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As South Park season 27 continues, the Paramount CEO has no issues with its divisive content. South Park, which has focused on topical politics since it first debuted in 1997, rarely shies away from controversy. Several South Park episodes have been banned, but its creators have continued targeting religion, politics, and other hot topics.

Recently, Paramount has been facing sharp criticism from the White House, as season 27 has explicitly targeted the Trump administration. The season premiered after an extended contractual battle, which eventually concluded with a $1.5 billion deal between Paramount and South Park. Paramount agreed to pay that immense sum in exchange for streaming rights and 50 new episodes across five years.

Despite outside concerns, CEO David Ellison believes that the intense focus on politics is nothing new for the series, according to a report by CNN. Ellison, who described himself as a fan of the show, believes that creators Matt Stone and...

Even after 27 years, "South Park" is still constantly evolving. The animated series not only looks different than it did in its early days, but its jokes, themes, and characters have also changed with the years. Along the way, "South Park" has learned from its own mistakes and even improved on some of its worst tendencies, be it by apologizing to Al Gore, phasing out insensitive, one-joke characters, or making the Black family vital to the show.

In season 27, "South Park" is once again rectifying some of its previous choices, like having Mr. Garrison (voiced by co-creator Trey Parker) serve as a stand-in for Donald Trump. Instead, the season premiere declares war on the indicted felon who currently occupies the oval offie, and it also makes it clear another character has changed ... or, at least, the world around him has. It's true: Eric Cartman (also Parker), one of the most despicable...

In the second episode of South Park season 27, Kristi Noem is at the center of a scathing parody, and now the creators have taken the joke even further on social media. The latest episode of the hit comedy, titled "Got a Nut," focused on South Park Elementary counselor Mr. Mackey as he joins Ice after being fired from his job.

Along the way, Mr. Mackey soon crosses paths with Noem, who is presently the Secretary of Homeland Security of the United States in real life. Noem is depicted executing any dog she sees, which is a reference to a disturbing story she shared in her 2024 book, No Going Back.

Also in theepisode, Noem's face constantly falls off, requiring a team to help assemble it back into place. The current member of Donald Trump's cabinet shared her scathing feelings about the South Park season 27 episode shortly after it aired, feeling...

The Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, has responded to her recent depiction in South Park. Show creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone took aim at Noem and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agency in the second episode of South Park season 27.

The episode depicted Noem repeatedly shooting dogs and overusing Botox as her face melts before raiding a production of Dora the Explorer Live! and Heaven to arrest anyone who appears Hispanic, "If they're brown, take them down." The episode also skewers Vice President J.D. Vance and conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

In an interview with Glenn Beck (via The Daily Beast), Noem reacts to being portrayed in the animated series. She states that she did not see the episodes because she was "going over budget numbers and stuff," but calls the show out for being "lazy" for making fun of women's looks. She does not address...

The second episode of “South Park” Season 27 once again eviscerated President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet — this time sinking its teeth into Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her management of the administration’s ongoing Ice raids around the country.

But much like the Trey Parker and Matt Stone-led series did with Trump and what’s been colloquially dubbed his “micropenis” in Episode 1, the series went after more than just the administration’s policies and made their barbs personally cutting.

Episode 2 tackled Noem’s apparent plastic surgery, employing a running gag where her face, pumped with filers, botox and more, would melt off of her body and need to be hurriedly reattached by her team.

The guys behind the popular “Pod Save America” podcast didn’t know how to take it.

“I don’t know if we’re allowed to talk about it,” co-host Jon Lovett said.

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem says that if South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone really wanted to roast her, they should have mocked her job performance instead of her appearance. I guess the part in this week’s episode when Noem threw Dora the Explorer in an Ice van and sex trafficked her to Mar-a-Lago was too subtle for Noem.

On Wednesday, South Park continued its attack on the conservative establishment that currently controls America with the second episode of Season 27, “Got a Nut,” which focused on President Donald “Saddam Hussein” Trump’s push for mass deportation and mass funding to the woefully unqualified forces of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. At the head of Ice’s efforts to kidnap Latino families from live Dora the Explorer concerts was Noem, with her puppy-killing pistol and her team of plastic surgeons at the ready in case of emergency.

After the much-talked-about season 27 premiere of South Park, on-air viewers turned out in significantly larger numbers for the show’s second episode.

The Aug. 6 installment, which mocked Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem (who was not pleased) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, drew 838,000 viewers for its initial airing on Comedy Central — almost double the 430,000 who tuned into the season premiere on July 23. That’s the third-highest initial tune-in for South Park in the past three seasons, behind a March 2023 episode about ChatGPT (in which the AI bot is credited as a co-writer with Trey Parker) that drew 1.04 million viewers and the season 25 premiere in February 2022, which logged 844,000 viewers.

