South Park Season 27 came back with a bang last week with its controversial President Donald Trump episode. When will creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone return with Episode 2 on cable and streaming following its unexpected hiatus?
South Park officially returned with its 27th season last week on Wednesday, just on the heels of a new five-year, $1.5 billion deal between Paramount Global and creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. The deal helped get Seasons 1-26 of South Park moved to Paramount+ and calls for the duo to produce 50 new episodes over the next five years.
The premiere episode first played on cable’s Comedy Central on Wednesday night before its Paramount+ debut on Thursday morning. By that time, the internet blew up over Parker and Stone’s unmerciful comedic mockery of Trump. Among other things, the equal opportunity offenders gave the commander-in-chief small genitalia, put him in bed with Satan and had him entirely disrobe in a live-action AI deepfake “public service announcement.”
One thing Paramount+ has not been clear about so far with South Park Season 27 is when the new episodes air and what time they begin streaming on the platform. As such, outlets including this one and The Hollywood Reporter reported last week that the episodes would be airing weekly once the new season got underway.
As of early Tuesday morning, outlets such as USA Today reported that Episode 2 of the new season would be released on Wednesday, July 30, on Comedy Central and July 31 on Paramount.
Now, however, Paramount+ has unexpectedly delayed Season 27 Episode 2 and the show has gone on hiatus for a week.
Comedy Central announced Tuesday (via Deadline) that the next episode will not be released on July 30 and 31 on Comedy Central and Paramount+ and instead noted that the season will resume on Wednesday, Aug. 6, on the cable channel. That means, of course, that Episode 2 will not be streaming on Paramount+ until Aug. 7.
Another thing Paramount+ still has not been forthcoming about is exactly what time the new episodes will premiere on the streaming platform. As of this publication, an email to the show’s PR representatives at Paramount+ has not been answered.
What Will ‘South Park’ Season 27 Episode 2 Be About?
In a promotional video teasing the return of South Park Season 27 Episode 2 on Tuesday (see above), the show kept up its mockery of President Donald Trump, this time by showing him rub Satan’s leg under a dinner table.
The promo teaser, which runs 20 seconds, also shows Cartman engaged in a debate about abortion with another student at South Park Elementary with PC “Power Christian” Principal standing behind him. In addition, the promo shows Mr. Garrison riding in an ICE vehicle with masked ICE officers, holding a weapon and covering up his face.
Whether the clips featuring Trump, Cartman and Mr. Garrison end up in the Aug. 6 episode is yet to be seen. During an appearance at San Diego Comic Con last Thursday (via Deadline), Trey Parker assured fans that the shows will remain topical and no episodes will be canned presentations.
“You seriously think we made a bunch of shows ahead of time and baked them for later? We’re not doing any of that,” Parker told the crowd at Comic Con (via Deadline).
According to the trade publication, Comedy Central will re-air the premiere episode on Wednesday, July 30. It is already streaming on Paramount+.
South Park Season 27 Episode 2 will return to cable’s Comedy Central on Aug. 8 and streaming on Paramount+ on Aug. 9.