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South Park Returns With 'Conflict of Interest,' Skewering Trump, J.D. Vance and FCC Chair Brendan Carr

The installment arrived a week late after Trey Parker and Matt Stone said they missed their deadline, with new episodes slated to continue every other week through December.

South Park, FCC chairman Brendan Carr at his desk.
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Overview

  • Episode 5 aired Sept. 24 on Comedy Central, with the creators saying the prior delay was their fault and not due to any censorship.
  • The satire extends the season’s Trump–Satan storyline and sharply targets FCC chair Brendan Carr, with J.D. Vance portrayed pressuring him using Carr’s own recent phrase about doing things the easy or hard way.
  • A concurrent school plot centers on prediction-market apps and offensive wagers, touching on real-world tensions involving Israel and Gaza without resolving key story beats.
  • Comedy Central has kept the season’s Charlie Kirk parody off linear reruns following his killing, though the episode remains available on Paramount+.
  • New Season 27 installments are scheduled for Oct. 15, Oct. 29, Nov. 12, Nov. 26 and Dec. 10, with next‑day streaming on Paramount+.