Overview

• Season 27’s fifth episode, Conflict of Interest, aired Sept. 24 and prominently satirizes FCC chair Brendan Carr in the context of his dispute over Jimmy Kimmel’s show.
• Vice President J.D. Vance is depicted echoing Carr’s real-world warning to ABC — “We can do this the easy way or the hard way” — in a pointed callback to that controversy.
• The installment advances the season’s ongoing Trump–Satan storyline and introduces a school prediction‑market theme that drives campus and media antics.
• The episode also engages with discourse around Israel and Gaza through Kyle’s family, extending the season’s focus on hot‑button political topics.
• Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone said the prior week’s delay was their fault; Comedy Central continues a biweekly rollout, with the next episode set for Oct. 15, and the earlier Charlie Kirk parody remains off cable reruns but on Paramount+.