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South Park Season 27 Debut Draws Record 5.9 Million Viewers and Provokes White House Rebuke

Comedy Central will rerun the premiere this week ahead of an August 6 return featuring a teaser that promises more explicit TrumpSatan satire.

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Overview

  • The Season 27 premiere “Sermon on the ’Mount” aired July 23 and drew 5.9 million cross-platform viewers from July 24–26, becoming the show’s biggest linear debut since 1999.
  • White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers released a statement on July 24 denouncing the episode as “fourth-rate” and accusing South Park of clinging to uninspired content for attention.
  • The premiere portrayed President Trump with exaggerated anatomy, depicted him in bed with Satan and closed with a deepfake PSA showing a nude Trump wandering a desert.
  • A trailer for Episode 2, unveiled on July 29, previews further TrumpSatan gags, including a scene of Trump groping Satan’s leg under a dinner table.
  • Comedy Central re-aired the opener on July 30 during a planned hiatus, with new episodes slated to resume August 6 and stream on Paramount+ the following day.