Overview
- The Thanksgiving-themed Episode 4 premiered Nov. 26 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central, with streaming on Paramount+ the following day.
- South Park’s Turkey Trot is backed by Saudi Arabia in a live-action ad that touts a $5,000 prize and bans disparaging remarks about the royal family.
- A caricatured Secretary of War Pete Hegseth storms South Park to extract Peter Thiel, miscasts the race as unrest, and competes for clout with Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem.
- Cartman leans on so-called “race science” to recruit Tolkien Black, who objects to the Saudi sponsorship, as the show riffs on recent debates over Riyadh’s cultural spending.
- The episode eases off the Trump storyline, features a “Danger Zone” parody targeting Hegseth, and tees up a Dec. 10 season finale.