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Joe Santagato Hosts Hot Ones: Game Night
Joe Santagato is hosting and executive producing Hot Ones: Game Night, a spin-off of Hot Ones.
Santagato is also a co-host of the popular podcast The Basement Yard and founded Santagato Studios.
The new show has celebrities answer questions while playing a board game and eating hot sauce.
First We Feast approached Santagato’s business partner about a meeting, and the team accepted.
The format aims to make interviews more conversational than the main Hot Ones show, with games helping guests show more of their personalities.
Santagato says he has limited interviewing experience, but plans to build on moments that arise naturally in conversation.
Guests can watch the show before appearing, which Santagato says may give them a clearer idea of what to expect.
Joe Santagato is hosting and executive producing Hot Ones: Game Night, a spin-off of Hot Ones.
The show pairs celebrity interviews with a board game fueled by hot sauce.
First We Feast approached Santagato’s business partner, Greg Dybec, about a meeting, which they accepted.
Santagato says the show aims for a more conversational feel than Sean Evans’s interviews.
He says he has little experience interviewing people but enjoys talking with them.
- Who
- Joe Santagato hosts and executive produces the show.
- What
- Hot Ones: Game Night is a Hot Ones spin-off in which Santagato interviews celebrity guests through a hot sauce-fueled board game.
- When
- The article was published on November 14, 2026. The show’s launch date is not stated.
- Where
- Not stated
- Why
- First We Feast wanted to build a new show around Santagato and involve him and his team creatively. The show aims to help guests show a different side of themselves.
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First We Feast approached Santagato’s business partner, Greg Dybec, about a meeting, and they accepted.
Santagato began hosting and executive producing Hot Ones: Game Night.
- Host
- Joe Santagato
- Show
- Hot Ones: Game Night
- Format
- Celebrity interviews through a hot sauce-fueled board game
- Business partner
- Greg Dybec
- Podcast
- The Basement Yard, co-hosted by Santagato and Frank Alvarez
What people are saying
They wanted to start a new show where I would be hosting.
They chose me because they wanted [it] to feel more conversational.
I really don’t have a ton of experience interviewing people.