South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone appeared at Comedian-Con after their present’s Season 27 premiere aired. The episode, titled “Sermon on the Mount,” took jabs at US President Donald Trump, and, as is predicted, the White Home hit again on the collection. Throughout their look at Comedian-Con, the place additionally they acquired the Inkpot Award for Greatest Animation, Parker and Stone participated in a panel dialogue alongside Beavis and Butthead creator Mike Choose and Digman! co-creator Andy Samberg. After all, the subject of the brand new episode and the White Home’s response had been addressed.
Highlights of the Season 27 premiere episode included a scene the place Trump complained in regards to the dimension of his penis in an official portray, adopted by an try and get into mattress with Devil. The episode additionally featured Devil lastly confronting Trump about long-standing rumors of his inclusion on the Epstein checklist. The White Home was fast to reply, issuing a press release slamming the collection:
“This present hasn’t been related for over 20 years and is hanging on by a thread with uninspired concepts in a determined try for consideration. President Trump has delivered on extra guarantees in simply six months than some other president in our nation’s historical past – and no fourth-rate present can derail President Trump’s scorching streak.”
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When requested in regards to the White Home’s response through the Comedian-Con panel (through Deadline), Parker, along with his deadpan humor, joked:
“We’re terribly sorry.”
Throughout the dialogue, Parker additionally shared some perception into the episode’s surprisingly last-minute creation.
“We had been like, ‘I do not know if individuals are going to love this.’ We had been studying stuff within the newspaper, and had been like, ‘Let’s put that in there!'”
‘South Park’ Takes Intention at ‘Late Present’ Cancellation
“Sermon on the Mount” additionally addressed CBS’ latest controversial choice to cancel The Late Present with Stephen Colbert. In a scene the place Trump tries to sue the city of South Park, Jesus makes an look to advise them to settle, asking:
“You guys noticed what occurred to CBS? Do you actually wish to find yourself like Colbert?”
This line resonates with latest, important developments for Paramount International, the guardian firm of Paramount+ and CBS. The newest South Park episode on Paramount+ premiered shortly after the US Federal Communications Fee (FCC) authorised Paramount International’s merger with Skydance Media. This approval adopted Paramount International’s settlement to pay $16 million to settle a authorized dispute with Donald Trump, stemming from a CBS interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris.
This week, Paramount-owned CBS introduced that The Late Present with Stephen Colbert will conclude in Might 2026, after a 33-year run. Whereas CBS maintains that The Late Present’s cancellation is only monetary, some consider that Colbert’s public criticism of Paramount International’s lawsuit settlement with the President, mixed along with his outspokenness (he’s one among Trump’s most vocal critics on late-night tv), could have influenced the choice to finish the favored late-night present.
The South Park episode premiered on Paramount+ shortly after Stone and Parker signed an enormous five-year cope with the streamer. Going ahead, Season 27 episodes will first air on Comedy Central earlier than changing into accessible on Paramount+ the day after. The settlement not solely secures the worldwide streaming rights for all 26 earlier seasons of South Park but in addition contains 50 new episodes. That is not too unhealthy for a “fourth-rate” present that is been on air since 1997.
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South Park
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August 13, 1997
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Comedy Central
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Karri Turner
Liane Cartman / Wendy Testaburger / Mrs. Crabtree (voice)
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Kyle Broflovski / Kenny McCormick (voice)
