and How #MeToo Shouldn’t Elicit Jokes — Turn It On Podcast

Joel McHale is unleashed.

The comedian’s new Netflix series “The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale” looks a bit like his long-running E! series “The Soup,” thanks to the green screen, the guest stars, and The Staffer Formerly Known As Mankini.

But the new show comes armed with a secret weapon in executive producer Paul Feig, and a mandate to expand the scope beyond entertainment.“We wanted to broaden the show,” McHale recently told IndieWire’s Turn It On podcast.

“E! always wanted me to keep it to entertainment news or entertainment and no sports or anything like that, and don’t get too weird.

This allows us to go all over the place.”McHale spent 11 years as host of “The Soup,” and kept it going even as his career exploded and he ended up starring in the late great comedy “Community.” But as management changed at E!, McHale

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