South Park is taking a break from the 2024 presidential election coverage between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
In a recent chat with Vanity Fair, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, shared that Season 27 won’t air until 2025. This delay is partly due to some behind-the-scenes corporate issues, with Parker mentioning that they’re “waiting for Paramount to figure all their s—t out.” Additionally, Stone said they’re skipping the November election “on purpose.”
Stone explained that they’ve tackled four or five presidential elections on South Park before, and it’s always a huge challenge. “We’ve tried to do South Park through four or five presidential elections, and it is such a hard thing to—it’s such a mind scramble, and it seems like it takes outsized importance,” he said. “Obviously, it’s f—king important, but it kind of takes over everything and we just have less fun.”
Parker chimed in, saying, “I don’t know what more we could possibly say about Trump.”
Fans might recall that South Park has featured real-life elections in its episodes before. For instance, the 2016 episode “Oh, Jeez” aired right after Trump beat Hillary Clinton. Similarly, the 2008 episode “About Last Night…” showed Barack Obama’s win over John McCain just one night after the actual election results.
We think it’s kind of nice when shows take breaks sometimes.
Even though there won’t be a new season until next year, South Park isn’t ending anytime soon. Comedy Central extended the show through at least Season 30 back in 2021. Parker and Stone also agreed to make 14 South Park specials for Paramount+. So far, seven of these specials have been released: South Park: Post COVID, South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID, South Park The Streaming Wars, South Park The Streaming Wars Part 2, South Park: Joining the Panderverse, South Park (Not Suitable for Children), and South Park: The End of Obesity.
