Cartman, Stan, Butters and Kyle in a scene from “South Park” Season 29, Episode 1, “South American Biker Gangs.”
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Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s South Park is back with a more consistent release schedule after the scattershot release of episodes last year.
South Park, also known for the time being as South America — Parker and Stone’s jab at President Donald Trump’s efforts to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario the Gulf of America and Lake America — returns with Season 29, Episode 1 on cable’s Comedy Central on Wednesday night before streaming on Paramount+ Thursday morning.
Of course, 2025 was an eventful year for Parker and Stone’s brutally frank animated series, which was originally scheduled to begin on July 9. In a move that rankled Parker and Stone, though, Paramount Global announced that the premiere would be delayed two weeks until July 23 as Skydance was still hammering out a deal to acquire the media conglomerate.
“This merger is a s–tshow and is f—ing up South Park,” Parker and Stone posted in a statement on X on July 2, 2025. “We are at the studio working on new episodes and we hope the fans get to see them somehow.”
On top of the merger talks, Paramount Global was working on securing a deal to bring new episodes of South Park to streaming on Paramount+, as well as the show’s 26-season catalogue. A $1.5 billion deal with Parker and Stone was announced the morning of July 23, which called for the production of 50 episodes over the next five years.
As such, South Park Season 27, Episode 1 premiered on time on July 23 and began streaming on Paramount+ the next morning. Amid all of the last-minute dealmaking, Comedy Central and Paramount didn’t finalize a definitive release schedule, leaving fans wondering when they’d see the show next.
‘South Park’ Season 27 Came With More Delays
After a highly publicized premiere episode that skewered President Donald Trump and his global polices, fans and media had to rely on the show’s social media feeds to learn when new episodes would premiere and — since the show has traditionally focused on topical news events — get a slight inkling of what said new episodes were about.
As it turned out, there were two-week breaks after every new episode and in late August, Comedy Central clarified that the two-week pattern would be in place throughout September. The first episode of September came off without a hitch and aired on Sept. 3, but the episode scheduled for Sept. 17 was delayed a week until Sept. 24. This time, though, Parker and Stone accepted the blame.
“Apparently when you do everything at the last minute sometimes you don’t get it done. This one’s on us,” the duo wrote on South Park’s X account on Sept. 17. We didn’t get it done on time. Thanks to Comedy Central and South Park fans for being so understanding. Tune in next week!”
In an interview with The Denver Post not long after, Stone went on to say that the delay had nothing to do with the intense political climate at the time (which included the assassinaton of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and Disney’s suspension of ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel for commenting about it in the aftermath).
“No one pulled the episode, no one censored us, and you know we’d say so if true,” Stone told the Post. “We just didn’t get it done. When you always cut it close, sometimes you mess up. That’s the price of being a procrastinator.”
Following the airing of the delayed episode on Sept. 25, uncertainty about when new episodes of South Park returned. Fans got the definitive answer when, after another three-week delay, South Park came back on Oct. 15 with Season 28, Episode 1, which continued Season 27’s Trump-focused storyline. After that, Comedy Central announced that it would finish Season 28 with new episodes every other week until the Season 28 finale on Dec. 10.
New Episodes Of ‘South Park’ Season 29 Will Premiere Every Other Week
With South Park’s return with Season 29 this week, Comedy Central announced that new episodes will premiere every other week, at least for the first six episodes.
As such, new episodes will begin airing on cable’s Comedy Central at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Wednesdays and will be available to stream on Paramount+ on Thursdays at 6 a.m. ET / 3 a.m. PT on Paramount+.
The release schedule for South Park Season 29 — so far, at least — is as follows:
Episode 1: Sept. 16 – South American Biker Gangs (Sept. 17 on Paramount+)
Episode 2: Sept. 30 – Title Yet To Be Announced (Oct. 1 on Paramount+)
Episode 3: Oct. 14 – Title TBA (Oct. 15 on Paramount+)
Episode 4: Oct. 28 – Title TBA (Oct. 29 on Paramount+)
Episode 5: Nov. 11 – Title TBA (Nov. 12 on Paramount+)
Episode 6: Nov. 25 – Title TBA (Nov. 26 on Paramount+)
Given that Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s new deal in 2025 called for 50 episodes over the next five years, it’s reasonable to think that four more episodes of South Park will be produced and air every other week starting in December and ending in January of 2027. Whether the show will start again as a new season or not, like last year, remains to be seen.
Until some sort of announcement, fans should at least have some comfort knowing when they can watch the first six episodes of South Park Season 29 through Thanksgiving.
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