After Paramount delayed Season 27 of South Park by two weeks, creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone took their displeasure to social media, blasting the corporate’s extended merger with Skydance for inflicting uncertainty about new episodes.
Paramount pushed again Season 27 from July ninth to July twenty third in a press launch, prompting a response from the South Park crew a scant half-hour later. “This merger is a shitshow and it’s fucking up South Park,” the creators wrote. “We’re on the studio engaged on new episodes and we hope the followers get to see them one way or the other.”
Season 27 is ready to skewer Diddy, ketamine, Canada, and extra. Try the assertion by Parker and Stone under.
Paramount Photos started its merger with Skydance Media on July seventh, 2024, and the deal have to be finalized earlier than July seventh, 2025. Publicly, the principle holdup has been the FCC, whereas privately, all events have pointed to President Trump’s lawsuit in opposition to Paramount’s 60 Minutes, alleging the present had deceptively edited a 2024 interview with Kamala Harris. On July 1st, and in opposition to the issues of its journalists, Paramount paid Trump $16 million to settle the lawsuit, privately (although nonetheless not publicly) clearing the way in which for the merger.
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South Park Season 26 dropped greater than two years in the past and consisted of simply six episodes, whereas three particular episodes launched on Paramount+ from October 2023 to March 2024. It’s a must to return to Season 23 in 2019 for the final full season. For extra, take a look at the Consequence Crossword “South Park Catchphrases.”
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