The season premiere — which took aim at President Donald Trump, depicting him in bed with Satan (among other jabs) — grew to 5.9 million viewers with three days of streaming on Paramount+ and other delayed viewing, so the on-air growth for Wednesday’s episode...

Kristi Noem called her South Park portrayal “sexist” but didn’t mention the episode’s running joke about her shooting dogs. The episode appears in Season 27, Episode 2 titled “Get a Nut”, where the US Secretary of Homeland Security is shown killing several dogs, including Superman’s pet Krypto.

It is apparently based on a real event she described in her 2024 memoir No Going Back. Here, she talked about shooting her 14-month-old dog named Cricket after he tried to attack a neighbor’s chickens and tried to bite her as well. The show seemed to base the episode on this, which, as per The Wrap, she said:

It’s so lazy, it constantly makes fun of women for how they look. Only the liberals and the extremists do that. If they wanted to criticize my job, go ahead and do that, but clearly they can’t. They just pick something petty like that.

"South Park" has always been incendiary and controversial, from its early days as an animated show with very R-rated humor, to enough banned episodes on streaming and controversies to start international incidents. Though the last couple of seasons have been slightly less biting in their parody and commentary, "South Park" is back in season 27 with its most shocking and politically charged episodes in several years. The premiere had twice-impeached president and indicted felon Donald Trump in the role the show once gave to Saddam Hussein (as the boy toy of literal Satan). Now, the second episode turns its eyes toward the sheer modern evil of Ice.

In the new episode, Matt Stone and Trey Parker continue their war on the current administration (rather than their corporate overlords at Paramount) with an episode that follows Eric Cartman as he becomes furious over people taking what he views as his unique bigotry...

South Park co-creator Matt Stone joined Primus on drums for a cover of King Crimson’s “Thela Hun Ginjeet” during their show at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles on Wednesday, August 6th.

Playing alongside Primus’ new drummer John Hoffman, Stone channeled the song’s tense mood with a driving performance behind the kit, occasionally relishing in some fills in between Hoffman’s taut grooves. “Thela Hun Ginjeet” is a common cover that Primus bandleader Les Claypool likes to play, either with Primus or with his solo project; the 1981 King Crimson single features a primal, swampy rhythm. Watch Primus and Stone’s rendition of the song below.

In addition to his duties on South Park, Stone is a multi-instrumentalist with a particular penchant for the drums; he also has a noted interest in jam bands and progressive rock. Primus is a significant band in Stone and South Park’s lore,...

The newest season of South Park continues to poke fun at notable Maga personalities, with the Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem being the latest target of the long-running animated sitcom. On Wednesday’s (August 6) episode, “Got a Nut,” Noem was presented as a ruthless, gun-obsessed government official with a penchant for deporting immigrants and killing dogs, the latter a reference to her autobiography, where she admitted to once killing a dog in a fit of anger. In one scene in the episode, she shot Superman’s flying dog, Krypto. Noem’s animated counterpart was also depicted as having so much Botox and plastic surgery that her face was falling apart. At one point, the show portrayed President Donald Trump firing Noem from his administration because her face “freaks him out.” Speaking on The Glenn Beck Program on Thursday (August 7), Noem reacted to the South Park parody, blasting the creators,...

At first glance, the new Paramount has a 2026 slate that looks a little bare – only five films slated for release. But studio insiders told TheWrap on Thursday that three other films that are deep in post-production are on course for release in 2026.

The first is “Heart of the Beast,” a survival thriller from “Suicide Squad” director David Ayer starring Brad Pitt as an Army special forces vet who must survive in the Alaskan wilderness with his retired combat dog after a plane crash. Also starring J.K. Simmons and with Damien Chazelle as executive producer, it will mark Pitt’s first film since he set a new career high at the box office with Apple’s “F1.”

The other two films are a pair of horror projects from Paramount’s production deal with 18hz, the company founded by former DC Films chief Walter Hamada after his exit from the superhero label: “Primate,...

Hours after the deal was approved, David Ellison and his leadership team took the stage of 1515 Broadway in New York City to discuss the topic everyone in media has been feverishly talking about for months: the future of New Paramount.

There’s a reason for the curiosity: A lot is riding on whether Ellison and co. can turn Paramount around at a time when media is going through a broader industry shakeup. Between the future of Paramount+, its ability to supercharge its franchises and whether it can compete with some of the bigger players in the field, there remain a lot of questions about the fate of the company.

