Amazon Prime Video UK also has the first 22 seasons available to stream.
In the UK, new South Park episodes are aired on Comedy Central UK, which you can watch with a Now TV subscription. DVDs are also available of every season, including South Park season 23. In the US, HBO Max has the streaming rights to the show (with several controversial episodes missing) including new episodes, but you can also just watch them online here on Comedy Central's website.
South Park is relatively each to watch, depending on where you are. So, assuming Parker and Stone don't change their minds (which is possible), you've got between three and ten seasons of South Park left. So I will say that I don't think we will be doing this show when we're 60." "I don't think we have ever had an 'OK, let's sit down and decide if we are going to keep going,'" Parker told The Hollywood Reporter this year about the future of the show. The show is likely to end at some point over the next decade, though. South Park season 24 will be followed by 25 and 26Īs mentioned above, South Park has been renewed through to 2022, which should cover the show through to seasons 25 and 26. While a lot of TV show production has been negatively impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, animation has seemingly been less affected, simply because no one has to navigate the complications of filming on-set with social distancing. We're unsure when South Park return for more episodes after the Pandemic Special, but hopefully it won't be too long. I love south park, let me start by saying that Have done since i was a wee boy But this season, this season does NOT feel like south park, i thought i would be in for another monster romp through the town with the kids, but, instead i got what, four episodes about weed and a bunch of boring crap, literally. While this looks challenging as a way of making the show, it does suggest that it's possible we'll see more episodes arriving this year, since the pandemic isn't stopping production. Stone and Parker have given millions of us countless laughs, including in "201" when Barbra Streisand sang a duet with Neil Diamond.Īs they said, they'll be back next Wednesday with a whole new episode about something completely different.A making-of video for the Pandemic Special showed how equipment was installed at home for those working on the show, including animators, suggesting this is the norm for the time being. The only thing we can hope for is water under the bridge. The safety of their employees is their responsibility. I understand their stance, and I also understand Comedy Central's decision to place the edits.
Had Parker and Stone decided to scale back "201", would anyone really blame them? But when you're flying in the face of a small group of very radical people, the risks outweigh the rewards. I'm all for the freedoms of speech, thought and expression - I work at a newspaper. I've watched South Park from the beginning and have loved just about everything Stone and Parker have created - Wall-Mart, Imaginationland, Warcraft, etc. Instead, this screen appears when the episode is accessed: We'll be back next week with a whole new show about something completely different and we'll see what happens to it," Parker and Stone said. It didn't mention Muhammad at all but it got bleeped. "Kyle's customary final speech was about intimidation and fear. It wasn't some meta-joke on our part," the creators said in a statement.Īll verbal references to "Muhammad" were covered with a bleep, as was 35 seconds of dialogue toward the end of the episode.īy clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy. "We delivered our version of the show to Comedy Central and they made a determination to alter the episode. Although Muhammad was not in the bear costume, it turned out to be Santa Claus, the Prophet later showed up in the episode with a censor block covering the depiction. Revolution Muslim said it was not directly threatening Parker and Stone, but warning them of possible repercussions (video below).Įpisode 201, a continuation of last week's episode, aired Wednesday night with controversy. In response, a Muslim group in New York, Revolution Muslim, wrote on its Web site that Stone and Parker "will probably end up like Theo Van Gogh," a director who was killed in 2004 after his 10-minute film "Submission" discussed the abuse of women in some Islamic societies.
The episode, entitled "201", followed a week of controversy after show creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker aired an episode that made multiple references to the Islam Prophet Muhammad and had him hidden in a giant bear costume. When I sat down to watch South Park's 201st episode this week, I was a little nervous.