South Park Locks Into Paramount Plus With $1.5B Streaming Deal

CNET

3 days ago

South Park fans have at least five more years of Cartman, Stan, Kyle and Kenny to look forward to.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of the long-running animated show South Park, have locked in a five-year deal to bring their show to the Paramount Plus streaming service and to give Paramount global streaming rights.
As reported in the Los Angeles Times, the duo will keep making 10 episodes per year and replaces a deal that the franchise had with HBO Max and its parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery. The South Park team was locked in negotiations for months for what would have been a $3 billion, 10-year deal, according to previous reports.
The deal covers only streaming rights and doesn't include merchandising or what the pair's production company Park County gets in a separate deal with Comedy Central to keep the show running on that network.
The show's 27th season was delayed to July 23 because of the behind-the-scenes maneuvering involving an ongoing acquisition of Paramount by Skydance Media. The TV series began on Comedy Central in 1997.
Parker and Stone will take the stage at San Diego Comic-Con the day after the show's premiere on July 24 for a panel with Saturday Night Live alum Andy Samberg and Beavis and Butt-Head creator Mike Judge.