South Park season 27

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South Park
Season 27
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No. of episodes5
Release
Original network Comedy Central
Original releaseJuly 23, 2025 (2025-07-23) –
present
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The twenty-seventh season of the American animated series South Park premiered on Comedy Central on July 23, 2025. [1] [2] On July 21, 2025, it was announced that Trey Parker and Matt Stone had agreed to a new five-year deal with Paramount+ for the streaming rights, and for the season to consist of 10 episodes. [3] [4]

Production

In September 2024, Parker and Stone stated that season 27 would not air until 2025, reasoning that they wanted to skip on parodying Donald Trump and the 2024 United States presidential election. [5] [6] However, every single episode in the season so far has made parodying Trump a key focus of the episode's plot. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

The season was originally scheduled to debut on July 9, 2025; [12] however, a new press release from Comedy Central announced the delay of the season until July 23, 2025, [2] with a new episode airing every two weeks. [13] By August 2025, Deadline Hollywood and Bleeding Cool had both estimated that the season would conclude by December 10, 2025. [14] [15]

On September 17, the fifth episode was delayed a week. Parker and Stone stated, "Apparently when you do everything at the last minute sometimes you don't get it done. This one's on us. We didn't get it done in time". [16]

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date  [17] Prod.
code  [17] 		U.S. viewers
(millions)
3291"Sermon on the 'Mount" Trey Parker Trey ParkerJuly 23, 2025 (2025-07-23)27010.43 [18]
When Eric Cartman's favorite show, NPR, is canceled by U.S. President Donald Trump, Cartman fears that "woke is dead", and attempts to kill himself and classmate Butters Stotch via carbon monoxide poisoning. Meanwhile, due to Trump's nationwide mandates to push Christianity, PC Principal starts calling himself Power Christian Principal and invites Jesus to a school assembly, to the protest of Randy Marsh and other parents. As a result of these protests, Trump sues the town of South Park, resulting in the town being required to pay $3.5 million and produce pro-Trump messaging.
3302"Got a Nut"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerAugust 6, 2025 (2025-08-06)27020.84 [19]
After Mr. Mackey is fired due to federal budget cuts, he gets a job with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), where he participates in the arrests of undocumented immigrants. Meanwhile, Clyde Donovan starts a right-wing debating podcast, which angers Cartman, who feels Clyde has "stolen his shtick". Cartman sets up his own successful podcast, but Clyde ultimately wins a Charlie Kirk Award for Young Masterdebaters over him, which includes a free vacation to Mar-a-Lago. Mackey's performance as an ICE agent earns him a meeting at Mar-a-Lago with Trump, who wants to help him with his expenses by giving him a promotion that will see Mackey as the face of the Department of Homeland Security. Mackey is horrified by the debauchery at Mar-a-Lago, and he and Clyde escape.
3313"Sickofancy"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerAugust 20, 2025 (2025-08-20)27030.85 [20]
Randy Marsh's Mexican employees are arrested by ICE, causing Tegridy Farms to fall into bankruptcy. In order to save his business, Randy consults ChatGPT when rebranding Tegridy as "Techridy Farms". Trying to get funding from the government, Randy sends Towelie to a militarized Washington, D.C. to make a deal with President Donald Trump, who is getting gifts from various CEOs and leaders. Randy's message to Trump reveals Towelie is his gift to Trump, much to Towelie's horror. Realizing his plan has been a failure, Randy resolves to stop using ChatGPT and gives his phone to Sharon, who convinces him to sell the farm. It is revealed that Towelie is now used as Trump's personal semen rag, a fate from which Satan solemnly notes "There is no escape".
3324"Wok Is Dead"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerSeptember 3, 2025 (2025-09-03)27040.67 [21]
The girls at South Park Elementary have begun regularly fighting with each other over Labubu toys. One of the girls, Red, approaches Butters at recess and asks him for a rare Labubu for her birthday. He heads to an Asian pop-up store (formerly City Wok) to do so and is asked to pay increasingly high prices for the toys due to tariffs, causing price increases. Concurrently, Jesus investigates the Labubu toys and learns they are being used for demonic rituals. Butters manages to get the requested Labubu and goes to Red's birthday party, where she summons Donald Trump and Satan. Jesus arrives at the party and confronts Satan, causing Satan to confess that Trump has impregnated him, making him unable to leave the relationship.
3335"Conflict of Interest"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerSeptember 24, 2025 (2025-09-24)27050.55 [22]
The kids of South Park Elementary have become hooked on a prediction market app where they can win money by making bets. Kyle Broflovski is outraged when he discovers one of the bets is if his mom, Sheila, will bomb a Palestinian hospital in Gaza. Sheila learns about the bet and becomes increasingly outraged, causing the bet's value to rise. Eventually, Kyle manages to get the bet taken down after various phone calls. Meanwhile, Trump attempts to get rid of his and Satan's baby via various means. However, Brendan Carr ends up falling for all of Trump's attempted hits, gravely injuring him until he ends up at the hospital. At the same time, Sheila travels to Israel to scold Benjamin Netanyahu for ruining the lives of Jews by giving them a negative reputation due to Israel's killing of innocent Palestinians.

