As of late Thursday, July 25, though, Paramount was cleared to merge with Skydance, the media company run by David Ellison, son of Oracle founder Larry Ellison, the seventh-richest man in the world. In its bid for the merger's approval, Paramount settled a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump accusing CBS of editing a 60 Minutes interview with then-presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris to favor Harris's message.
Paramount settled the suit for $16 million; before that settlement, 60 Minutes executive producer Bill Owens resigned and CBS News president Wendy McMahon was forced out.
"This merger is a shitshow and it's fucking up South Park," Parker and Stone posted on X. But they struck a new, $1.5 billion deal earlier this week, sending the archive of reruns to Paramount+, and allowing the already-delayed-by-two-weeks premiere of Season 27 of South Park to debut last night on Comedy Central.
The boys pulled no punches in the au courant episode, which opened with Eric Cartman asking Alexa to tune into 90.1 — which happens to be where Colorado Public Radio resides on the dial in the Denver metro. But it just plays static, so Cartman asks his mom what happened to his favorite "show," National Public Radio. She tells him the president canceled NPR, and Cartman moans about the loss: "The funniest show ever, where all the lesbians and Jews complain and stuff."
At school, Jesus is brought in to "bring some normality back in these corrupt times," and Stan's dad is pissed. At the wine bar, the TV news announces, "The president stated earlier today that the spirit of Jesus is important to our country, and he will sue anyone who doesn't agree with him."
Woke is dead, as Cartman's shirt reads. And in the White House, Donald J. Trump — rendered with his actual face, just like South Park did with Saddam Hussein — is complaining about a portrait, much as he did with one in the Colorado State Capitol. "Why is my dick so small?" Trump demands of the artist. "But that's the size it is in the photo," the painter replies as he's hauled off by Secret Service agents.
Trump's minuscule dick — at one point it speaks, with googly eyes attached — features extensively, as DJT gets in bed with Satan at the White House, where he's trying to cop some action. Satan, who used to date Saddam Hussein, is unimpressed. "You remind me more and more of this other guy I used to date, like a lot," Satan tells the president. "Like, you guys are exactly alike."The US satire cartoon show South Park secured a five-year deal worth $1.5 billion with Paramount Global. They began their season with this clip, challenging Trump (@realDonaldTrump) to sue them. pic.twitter.com/YAh8rBtQD9
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The episode is a tour de force aimed at Trump and Paramount. Jesus whispers to the South Park residents that he's been forced into their school because it was part of a lawsuit and an agreement with Paramount. "The guy can do whatever he wants now that someone backed down," Jesus says through clenched teeth. "You guys saw what happened to CBS? Yeah, well, guess who owns CBS? Paramount! You really wanna end up like Colbert?"
The White House released a statement Thursday criticizing the episode. “This show hasn’t been relevant for over 20 years and is hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention,” White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said in the statement. “President Trump has delivered on more promises in just six months than any other president in our country’s history – and no fourth-rate show can derail President Trump’s hot streak.”
We'll hold off offering any further spoilers, but those with steel stomachs can view the denouement below.