Many of Paramount’s broad plans were outlined in an open letter from chairman and CEO Ellison as well as a Thursday morning press conference that included TheWrap. But following a heated Q&a about FCC regulations and CBS’ appointed ombudsman,...

No one invites controversy quite like Matt Stone and Trey Parker. The "South Park" creators have stirred up all kinds of trouble throughout the show's staggering 26 season run, but the pair really pushed the envelope just a few weeks ago with the arrival of their latest season. The long-awaited season 27 premiere not only lampooned their parent company Paramount in the wake of a $1.5 billion deal to keep "South Park" on the air for another five years, but it also took ruthless jabs at the Trump administration. "Sermon on the 'Mount" depicted President Donald J. Trump as a loudmouthed annoyance who speaks in the same ridiculous cadence Stone used for Saddam Hussein in "South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut." Animated using actual pictures of Trump (including his infamous mugshot), the show's depiction of the "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" actor constantly threatens to sue everybody who disagrees with him.

David Ellison finally has his prize.

On Thursday, the Skydance Media founder closed the $8 billion merger with Paramount Global that he orchestrated, enduring political turbulence and skepticism about the viability of the company’s TV and movie empire for over a year. In order for the deal to pay off, Ellison, who will serve as chairman and CEO of the newly rechristened Paramount Skydance, must maintain strong partnerships with the creative community. Before the sale, Paramount has lacked the financial resources of competitors like Disney and Netflix, but it has been the home of top talent. Keeping them happy and busy cooking up ideas for new film, TV and streaming franchises will be critically important if Paramount Skydance wants to outmaneuver other studios.

On the film front, look for the new regime to try to maintain or even extend some crucial first-look deals as Josh Greenstein and Dana Goldberg, who will oversee the studio,...

For over two decades, South Park has done what few shows dare to even attempt: push every boundary, offend absolutely everyone, and somehow still remain smart, hilarious, and ridiculously relevant. From its crudely animated beginnings to razor-sharp political commentary and serialized chaos, Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s brainchild has evolved (and devolved) in the most absurdly entertaining ways possible.

But not every season hits the same. Some are pure satirical gold, remember Scott Tenorman Must Die or the Imaginationland trilogy? Others, well… felt like Cartman phoned it in between Cheeto breaks. As the show shifted from fart jokes and Kenny deaths to full-blown sociopolitical dissection, fans were divided. Some live for the newer serialized arcs. Others swear by the anarchic brilliance of the early days.

Whether you’re a die-hard fan who’s rewatched every episode 15 times or a casual viewer who just wants to skip the duds, this ranking has you covered.

When mocking the President and Vice President in last night’s new episode of South Park, creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone found inspiration in a classic exotic drama TV show called Fantasy Island, which isn’t to be confused with Donald “Saddam Hussein” Trump’s nickname for Little Saint James.

In the newest South Park episode “Got a Nut,” viewers got a taste of President Trump’s private slice of paradise when Mr. Mackey and Clyde Donovan each earned themselves a trip to Trump’s Florida resort Mar-a-Lago, where the seedy, sex-trafficking underbelly of the Trump administration truly lies. In what the Vice President insists is a complimentary portrayal, South Park turned Jd Vance into an abused, diminutive, couch-humping sidekick with a fat face taken straight from the viral Vance memes and an accent that South Park fans under the age of 45 may find unplaceable.

With “Got a Nut,...

After a hiatus of about 2 years, South Park has returned with season 27 and is making headlines for not holding back on the punches. The third episode of the show is set to release on August 14, 2025, on Comedy Central, and the expectations from it are sky high.

The first 2 episodes of the show have taken a sharp tone towards cultural and political absurdities, right from Donald Trump being portrayed as the devil and satire on Sean “Diddy” Combs, Kristi Noem, and Jd Vance. The signature blend of crude humor, chaos, and biting commentary of the show is intact, and fans are left wondering who is going to be Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s next victims.

What Can Be Expected From Episode 3 of South Park Season 27?

Considering how South Park season 27 has kicked off, episode 3 is likely to continue with the satire rapid-fire format. Till now, the season has covered Superhero Satan Trump campaign,...

The couch-humping creep whose own President visibly hates him believes that getting his own South Park parody is the highlight of his career, and we couldn’t agree more.

On last night’s new episode of South Park, “Got a Nut,” series creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone continued their parody of President Donald “Saddam Hussein” Trump that inspired a histrionic statement from the White House upon its first installment in the Season 27 premiere “Sermon on the ‘Mount.” After South Park portrayed Trump as a small-dicked Middle-Eastern dictator who abuses the justice system to solicit bribes and silence critics, Trump’s press corps called the series “fourth-rate” and claimed that the show “hasn’t been relevant for over 20 years.”

