Fans of E!'s "The Soup" know host Joel McHale loves to rip on Ryan Seacrest, Tyra Banks, Honey Boo Boo and her mother, June, Taylor Swift, the Kardashians and... well it's a long list. After 90 minutes of McHale's standup routine Friday night at the Carnegie Library of Homestead, now we know why.

They are just such easy targets. It was evident, soon into his well-crafted and often hilarious set, that McHale must really love hosting The Soup. Although he mentioned ratings were up from Thursday's broadcast (horray!), he didn't address his beleaguered NBC sitcom, "Community," other than a mild jab at Chevy Chase, who left the show in cranky fashion this season. (Although after McHale finished for the night, he exited to the blaring rap of "Bonfire," a song by Community co-star Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino).

He tailored his high-energy performance to include Pittsburgh references in a number of running jokes, starting with the fact that Andrew Carnegie probably never envisioned an Asian-American -- warmup act C.J. Toledano, a former "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" writer who attended Point Park University -- working the stage of this lovely, century-old music hall.

There was also the idea that nothing is too absurd to throw onto those Primanti Bros. sandwiches.

But McHale was at his best when he talked about making people angry with The Soup (Hugh Hefner and McHale's grandma, among them) and describing the joys of fatherhood. With two other jobs, it's a wonder he finds the time or energy to go on tour with his standup routine, but the capacity crowd in Munhall was clearly delighted he has.

Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive new "Hemlock Grove" poster online today that takes the whole "werewolf within" concept to a new level. Hemlock Grove, an original series that will be delivered to Netflix subscribers online April 19, is based on Mon Valley native Brian McGreevy's goth novel of the same name.

Set in a crumbling Western Pennsylvania town that has reinvented itself through the (somewhat mysterious) biotech industry, "Hemlock Grove" features a werewolf or two, vampires and a sweet-natured monster of a girl named Shelley.

The son and step-son of local Presbyterian ministers Beckie and George "Joey" Hickok -- he recalled, growing up, watching horror movies alone while his mom worked on sermons --McGreevy said in an interview last year that his family fully supports his creative dark vision.

"My mom thinks it's great," Mr. McGreevy said. "My parents were very, very supportive of a series of extremely nonconventional decisions I've made throughout my entire life. I owe a lot to growing up in that environment."

McGreevy also wrote the online series, which is being executive produced by Eli Roth and stars Famke Janssen, Dougray Scott, Bill Skarsgard and Landon Liboiron.

After 10 episodes, a llama and a Lamas, as well as countless absurdities, Spike TV's "The Joe Schmo Show" finally let Chase Rogan in on the joke.

That distinction went to actor Lorenzo Lamas, who whooped it up after a vote of the "losers" jury sealed the deal. Rogan was stone-faced as confetti flew and Lamas was presented an oversized check for $100,000. It was all fake, but Rogan's disappointment was clearly genuine.

Between winning $100,000 and seeing Taylor, Rogan was now all smiles. He ducked into the production headquarters, where the Spike TV staff gave him a standing ovation and chanted "Chase! Chase! Chase!" The actors introduced themselves to him in the television room of the mansion, where Rob Belushi -- who played best buddy, "Allen" -- shook Rogan's hand and said "Easiest job I ever had, being your friend."

Chase Rogan has been so unfailingly nice, it's hard to guess what his reaction will be on camera when Spike TV's "The Joe Schmo Show" airs its finale Tuesday night. Over the course of 13 days last summer, he was subjected to a dizzying array of reality show tropes while competing -- or so he believed -- for $100,000 on a fake contest called "The Full Bounty."

Rogan seemed comfortable making fun of himself when he and some friends sat down to watch the penultimate episode last week. At one point, when he was shown gently asking his "spirit animal" (a llama) if it wanted to lie down, the room errupted with laughter.

Whether he wins any money remains to be seen, and Rogan was tight-lipped about spoilers. He did have one disappointment, however, during the taping. Since this was a show for would-be bounty hunters and he wanted to look "tough", he had grown a beard before leaving Pittsburgh for California.

The producers decided at the last minute they'd rather have him clean-shaven, as he had been during his audition.

"We were in the parking lot of a Carl's Jr. and I had to go shave it off in the restroom. I didn't even have a mirror, just my sunglasses. I just had a razor blade and some hand soap."