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5 days ago
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‘South Park' Lampoons Trump in Shocking Season 27 Premiere as Creators Ink $1.5 Billion Deal
South Park returned to television Wednesday after a nearly two-and-a-half-year hiatus, kicking its 27th season off with a hilarious and, as expected, controversial premiere, where the show took on President Donald Trump, showing a depiction of him in bed with series regular, Satan. Government censorship, the death of wokeness, ChatGPT, and religion in the nation's public schools were the main topics of the season premiere. After Cartman learns of the cancellation of the radio show where 'liberals bitch and whine about stuff,' an assembly is called by series favorite PC Principal, who introduces a guest at an assembly: Jesus Christ. Before the first act break, the town's parents are rioting and a cutout of President Trump turns up, as the plot shifts to the White House and a president at odds with Canada and lying naked in bed with Satan, with his small penis on full display. More from The Hollywood Reporter Jeff Daniels Takes Aim at Trump and His Supporters: "I Hope You're Losing Tons of Money" White House Calls 'The View's' Joy Behar an "Irrelevant Loser" After She Says Trump's "Jealous of Obama" Five Things to Know About Donald Trump's "AI Action Plan" for Government Regulation In a promo clip for the episode, the return of a series favorite is touted in voiceover and PC Principal is introducing fellow series regular, Jesus Christ. The clip featured Cartman saying, 'The government can't cancel the show, I mean, what show are they going to cancel next?' The episode follows Trump as he finds himself in crisis, as his South Park supporters turn on him over Jesus entering the education system. After shimmying through a White House lawn party, the president finds himself on a call with Randy Marsh (Stan's dad). The call ends with Trump threatening to sue the people of South Park for $5 billion. Trump is back in bed with Satan in the following scene, where the devil confronts the president about rumors that his name appears on the notorious 'Epstein list.' 'It's weird that whenever it comes up, you just tell everyone to relax,' Satan says, adding that Trump reminds me a lot of someone else he dates, an allusion to his beau in the 1999 movie South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, in which Satan is romantically involved with Saddam Hussein. By the end of the episode, Paramount and the cancellation of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert come up as Jesus pleads with the people of South Park not to mess around with Trump. The town settles Trump's lawsuit for $3.5 million, but must also produce pro-Trump public service announcements; check out the disturbing NSFW deepfake ad below, which gives Trump's 'teeny-tiny' manhood its close-up. The premiere of the 27th season of the enduring animated series, known to cannonball into the pool of politics and pop culture and leave no party or person safe from its scathing satire, comes just as Paramount Global and creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker's company, Park County, reached a new licensing deal. Their agreement allows South Park's new season to debut as scheduled and for a run of 50 new episodes over five years, which will all debut on Paramount-owned Comedy Central. The companies added an expansive new streaming partnership (via their joint venture South Park Digital Studios), which will bring the South Park library to Paramount+ in the U.S., where it will remain in the HBO Max library for now, and globally. New episodes will also stream on Paramount+ in the U.S. the day after airing on Comedy Central. The deal was said to be valued at $1.5 billion. The deal comes after a behind-the-scenes legal dispute between Park County, Paramount Global and Skydance, which is set to assume control of Paramount in the coming weeks. 'This merger is a shitshow and it's fucking up South Park. We are at the studio working on new episodes, and we hope the fans get to see them somehow,' Parker and Stone wrote in a social media post July 2, after Comedy Central announced that the season 27 premiere had been pushed by a few weeks. Stone however said earlier today that he, Parker and their team are grateful and thanked Paramount co-CEO and president of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Chris McCarthy and COO Keyes Hill-Edgar for years of great partnership. 'We are grateful for this opportunity and deeply honored by the trust placed in us. This is about more than a contract — it's about our commitment to this organization, our teammates, and our fans. We're focused on building something special and doing whatever it takes to bring championships to this city.' Best of The Hollywood Reporter 'The Studio': 30 Famous Faces Who Play (a Version of) Themselves in the Hollywood-Based Series 22 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise Solve the daily Crossword
New York Post
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
White House says ‘The View' could be cancelled next following Joy Behar's anti-Trump tirade