Now, the rest of the Right from Charlie Kirk to Immigration and Customs Enforcement are trying to pretend that South Park is laughing with them, not at them and their fascist,...

For its 27th season, South Park came out of the gate swinging. It portrayed Donald Trump as a tiny-penis-having, temper-tantrum throwing sex pest who even the devil didn’t want to have sex with. The episode quickly dominated the internet, prompting the White House to issue a formal statement calling the show irrelevant.

That response, and the general right-wing meltdown didn’t soften South Park’s second episode. If anything, the jokes felt even more razor sharp. First, there was an entire bit dedicated to accusing Charlie Kirk of stealing Cartman’s shtick. Then, the bulk of the episodes involved a series of Ice raids; this was particularly relevant as the Department of Homeland Security used a screenshot of the trailer as recruitment material on X.

It’s hard to see how anyone watching the show in hopes of Ice being portrayed as an even moderately competent or valuable law...

The most heavily censored character in South Park history is the Prophet Mohammad due to the controversies surrounding cartoons at that time. Unlike the show’s usual offensive satire, this censorship wasn’t the result of the network standard or viewers’ backlash. It was driven by threats of violence.

In 2010, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone attempted to feature the Prophet Muhammad in episodes titled 200 and 201. The episode makes statements about free speech and the double standards in the media (via Av Club). But after real-world death threats from extremist groups, Comedy Central censored the episodes. They bleeped dialogue, blocked visuals, and ultimately banned both episodes from streaming and reruns (via The Globe and Mail and ScreenRant).

The threat stemmed from the broader fallout of the Jyllands-Posten Prophet Muhammad cartoon controversy. First published in a Danish newspaper in 2005, the cartoons sparked global protests, embassy attacks, and multiple deaths.

As we predicted, the far-right establishment is now pretending that South Park is laughing with them when it calls them a bunch of hideous, hateful grifters who hide in their moms’ houses to masterdebate.

When right-wing podcaster Charlie Kirk learned that he was going to be South Park’s next target upon the release of the promo for last night’s new episode “Got a Nut,” he made the bold and unprecedented move to break from President Donald “Saddam Hussein” Trump’s hard line on the “irrelevant” and “fourth-rate” series by leaning into the parody, quickly changing his Twitter profile picture to an image of Cartman donning his own distinctly inbred haircut.

Despite how the White House officially declared that South Park is “hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention” after the Season 27 opener scorched Trump for being a corrupt, small-dicked, Middle-Eastern dictator,...

Leave it to “South Park” to always take the joke five steps further. After introducing its official version of Donald Trump two weeks ago, Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s masterpiece returned with an episode that showed the president and vice president preparing to have sex with Satan.

Season 27’s “Got a Nut” revolves around the moral negotiation required to live in a capitalist society. Yes, really.

At the beginning of the episode, everyone in South Park Elementary is furious at Clyde for starting a racist, sexist and homophobic podcast that’s straight from the manosphere. When the guidance counselor tries to reason with him, Clyde tells Mr. Mackey that he’s just trying to get his “nut,” aka trying to make enough money to afford his expenses. Mr. Mackey initially chastises Clyde before the long-standing South Park staple is fired because the government is tightening down on “needless spending in schools.

South Park season 27, episode 2 mocks Vice President Jd Vance and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem - and fans are absolutely losing it. South Park season 27 has focused on spoofing Donald Trump's ongoing presidential term, with episode 2 bringing in more figures around him to make fun of.

Now, fans on X are losing their minds over the comedic way South Park season 27 has parodied Jd Vance and Kristi Noem. This includes many amused reactions to how the two are portrayed, as well as some other key events they're involved with throughout the episode. Check out what fans are saying below:

Dude, I am fucking dying after watching #SouthPark spoof Kristi Noem 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/LvgiYu8Dev— Ryan Scheving (@RyanScheving) August 7, 2025

Ryan Scheving posts an image from the episode where Mr. Mackey is working with Noem conducting Ice raids, expressing just how hilarious the episode was.

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South Park is back with another wild episode, taking direct aim at Donald Trump, Ice, and political figures like Vice President Jd Vance and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. The show didn’t hold back this time, mixing sharp satire with outrageous humor that’s as relevant as ever.

In the latest episode of Season 27, Kristi Noem is shown talking to new Ice recruits while wearing a bulletproof vest. She’s on video, addressing the agents, including the recently laid-off South Park teacher Mr. Mackey.

