‘Hot Ones’ Cooks Up Another Spinoff, This Time Involving Wing Pong

EXCLUSIVE: Hot Ones, the buzzy talk show involving chicken wings, is getting another spinoff.

First We Feast, the company behind the Sean Evans-hosted series, is debuting Hot Ones: Wing Pong later this month.

The new series, which launches on November 12, is a combination of the original Hot Ones with the classic party game.

Hot Ones: Wing Pong sees two teams of talent face off with each team’s cups hiding a mystery wing and a daring, custom-written question. When a cup is sunk, players must decide whether to answer a revealing question or take on a mystery wing, with heat levels ranging from mild to merciless. The first team to clear all their cups wins the match.

The premiere episode features The Daily Show’s Jordan Klepper, Josh Johnson, Michael Kosta, and Grace Kuhlenschmidt. It will keep the late-night theme going with its second episode, which launches on December 8, and will feature Saturday Night Live stars Sarah Sherman, Chloe Fineman, Mikey Day, and James Austin Johnson.

It is the latest spinoff for the successful online format, which has produced close to 400 episodes in the last ten years. Other shows include Pro Moves, Heat Eaters and Hot Ones Versus.

It comes after First We Feast was sold last year by Buzzfeed to a group of investors including Hot Ones host Sean Evans and founder Chris Schonberger, Pod Save America producer Crooked Media, Rhett & Link’s Mythical Entertainment and Soros Fund Management for $82.5M in an all-cash deal. This deal came after Buzzfeed sold Complex Media, where First We Feast started as an offshoot, to Live Nation-backed NTWRK but kept the Hot Ones producer. Schonberger is now CEO of the company with Evans as Chief Creative Officer as well as remaining host of the hit show.