Overview

• Comedy Central announced that South Park will pause for one week, delaying Season 27 Episode 2 until August 6 and re-airing the premiere in its place.
• A new teaser trailer previews more Trump-Satan antics, from footsie under a dinner table to Eric Cartman’s pointed anti-liberal remarks.
• The White House called the premiere a desperate, outdated bid for attention, and murals depicting Trump and Satan have surfaced in Los Angeles while Stephen Colbert praised the satire.
• Trey Parker and Matt Stone refused Comedy Central’s efforts to blur Trump’s genitals, publicly defending their right to uncensored content.
• First Amendment experts confirmed that the episode is legally protected, and Paramount Global reaffirmed its $1.5 billion, five-year Paramount+ deal for 50 new South Park episodes.