Noem, who has openly admitted to putting her own dog down, chillingly admits in the episode, “A few years ago I had to put my puppy down by s****** it in the face, because sometimes doing what’s important means doing what’s hard.” Throughout the show, she keeps s****** puppies, in the streets, in heaven, even while taking a bath. It’s dark humor...

Spoiler Alert: This article contains details of tonight’s South Park episode “Got a Nut” — like, a lot of details.

With a nod — a head butt, really — to Donald Trump and masked Ice abductions of undocumented immigrants and U.S. citizens, South Park was very relevant tonight.

Just ask Vice President Jd Vance and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

“A few years ago I had to put my puppy down by shooting it in the face, because sometimes doing what’s important means doing what’s hard,” the animated Noem says in the second episode of the 27th season of Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s animated satire.

Related: ‘South Park’ Viewership Score Ratings Big With Small Trump Attack

But back to the video. The...

Just hours before David Ellison and the new regime at Paramount formally takes over, Shari Redstone had a final message today for staff at the media company her father took over nearly 30 years ago.

“While it is not easy to step away, I am very proud of the Company that we have created, the culture upon which it is built, and the collaboration that is at the core of who we are and what we do,” the non-executive chairwoman of the about to be renamed Paramount Global said in a missive sent out Wednesday. “It has been an honor and a privilege to work with all of you to bring CBS and Viacom together in order to make Paramount Global a truly special place. I know you will carry that spirit forward into the future and please know that I will be cheering for you every step of the way.

Brian Robbins has made official his departure from the Melrose Lot as co-ceo of Paramount Global and President and CEO of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon.

Robbins joined Paramount in 2017. He became President and CEO of Nickelodeon in October 2018, then was raised to President and CEO of Paramount Pictures in September of 2021 and co-ceo of Paramount Global in April 2024. In the latter role, he was part of a team that launched and scaled Paramount+

During his tenure at Paramount Pictures, Robbins saw 17 No. 1 releases at the box office, and this was coming off Covid when moviegoing was trying to regain its footing. In 2022 alone, he oversaw six No. 1 pics, which was one of the most successful years in the studio’s history including Top Gun: Maverick which at close to $1.5 billion became the studio’s most successful movie ever worldwide, as well as star Tom Cruise’s. It was rumored at...

Exclusive: Keyes Hill-Edgar, a 25-year Viacom/Paramount Global veteran, is leaving as Chief Operating Officer at Paramount Media Networks & Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios. He just notified his colleagues of his departure in a company memo, which you can read below.

Hill-Edgar joins Chris McCarthy, Paramount Global Co-CEO and President of Showtime/MTV Entertainment, who is leaving when Skydance’s acquisition of Paramount Global is completed tomorrow, July 7, with his responsibilities divvied up among George Cheeks, Dana Goldberg and Cindy Holland.

Two other top executives on McCarthy’s team, Nina L. Diaz, President of Content and Chief Creative Officer for Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios, and Liza Burnett Fefferman, EVP and Head of Communications for Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks, also are departing.

In his role as COO, Hill-Edgar oversaw business planning, operations and strategy for all content developed by the studios as well as the brands of Paramount Media Networks: MTV,...

Chris McCarthy, who was co-ceo of Paramount Global and president of Showtime/MTV Entertainment and is leaving after more than 20 years, says his “greatest achievement” at the company was his work around mental health.

McCarthy revealed last month that he wouldn’t be remaining with the company after Skydance takes control beginning Thursday.

“Our greatest achievement goes beyond entertainment,” he wrote in a memo to staff today, seen by Deadline.

He said that the company has “literally helped change how an entire industry tells stories about mental health and in doing so will help generations of audiences to come.”

“When the alarming rise of mental health issues became a crisis, we didn’t just sit back, we leaned in. We spearheaded an industry-wide Mental Health Coalition and, together, we’ve driven a nearly 40% increase in mental health storylines which help to normalize mental health and showcase characters coping with issues,...

Perhaps the comedians best suited to fight President Donald Trump are the ones who speak his language of crass insult most fluently.

The season premiere of “South Park,” which aired July 23, depicted Trump in crude caricature — involved in a gay sexual affair with Satan and embarrassed over his minuscule genitalia. The townspeople of South Park are subject to Trump’s frivolous lawsuits, which eventually settle out of court; they then are forced to produce an advertisement for the president, which, once again, paints one particular part of his anatomy as microscopic.

(In response, Trump’s White House issued a statement: “This show hasn’t been relevant for over 20 years and is hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention. President Trump has delivered on more promises in just six months than any other president in our country’s history – and no fourth-rate show can...

