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South Park Brings Back Towelie in Episode Targeting Trump’s Militarized D.C.

The new installment extends South Park’s real-time skewering of Trump’s D.C. crackdown, drawing record audiences alongside official blowback.

Members of the National Guard can be seen standing by at Union Station on August 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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Overview

  • A 20‑second teaser for Season 27, Episode 3 (“Sickofancy”) shows Towelie arriving in a troop‑filled Washington and saying, “This seems like the perfect place for a towel.”
  • The episode airs tonight at 10 p.m. ET on Comedy Central with next‑day streaming on Paramount+ after the series shifted to an every‑other‑week rollout, with upcoming dates on Sept. 3 and Sept. 17.
  • This week’s satire keys on Trump’s federal intervention in D.C., including National Guard deployments and an asserted takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department.
  • The policy backdrop remains contested, with federal claims of a needed crackdown countered by data showing violent crime has fallen in D.C. compared with prior years.
  • Season 27’s sharper jabs have delivered big audiences—Episode 2 drew about 6.2 million cross‑platform viewers—while prompting rebukes from the White House and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, and a lawsuit from D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb challenging the takeover.