How Joel McHale Is Fighting Dumb Internet Commenters — cinemablend.com

Comments Section has a pilot commitment from E!, which marks the first project that executive producer McHale has made with the company since The Soup’s host landed a production deal with the network. And it’s not that far off from the way The Soup pokes fun at the ridiculousness of reality TV and other (relatively) nonfictional fare. Hosting Comments Section will be stand-up comedian and former professional tennis player Michael Kosta, Deadline reports. Also serving as executive producer, Kosta will spend the pilot humorously going through egregiously snarky and questionable comments that people leave on popular websites. There will be deconstruction of the comments. There will be jokes had at random people’s expense. And one has to assume that McHale himself will pop up at some point to give it the star power it needs…to get past network execs? Will they give people do-overs, Tosh.0 style?

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