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After a stellar 28th season, “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have announced that the long-running animated series will return with season 29 in September.
The duo announced the start date – September 16th – during an appearance on the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” show on Monday. Comedy Central confirmed the news in a press release and also announced that additional episodes will air on September 30th, October 14th, October 28th, November 11th and November 25th.
In true “South Park” style, the announcement was accompanied by a ten-second promo: Cartman sits on the toilet, struggles with himself, mutters “Wait, wait a minute” – until the date is finally revealed.
Less consequences, more impact
While previous seasons of South Park ran between ten and fifteen episodes – sometimes even more – Parker and Stone have reduced the episode count to around five or six in recent years. Despite this decline, the show has never been more popular and accurate: the infamous last-minute production rhythm allows Parker and Stone to react to current events and to discuss them in almost real time.
Season 28 of “South Park,” which aired last fall, regularly touched on current events, from ongoing ICE raids to Kimmel’s brief suspension from ABC after a joke about Charlie Kirk’s alleged murderer. There was also a season-long storyline in which Donald Trump has a dysfunctional relationship with Satan, while JD Vance was staged as the second coming of Tattoo from “Fantasy Island”.
Parker over 30 years of passion
On “Kimmel” Monday night, Parker talked about the longevity of the show and how much heart and soul they continue to put into it. “We still do everything ourselves, just like we’ve done since the beginning,” he said. “When we do a new season, it’s like a band going into the studio to record a new album. We don’t know what’s going to come out of it. And after about 30 years, a lot of the same people we did the show with from the start are still there. We should have hired writers after two years and just collected the checks – but we still have to go into it ourselves.”
