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South Park Creators: We Missed Deadline for Tonight

'We didn't get in done in time,' they say, though fans suspect there is a different reason

(Newser) - Bad news for South Park fans expecting a fresh episode on Wednesday night: Hours before it was due to air, creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker said they didn't get it done in time, NBC News reports. "Apparently when you do everything at the last minute, sometimes...

South Park Episode Pulled After Kirk Shooting

Kirk thought being parodied on show was a 'badge of honor'

(Newser) - Comedy Central has pulled reruns of a South Park episode that poked fun at Charlie Kirk last month, though it remains available on the Paramount+ streaming service. Sources tell Deadline that the removal of the "Got a Nut" episode is a temporary move while the political environment remains tense....

Latest South Park Episode Takes On Feds' Takeover of DC

Comedy Central show is not done roasting the Trump administration

(Newser) - South Park continued its cartoon assault on the Trump administration Wednesday, with an episode that addressed the federal takeover of Washington, DC's police department, the AP reports. The latest installment on Comedy Central depicted the recurring character "Towelie"—a walking, talking towel—riding in a bus past...

Kristi Noem Fires Back at South Park

DHS chief calls the show 'lazy' for mocking her physical appearance

(Newser) - Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem is firing back at South Park after the show's latest episode put her in its sights. As the Hill reports, the show depicts Noem as an unhinged shooter of puppies and as an organizer of raids on migrants in which she orders ICE agents...

Watch Out, ICE, South Park Is Coming for You

Show will reportedly target immigration agents in next episode

(Newser) - After skewering President Trump, next on South Park's list of targets is Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In a promo posted Tuesday , the animated series revealed that the second episode of this season, out Wednesday, would feature ICE agents rampaging through the city, much as they have been doing in...

South Park Broke a 25-Year-Old Record With Trump Episode

Nearly 6M tuned in for season premiere's political satire, its largest opening audience since 1999

(Newser) - South Park's latest season premiere delivered a ratings milestone for Comedy Central, as the show's Trump-focused satire drew in its largest season-opening audience since 1999. Paramount Global reported that the Season 27 debut, titled "Sermon on the Mount," pulled in nearly 6 million viewers across...

South Park Skewering May Suggest Trouble for Trump

It shows president has lost control of the Epstein narrative, according to a Politico analysis

(Newser) - The creators of South Park managed to dominate the political discourse this week with their jaw-dropping attack on President Trump—one that included a fake video of a naked Trump in the desert, complete with a talking penis. The White House is pushing back at the show it calls "...

Trey Parker Responds to White House Criticism of South Park

'We're terribly sorry,' co-creator jokes

(Newser) - South Park co-creator Trey Parker had the briefest of responses Thursday to anger from the White House over the season premiere of the animated institution , which showed a naked President Trump in bed with Satan. "We're terribly sorry," Parker said, followed by a long, deadpan-comic stare, the...

South Park Signs Deal, Then Skewers Paramount, Trump

President takes the worst of the beating in 27th season premiere

(Newser) - If Paramount thought South Park's creators were done skewering the company now that it has finally secured a deal to air the hit show, it was very, very wrong. In the show's 27th season premiere on Wednesday, creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker clearly drew inspiration from Paramount'...

South Park Finds New Home in $1.5B Deal

Creators to produce 10 episodes a year under 5-year contract with Paramount+

(Newser) - Paramount has secured the global streaming rights to South Park in a landmark $1.5 billion deal, bringing the hit animated series exclusively to Paramount+ after intense negotiations. The five-year agreement, still awaiting final signatures, will bring all episodes of the animated series to Paramount+ in the US for...

South Park Restaurant Opens to Public, Sells Out Fast

Casa Bonita opened up reservations for the first time, and people were more than eager

(Newser) - The hottest ticket in Lakewood, Colorado, is an old one under snarky new management. Casa Bonita, the quirky and revered Mexican restaurant that's the passion project of South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, opened up online reservations to the hoi polloi on Monday—and quickly closed them...

South Park Creators: We're Skipping Election Season
South Park Creators on Trump:
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South Park Creators on Trump: 'Don't Know What More' to Say

Trey Parker, Matt Stone tell Vanity Fair the series won't return until 2025—after the election

(Newser) - If you were hoping Cartman and the gang would help you survive this year's election cycle, well, that's not happening: Delays have pushed off South Park returning to Comedy Central until 2025. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the animated series' creators, tell Vanity Fair that's because a)...

South Park Creators' Eatery Outlaws Tipping

At Colorado's Casa Bonita, servers and bartenders will instead make $30 an hour

(Newser) - In September 2021, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of the animated sitcom South Park, purchased Casa Bonita, a sprawling 52,000-square-foot Mexican restaurant in Lakewood, Colorado, that was featured in one of the show's episodes. The pair shuttered the eatery, which had declared bankruptcy before they purchased it,...

South Park Is Caught in the Middle of a $200M Suit

Warner Bros. Discovery is suing Paramount, South Park Digital Studios over exclusivity rights

(Newser) - During the peak of the pandemic, homebound Americans continued to receive a bit of comic relief thanks to South Park, which aired a couple of COVID-themed episodes to break the tension. Who's not laughing now: Warner Bros. Discovery, which is suing competitor Paramount for airing new episodes of the...

Matt Damon Takes His Lumps on South Park


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Matt Damon Takes His Lumps on South Park

Show skewers him for his advocacy of cryptocurrency

(Newser) - The first episode of the 25th season of South Park is not kind to Matt Damon. As the The Hollywood Reporter notes, Cartman and the gang make the actor the butt of a running joke over his advocacy of cryptocurrency. The hook is this commercial that Damon made for Crypto....

South Park Creators Sign Massive $900M Deal

It includes 14 movies for Paramount Plus

(Newser) - Since Season 23 ended in December 2019, the only new South Park episodes have been two pandemic-related specials—but fans are about to get all the Cartman they can handle. In what Bloomberg describes as one of the richest deals in TV history, creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have...

At One NFL Game, 1.8K Familiar Faces

Cardboard cutouts from 'South Park' filled stadium for Broncos-Buccaneers game

(Newser) - There were far fewer humans in the stands at Denver's Empower Field at Mile High stadium on Sunday for the Broncos' game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but that doesn't mean there weren't plenty of fans on hand—and most of the faces likely looked familiar to...

South Park Responds to LeBron's Comments

With mockery, of course

(Newser) - South Park was quick to respond to LeBron James' controversial China comments. In an episode Wednesday titled "Let Them Eat Goo," some students at South Park Elementary School complain about the school lunches, so the cafeteria starts serving healthier options. Cartman is not happy, and after one of...

Banned South Park Episode Joins Hong Kong Protests

China won't like next installment, either

(Newser) - "Band in China," the South Park episode that the government disappeared from the internet in China, was given a street showing in Hong Kong this week. Photos on social media showed a crowd watching in the Sham Shui Po district, per the Hollywood Reporter . As with other events...

After a Biting Episode, China Wipes South Park Off Internet

Show mocked US studios catering to government censors

(Newser) - After a South Park episode suggesting that Hollywood studios have to please China or risk being censored, China has registered its displeasure by—of all things—censoring South Park. Nearly every episode, clip and mention of the TV series has been removed from streaming services and social media in China....

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