A White House spokesperson warned 'The View' co-host Joy Behar that her show could be next on the chopping block after her latest tirade against President Donald Trump on Wednesday. During the show, Behar and her fellow hosts responded to Trump's call for former President Barack Obama to be criminally investigated for allegedly manufacturing intelligence that prompted the Trump–Russia collusion narrative. 'First of all, who tried to overthrow the government on Jan. 6?' Behar said. 'Who was that again? That was not Obama. 'The thing about him is he's so jealous of Obama, because Obama is everything that he is not: Trim, smart, handsome, happily married, and can sing Al Green's song 'Let's Stay Together' better than Al Green. And Trump cannot stand it. It's driving him crazy. Green is not a good color.' In a statement to Fox News Digital, White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers called out the show's ratings and suggested it could be 'pulled off-air' if Behar didn't stop attacking Trump. 'Joy Behar is an irrelevant loser suffering from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome. It's no surprise that 'The View's' ratings hit an all-time low last year. She should self-reflect on her own jealousy of President Trump's historic popularity before her show is the next to be pulled off-air,' Rogers said. 3 Behar was responding to Trump's call for Barack Obama to be criminally investigated over the Trump-Russia collusion narrative. ABC 3 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the 'Winning the AI Race' summit hosted by All In Podcast and Hill & Valley Forum at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on July 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. Getty Images In a response provided to Entertainment Weekly, a spokesperson for 'The View' defended the show by claiming it 'is up in total viewers and women 18-49, versus the comparable weeks last season, to its most-watched in four years' and that 'season to date, 'The View' is ranking No. 1 in households and total viewers among all network daytime talk shows and news programs for the fifth straight season.' Fox News Digital reached out to 'The View' for additional comment. The statement came nearly a week after CBS announced 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' would be canceled next May at the end of its broadcast season. 3 The White House spokesperson said that Behar 'should self-reflect on her own jealousy of President Trump's historic popularity before her show is the next to be pulled off-air.' ABC Though CBS and parent company Paramount said that the choice to cancel the series was 'purely a financial decision,' and the show was reportedly losing the network $40 million a year, many liberal commentators have claimed it was for political reasons because of Colbert's anti-Trump stance. According to a new report, Colbert's manager knew that 'The Late Show' would be canceled at CBS more than two weeks before his client did, and multiple sources said the decision to cancel the show was 'truly driven by financials.'
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Disney boss Bob Iger, ABC exec asked 'The View' hosts to cool it on politics: report
Disney CEO Bob Iger and other executives have reportedly asked the co-hosts of "The View" to turn down their heated political rhetoric. Multiple Disney sources told The Daily Beast that both Iger and ABC News President Almin Karamehmedovic recently suggested that the all-female daytime talk show panel be less antagonistic on political issues, though the recommendation was reportedly not taken too seriously. The co-hosts of "The View" have become known as being some of President Donald Trump's fiercest media critics since he began his political career. "This is what our audience wants. Isn't it gonna look kind of bad if we're all of a sudden not talking about politics?" one source told the outlet, paraphrasing how the co-hosts replied to the ABC and Disney executives. Biden Tells 'The View' He Wasn't Surprised Harris Lost, Blames Sexism And Racism As the outlet reported, "Karamehmedovic convened a meeting with 'The View's' executive producer Brian Teta and its hosts, and suggested the panel needed to broaden its conversations beyond its predominant focus on politics." The ABC News president pointed to successful, less political segments with famous guests and suggested the co-hosts focus on this kind of content. Read On The Fox News App The sources described how the show's hosts pushed back against the suggestion, with Ana Navarro reacting the most forcefully. She told the ABC News head that audiences want the hosts to speak out on political issues. Former Biden Medical Advisor Says He 'Probably' Had Cancer At Beginning Of Presidency The sources stated that Navarro and her colleagues found the request "silly" and insisted they were going to "keep doing their thing." They also spoke of a conversation that Navarro had with Iger during an event last week held by the ABC parent company intended to woo new advertisers. The co-host reportedly expressed gratitude to Iger for allowing her and her co-hosts to continue doing the show in a politically divisive time. The Disney boss told Navarro he supports the show, but added that it needs to relax with its political commentary. Click Here For More Coverage Of Media And Culture Multiple sources told The New York Post in February that "The View" executive producer Brian Teta had asked the hosts to try "going easy" on Trump in the weeks leading up to his inauguration. The request was reportedly the cause of morale being "low" on set at the time. One of The Daily Beast's sources noted that ABC will "constantly have conversations with talent based on viewer feedback," noting that this latest instance with Iger and Karamehmedovic is "no different." A spokesperson for ABC News declined to comment for this story. Representatives from Disney did not immediately reply to Fox News Digital's request for article source: Disney boss Bob Iger, ABC exec asked 'The View' hosts to cool it on politics: report