Reception

The season heavily lampooned President Donald Trump, which was met with criticism from the administration. [8] The season also featured a parody of United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and conservative commentator Charlie Kirk in the second episode, "Got a Nut". While Noem criticized her portrayal, Kirk reacted positively, [23] calling it a "badge of honor". [24] Following Kirk's assassination on September 10, 2025, the episode was pulled from reruns though is still available to view on streaming platforms. [25]

References

  1. ↑ Dunn, Jack (July 2, 2025). "'South Park' Season 27 Pushes Release Date". Variety . Retrieved July 2, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "South Park's 27th Season Premiere Shifts to Wednesday, July 23rd at 10:00 PM ET/PT on Comedy Central". Comedy Central (Press release). July 2, 2025. Retrieved July 2, 2025.
  3. ↑ James, Meg (July 21, 2025). "'South Park' creators reach $1.5-billion streaming deal with Paramount". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved July 22, 2025.
  4. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (May 15, 2025). "'South Park' Poised for Streaming Launch on Paramount+ but Will It Also Stay on HBO Max?" . Retrieved July 2, 2025.
  5. ↑ Dolak, Kevin (September 6, 2024). "Why 'South Park' Will Skip the Election and Return in 2025". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on September 15, 2024. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
  6. ↑ Canfield, David (September 5, 2024). "South Park's Creators on Avoiding Trump, Revisiting Casa Bonita, and Experiencing TikTok Jealousy". Vanity Fair . Archived from the original on September 17, 2024. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
  7. ↑ Lammers, Tim. "'South Park' Season 27 Recap Of Trump And Labubu Episode - How To Watch". Forbes. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  8. 1 2 Morrow, Brendan (September 4, 2025). "New 'South Park' episode skewers Trump with a shocking Satan twist". USA Today . Archived from the original on September 5, 2025. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
  9. ↑ Lammers, Tim. "Recap: 'South Park' Season 27, Episode 3 - 'Sickofancy' And How To Watch". Forbes. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  10. ↑ Edwards, Belen (August 7, 2025). "'South Park' roasts ICE agents and Kristi Noem in savage new episode". Mashable. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  11. ↑ Squires, Bethy (September 25, 2025). "South Park's First Post–Charlie Kirk Episode Is About Financial Apps". Vulture. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  12. ↑ "South Park's 27th Season to Premiere Wednesday, July 9th on Comedy Central" (Press release). Comedy Central. April 2, 2025. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  13. ↑ Bonomolo, Cameron (August 20, 2025). "New South Park Episodes Schedule Confirmed by Comedy Central". ComicBook.com . Retrieved September 20, 2025.
  14. ↑ Patten, Dominic (August 25, 2025). "'South Park' To Continue Skipping Weeks For Stretched-Out Season 27 — & Paramount Is A-OK With That". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved September 1, 2025.
  15. ↑ Flook, Ray (August 26, 2025). "South Park Season 27 Breaks Expected to Continue; Sept. 3rd Return". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  16. ↑ Hibberd, James (September 17, 2025). "'South Park' to Skip Another Week as Creators Issue Last-Minute Statement". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  17. 1 2 "Shows A–Z – south park on comedy central". The Futon Critic . Retrieved October 9, 2025.
  18. ↑ Pucci, Douglas (July 24, 2025). "Wednesday Ratings: Multi-Year Viewer Highs for 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?' and 'Match Game' in Their Returns on ABC". Programming Insider. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  19. ↑ Pucci, Douglas (August 7, 2025). "Wednesday Ratings: 'South Park' on Comedy Central Surges Up in Buzzed-About 27th Season". Programming Insider. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  20. ↑ Pucci, Douglas (August 21, 2025). "Wednesday Ratings: 'America's Got Talent' First Results Show of Season on NBC is Most-Watched Prime Time Telecast". Programming Insider. Retrieved August 21, 2025.
  21. ↑ Pucci, Douglas (September 5, 2025). "Wednesday Ratings: 'Beavis & Butt-Head' Makes Comedy Central Debut with its 11th Season Premiere". Programming Insider. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
  22. ↑ Pucci, Douglas (September 26, 2025). "Wednesday Ratings: NBC and CBS Share Leadership on Non-Scripted Laden Night". Programming Insider. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  23. ↑ Murray, Conor (August 8, 2025). "Kristi Noem Rips 'South Park' Portrayal As 'Lazy' And 'Petty'". Forbes . Retrieved August 8, 2025.
  24. ↑ Lammers, Tim. "'South Park' Season 27 Updated Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Come Out?". Forbes. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  25. ↑ "Comedy Central pulls 'South Park' episode following Charlie Kirk's fatal shooting". ABC News . Retrieved September 12, 2025.
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