E! cancels 'The Soup' with Joel McHale

Andrea Mandell | USA TODAY

All good stews must come to an end.

And so, The Soup, hosted by Joel McHale for the past 12 years, will ends its run next month, E! announced Wednesday.

The popular clip show has had other hosts: Talk Soup, which premiered in 1991, gave Greg Kinnear his platform to fame, and Hal Sparks, John Henson and Aisha Tyler followed, each short-lived faces of the show. But it was McHale who rebooted the pop culture series in 2004, poking fun at everything from Keeping Up with the Kardashians (which airs on the same network) to the Bachelor franchise.

We've had a weird ride and watched over 11,000,000 hours of terrible reality television but all good things must end https://t.co/uXMmorqhIu — The Soup (@TheSoup) November 18, 2015

McHale has managed a busy schedule over the past decade, hosing The Soup while starring in the television show Community, appearing in films such as Blended, What's Your Number? and Ted, and serving as host at live events from the ESPYs to the White House Correspondents Dinner.

A sci-fi turn awaits: McHale is set to appear in an arc on Fox's reboot of The X-Files, which begins on Jan. 24.

The Soup has produced over 3,000 shows to date. McHale's final show, which will also mark the series' last, will air Dec. 18.

In response to the cancelation of 'The Soup', I'm going to drown my sorrows in some spaghetti. pic.twitter.com/FpUAIGtkhH — Aly Semigran (@AlySemigran) November 18, 2015

"We are incredibly proud of the long-running success of 'The Soup," said Jeff Olde, EVP of Programming & Development for E!, in a statement. "The Soup has delivered countless laughs and unforgettable episodes, and we are grateful to the talented team's fearless wit and clever approach week after week. Joel took the show to new heights for more than a decade, and his irreverent humor and unique brand of comedy as captured so perfectly on The Soup will be missed."

According to E!, over the next few weeks McHale will to reflect on the franchise's most memorable moments.