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South Park is back for Season 27, and it kicked off with a bombshell premiere. The first episode saw Donald Trump depicted with a minuscule penis, in bed with Satan, effectively taking over Saddam Hussein’s role in the cartoon series. The Trump administration is angry (just as South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone likely hoped).

The new episode carried extra weight since it aired on Paramount+,...

South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are once again reminding the world that poking the bear comes with consequences. This time, it's Homeland Security on the receiving end of the animated series' trademark sass.

The trolling came after the Department of Homeland Security posted a now-viral image on its official X account straight from an upcoming South Park episode. The screenshot shows multiple masked Ice agents racing down the street in preparation for a raid. The snap was paired with a recruitment link to join U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The animated show's official X account fired back with a characteristically irreverent clapback, "Wait, so we Are relevant? #eatabagofd**ks."

Wait, so we Are relevant?#eatabagofdickshttps://t.co/HeQSMU86Da— South Park (@SouthPark) August 5, 2025

The jab is a direct response to a White House statement issued following the controversial South Park Season 27 premiere. That statement attempted to...

Nothing is sacred on South Park. That’s why the show’s recent parody of Donald Trump worked so well. It didn’t matter that Mr. Garrison had previously stood in for Trump, because their latest idea to model the sitting president after Saddam Hussein instead was much funnier. So South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone said “fuck it” and made a new version of Trump (their fourth to date).

The same can be said of the show’s canon: It’s not sacred either. As proof, here are five times South Park has been willing to rewrite its own history in service of a bigger laugh…

1 Character Names

Plenty of South Park kids — like Butters, for example — existed in the background of the show in non-speaking roles for years before coming to the forefront. So it’s not surprising that several of them received throwaway names that...

A South Park image has been used to promote Ice's website by United States Homeland Security as season 27 continues to parody President Donald Trump. South Park season 27 made fun of Donald Trump and his policies in its premiere episode, with promises to do more in its follow-up. A teaser for the season also featured Ice vehicles and agents.

Now, Varietyconfirms that the official US Homeland Security account on X has posted an image from South Park season 27 featuring Ice agents. They used the image to promote the official Ice website:

https://t.co/nZkBEj3GGipic.twitter.com/N7cFpDhb7W— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) August 5, 2025

This prompted a heated response from the official South Park X account, referencing a previous comment by the White House calling the show irrelevant and "uninspired":

Wait, so we Are relevant?#eatabagofdickshttps://t.co/HeQSMU86Da— South Park (@SouthPark) August 5, 2025 What Homeland Security's South Park...

South Park’s second Season 27 installment, “Got a Nut,” lands on Comedy Central at 10 p.m. Et/Pt on August 6 before shifting to Paramount+ a few hours later, marking the show’s first new episode since its July 23 return.

A brief promotional clip shows former school counselor Mr. Mackey wearing an Ice jacket beside a cartoon version of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, hinting at an immigration-agency storyline that folds the South Dakota governor into the show’s long-running political satire.

Comedy Central’s synopsis confirms only that Mackey “desperately tries to find a new way to make a living,” leaving viewers to speculate how the plot will weave Noem’s public persona and recent controversies into the narrative.

Noem has faced sustained criticism since April 2024, when excerpts from her memoir revealed she shot a 14-month-old hunting dog named Cricket after declaring the animal “untrainable.” She later defended the decision...

On Wednesday August 6 2025, Comedy Central broadcasts South Park!

Season 27 Episode 3 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “South Park,” titled “The Great Debate,” promises to deliver the signature humor and sharp wit that fans have come to love. Set in the quirky town of South Park, Colorado, the story follows the familiar antics of Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Cartman as they navigate a new challenge that tests their friendship and beliefs.

In this episode, the boys find themselves caught up in a heated debate at school. The topic is something they all feel strongly about, but their opinions clash in hilarious ways. As they prepare for the debate, viewers will see the boys’ unique personalities shine through. Stan’s level-headed approach contrasts with Cartman’s over-the-top tactics, while Kyle tries to reason with them both. Kenny, as always, has his own way of contributing to the chaos.

As the debate unfolds,...

South Park continues to aim at the Donald Trump administration and is firing back amid claims the animated series is not relevant anymore.

The Comedy Central series opened Season 27 mocking Trump and has not stopped since. An upcoming episode will parody Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, often referred to as Ice Barbie.

Ahead of the episode “Got a Nut,” the show released a preview that teases a storyline revolving around the immigration raids Trump has imposed across the nation.

Dhs used a still of the teaser to create a post on X and recruit people to fill positions at Ice. Hours later, South Park fired back and asked, “Wait, so we Are relevant?” The post also included a hashtag directing Dhs to do something else, which you can read below.

