‘South Park’ Creators Slam Paramount Merger Amid New Episodes Delay
On the heels of the “South Park” Season 27 premiere getting delayed by two weeks, creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone released a scathing statement against the state of their home network Paramount, which has been slowly moving through a protracted merger with Skydance.
The Season 27 delay was announced Wednesday morning by Paramount and Comedy Central, and 30 minutes later the “South Park” X account released a statement from the creators calling the merger a “shit show” that is “fucking up ‘South Park.’”
“In response to the press release from Comedy Central about the change in premiere date for ‘South Park’ Trey Parker and Matt Stone said – ‘This merger is a shit show and it’s fucking up “South Park.” We are at the studio working on new episodes and we hope the fans get to see them somehow.”‘
Season 26 of “South Park” released more than two years ago in March 2023 and consisted of only six episodes.
While Parker and Stone did not lay out of the specifics of why the long-pending merger between Comedy Central parent (and owner of CBS, MTV, Paramount Pictures, Paramount+ and more) Paramount Global and Skydance Media are to blame for the delayed “South Park” premiere, it’s clear by the toll the holding pattern has already taken across the rest of the company in the form of cancellations, release date changes and major layoffs. The deal is still pending FCC approval nearly a year after the agreement was announced and with a looming deadline of July 7.
More to come…
