The situation does not seem to improve around South Park On Paramount+. Remember, a few days ago, we learned that the future of the series was greatly threatened following the merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media.
The origin of the conflict concerned the will of the Skydance group of get rid of South Park. The group does not wish to keep this series considered too vulgar and whose rights are deemed too expensive. While the agreement between Paramount and Skydance is still not finalized, a small feature of the deal poses a concern.
Indeed, Skydance Media, owned by David Ellison, A the right to approve or refuse large transactions such as the agreement for South Park Under the agreements concluded with Paramount. And since then, things seem to the point dead.
Until now, Trey Parker and Matt Stone (the creators of South Park) did not seem too impacted. But for a few days, the situation has started to warm up and the two creators have lost patience by criticizing this merger of endanger their series.
South Park en danger ?
This week, the series South Park must (finally) be back with the broadcast of the First episode of season 27plus two -year -old After the release of the last season that did not count that six episodes. While we thought that the crisis had finally passed, Paramount Global, the parent company of Comedy Central took everyone short.
In a press release, the group announced the postponement of two weeks of season 27 of South Park. The first episode is now dated As of July 23. A decision that was not to the taste of Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Half an hour after the paramount press release, the official account South Park To him too reacted:
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— South Park (@SouthPark) July 2, 2025
In response to the Comedy Central press release concerning the change of the date of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone said:
This merger is a shitty show and she fucks in the air South Park. We work in the studio on new episodes and we hope that fans will see them in one way or another.
A very delicate situation and very far from the positive atmosphere that reigned around South ParkParamount and Comedy Central a few years ago. In August 2021, the series was renewed until 2027with Four new seasons (until season 30) and a deal including Fourteen TV movies Products exclusively for the Paramount+platform.
From, One season came out, in 2023, with Only six episodes. Uniquely Three special episodes were broadcast on Paramount+ between October 2023 and March 2024.
Voilà Over a year that this merger was announced between Paramount Global and Skydance Media. The situation seems frozen since Several problems prevent the finalization of the deal. Indeed, this merger is still awaiting approval of the FCC.
President Trump is partly responsible for this blockage. The latter recently declared that his trial against Paramount and CBS posed concerns. A few hours after these claims, An amicable agreement has been announcedunder which Paramount will pay $ 16 million to the American president.
The other problem linked to South Park concerned Streaming diffusion rights of the series since HBO Max, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery, a preserved the exclusivity of the diffusion rights of the series. This exclusivity ended at the end of June, but since then, no new agreement has yet been concluded between Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount. So, South Park is still available on HBO Max at the moment.
New extension negotiations would be underway, but Trey Parker and Matt Stone accuse Jeff Shell, the new president of Paramount, of interfere in their contractual negotiations with HBO Max and Netflix.
We hope that things get back to normal and that the new seasons and the new episodes of South Park May soon be put online, whether on HBO Max, Netflix or Paramount+.
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