Wait, so we Are relevant?#eatabagofdicks https://t.co/HeQSMU86Da

— South Park (@SouthPark) August 5, 2025

Related: Stephen Colbert...

As the Right changes its course on South Park, someone from the White House’s social media team now has the unenviable job of explaining why they would dare to publicly controvert the statements of President Saddam Hussein.

When South Park returned to TV on July 23rd with brand new episodes following a grueling two-year hiatus, series creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone came out swinging with a Season 27 premiere that brutally roasted Donald Trump by explicitly calling him a corrupt, small-dicked Middle-Eastern dictator who tramples on the Constitution, illegally silences critics and has a penis that is oh-so-tiny. The very next day after “Sermon on the ‘Mount” put out arguably the most brutal indictment against the President in the history of comedy, the White House released an official statement in which it dismissed the episode as partisan mudslinging, claiming that South Park “hasn’t been relevant for over 20 years...

Just two weeks after the White House officially announced that South Park was a desperate, irrelevant and “fourth-rate” comedy series, President Donald “Saddam Hussein” Trump's personal gestapo are launching a recruitment campaign using nothing but a South Park trailer.

Back on July 23rd, South Park Season 27 premiered two weeks late with a scathing indictment of the President and their bosses at Paramount who recently emboldened Trump to use frivolous lawsuits to silence critics and solicit bribes. In spite of South Park’s past policy of treating both sides of any political issue as equally stupid and deserving of ridicule, “Sermon on the ‘Mount” was one of the boldest and most pointed criticisms of the Trump administration that comedy has ever produced, and series creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone couldn’t have made their feelings toward America’s own tiny-dicked Middle-Eastern dictator any more explicit — seriously, Paramount wouldn’t let them.

South Park’s27th season is now in full swing following a two-year hiatus. The first episode of the season, albeit a controversial one, was the highest-rated season premiere for the raunchy animated series in more than 25 years.

With South Park topping the streaming charts, the series, which debuted on Comedy Central in 1997, is showing no sign of slowing down anytime soon. Per ComicBook.com, the show’s creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, have debunked a long-standing rumor that fans would ever see a fully live-action version of Stan, Cartman, Kyle, Kenny, and the rest of the South Park gang.

Although one would wonder how characters like Towelie, Mr. Hankey, and even Mr. Mackey would translate into live-action versions, Parker and Stone shut down the rumor of any type of full-length live-action version of South Park. At Comedy Central’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Parker and Stone were asked...

The official X account for the United States Department of Homeland Security is using a still from a recent “South Park” trailer to promote the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s website, which includes application portals to sign up for various jobs under Ice such as deportation officer and criminal investigator. The still is from a teaser “South Park” dropped on July 29 to promote the second episode of Season 27, which airs this week on Comedy Central.

The teaser was notable for including footage of Donald Trump groping Satan’s leg under the table at a dinner party, but it also featured footage of Ice officers presumably raiding South Park. At one point in the teaser, the character Mr. Mackey is seen riding in a van with Ice officers. The teaser earned 1 million views on YouTube and counting in a week.

Variety has reached out to Comedy Central for comment on Homeland...

If South Park wasn’t behind the latest restructuring of Paramount Global’s struggling streaming business, then why is the show's new boss named George Cheeks?

Late last month, President Donald “Saddam Hussein” Trump’s Federal Communications Commission finally approved the acquisition deal that will place Paramount under the umbrella of David Ellison’s company Skydance Media. After appeasing the President by paying out a $16 million bribe, er, “settlement” over his fight with 60 Minutes and firing one of Trump’s most prominent comedic critics by canceling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Paramount is finally in the Commander-in-Chief’s good graces, and they can begin the process of reshaping the corporate infrastructure to fit Ellison’s new pro-Trump, anti-free-speech business model.

Yesterday, as Skydance prepared to overhaul one of the largest media companies in the world, Paramount Streaming President and CEO Tom Ryan announced his resignation and his intention...

The long-running adult animated series South Parkreturned with a bang for its 27th season in July, spoofing the current U.S. President in its series premiere. However, the show, which has been dominating the streaming charts lately, just received news of a major shakeup.

In the wake of the Paramount/Skydance deal, Paramount/CBS executive George Cheeks will now oversee South Park, per Deadline. South Park is produced by South Park Digital Studios and co-owned by Paramount and the series creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s Park County. Cheeks, who is the co-ceo of Paramount Global, has also been named Chair of TV Media following the Paramount/Skydance merger.

