Overview

• An official teaser shows Towelie arriving by bus to a Washington swarmed with soldiers and tanks before declaring the White House "the perfect place for a towel."
• Episode 3, titled "Sickofancy," airs Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET on Comedy Central and streams the next day on Paramount+.
• The satire tracks real developments including Trump’s deployment of hundreds of troops and federal agents to D.C. and a bid to install an emergency police commissioner, now challenged by D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb.
• Officials have cited data undercutting the crackdown’s premise, with the Justice Department noting violent crime in Washington is at a multi‑decade low.
• Season 27 has drawn record cross‑platform audiences (about 6.0 million for the premiere and 6.2 million for Episode 2) and a White House rebuke, as Comedy Central shifts to an every‑other‑week rollout with new episodes slated for Sept. 3 and Sept. 17.