'South Park' skewers Trump in season premiere. How to watch the episode
No stranger to controversy,"South Park" premiered its 27th season on July 23 with a talker, depicting President Donald Trump in bed with the devil.
The creators of the animated series, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, came out swinging against both the company that just promised them a lot of money and the leader of the free world with possibly their most controversial show yet.
The episode shows Trump suing the tiny town of South Park when its parents resist "anti-woke" policies, threatening anyone who isn't sufficiently pro-Trump, and literally getting into bed naked with Satan.
In the show, Trump is shown using actual photos of his head stuck on an animated body. Longtime fans will recognize it: it's the same way the show depicted former Iraq leader Saddam Hussein in 1999's "South Park" movie. Satan even notices the resemblance.
"You remind me more and more of this other guy I used to date," he said. "Like, a lot. Like, you guys are exactly alike."
The episode also skewers their new boss and its controversial decisions to pay Trump $16 million to settle a lawsuit and to cancel the popular CBS talk show "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" where Colbert nightly roasts the president. Ironically, just hours after the premiere, Paramount announced a $1.5 billion, 5-year agreement to bring all 27 seasons of the long-running series to its Paramount+ streaming platform, along with 50 new episodes.
After the show triggered widespread shock, glee and outrage (and condemnations from Trump and the White House), the creators "apologized" the next day, “We’re terribly sorry,” Parker said with a sly grin at a Comedy Central's Comic-Con animation panel next to Stone.
What network is South Park on?
"South Park" is on Comedy Central, which is owned by Paramount Global. Paramount just got the OK for a multi-billion merger with Skydance Media, which was dependent on approval from Trump's FCC.
How to watch 'South Park' Trump episode
If you missed the season 27 premiere of "South Park" on Comedy Central, you can find it — and the rest of the new season's episodes — the next day on Paramount+.
Watch South Park on Paramount+
Where to watch the latest 'South Park' episodes
As of July 23, Paramount+ is the new exclusive streaming home of "South Park" and its entire 27-year library for the next five years. The show's entire library previously lived on HBO Max.
New episodes will continue to air on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. on Comedy Central and the next day on Paramount+.
Monthly plans for Paramount+ start at $12.99. For the full breakdown of plan options, visit paramountplus.com.
The shows are also available through TV streaming platforms that carry Comedy Central, including Sling TV, Hulu + Live TV, DirecTV, Philo, and Fubo.
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