He will be in charge of Paramount’s broadcast and cable TV business, which includes the CBS Network, CBS News, CBS Sports, CBS Studios, BET Studios, Nickelodeon Studios, See It Now Studios, and Paramount Media Networks, which includes MTV, Comedy Central,...

"South Park" fans still look back fondly at Chef Jerome McElroy, or just Chef as the kids called him. Voiced by Isaac Hayes, Chef was a major presence throughout the first eight seasons. He was there to offer the kids advice and lend a sympathetic ear. But at a certain point, the character's presence in the series dwindled, and in season 10, the show killed him off. 

How'd they kill him? Well, they had the wooden bridge he was walking on get struck by lightning. Chef, burning alive from the subsequent fire, fell down a canyon while hitting every jagged rock on the way down. He landed on a sharp tree branch that impaled him, and was then mauled to death by both a mountain lion and a grizzly bear. It's the sort of death that immediately makes you wonder if there was something going on behind the scenes. Why such a sudden,...

It might be hard to clock backhanded compliments and thinly veiled insults if you didn’t have the experience of being a teenage girl. That period of one’s life is defined by that genre of commentary. Your mother saying, “Look slimmer today,” the high school administrator saying you look “so much less tired” since you started wearing makeup, a girl in your English class saying, “Oh, you actually look pretty today.” These barbs wrapped in sugar are so common that by the time we graduate high school, young women are as adept at receiving them as we are at delivering them.

It seems Seth MacFarlane has gone through some similar academy of life, because he has delivered a truly masterful backhanded compliment. On a recent episode of the podcast The Town with Matthew Belloni, MacFarlane discussed Family Guy’s longtime animated rival, South Park. MacFarlane “praised” South Park for...

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Season 27 Episode 2 Episode Summary

The new episode of “South Park” promises to deliver another round of offbeat humor and outrageous situations. Titled “Elementary Escapades,” this episode follows the familiar antics of Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Cartman as they navigate the peculiar challenges of childhood in their small Colorado town.

In this episode, the boys find themselves caught up in a wild scheme that pushes their friendship to the limits. As they face unexpected twists and turns, viewers can expect the trademark satire that “South Park” is known for. The show often takes a humorous look at real-life issues, and this episode is likely to be no different.

Fans of the series will enjoy seeing how each character brings their unique personality to the adventure. Stan’s level-headedness, Kyle’s moral compass, Kenny’s resilience, and Cartman’s mischievous nature create a dynamic that keeps the story engaging.

The dust hasn’t even settled on the Skydance–Paramount merger, and South Park is already feeling the effects. Under the restructured company, departing Paramount Global co-ceo Chris McCarthy’s scripted production operations are being folded into the newly formed Paramount TV Studios, overseen by Dana Goldberg and expected to be run by Skydance TV President Matt Thunell.

But there’s one big exception: South Park will no longer be in that group’s portfolio. Instead, it will fall under fellow Paramount Global co-ceo George Cheeks, now serving as Chair of TV Media in the post-merger setup. That means Cheeks will be in charge of both South Park’s network home, Comedy Central, and its production arm, South Park Digital Studios — a joint venture between Paramount and creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s Park County.

The shift will put the network and the production under the same top exec,...

Exclusive: The Paramount Television Studios label is making a comeback — and returning to its roots.

Skydance Media on Monday morning announced the top executive team for the combined Paramount company after its acquisition of Paramount Global closes August 7. It includes Skydance’s Dana Goldberg, who will serve as Co-Chair of Paramount Pictures and Chair of Paramount Television and will lead Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Films (with Josh Greenstein) as well as Paramount Television Studios.

This marks the official rebirth of Paramount TV Studios, whose previous incarnation shut down a year ago after an 11-year run. Being housed at Paramount Pictures under Goldberg, the new Paramount TV Studios is a throwback to its original incarnation, launched in 2013 by Paramount Pictures’ Brad Grey and run by Amy Powell.

Goldberg is expected to name Skydance’s President of Television Matt Thunell as head of Paramount TV Studios, sources tell Deadline. The newly formed unit will absorb Skydance Television,...

South Park is currently in its 27th season, and despite some fans wondering about a live-action version, the show’s creators have made it clear that it’s not happening anytime soon. The animated series recently came back with one of its most watched episodes in years, which included a surprising live-action bit near the end.

Still, that doesn’t mean a full live-action South Park is on the table.

At the Comedy Central panel during San Diego Comic-Con 2025, creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker talked about the idea of turning South Park into a live-action show. When asked if fans might ever see this happen, Parker was quick to say, “We’ve never been approached.” Considering how popular the series has been for decades, this was a bit unexpected. But they explained that making South Park work as a live-action show would be very difficult.

Stone shared his thoughts...