South Park Creators Slam Paramount-Skydance Merger for Season Delay
You won’t believe what’s going on behind the scenes of South Park right now — it’s as wild as the show itself. Fans like me, who’ve been waiting over two years for the return of the series, were hit with the news that Season 27’s premiere is being delayed by another two weeks. And honestly? The reason has us just as fired up as Trey Parker and Matt Stone themselves.
Originally set to premiere on July 9th, the show’s launch is now pushed to July 23rd. That’s not just a random programming change. According to the creators, it’s because of the chaos surrounding the pending merger between Paramount Global (which owns Comedy Central) and Skydance Media. And they’re not holding back their opinions.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone took to social media to air their frustrations, calling the merger a “s---show” and saying it’s “f---ing up South Park.” That’s a bold, unfiltered message — but honestly, it tracks. The duo has been vocal about how this corporate power play is disrupting not just production, but also complicated streaming rights deals they’ve been negotiating.
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Here’s the crux of the issue: As Paramount prepares to merge with Skydance by July 6, executives — particularly Jeff Shell, who is poised to lead the new entity — have allegedly been meddling in streaming negotiations with platforms like Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Parker and Stone’s company, Park County, claims Shell has been trying to manipulate the terms of these deals to favor Paramount+, pushing for a 12-month exclusive window on new episodes and a shortened contract length with WBD.
The creators are not just venting — they’re threatening legal action. They’ve demanded that Shell, Skydance, and Redbird (another stakeholder) stop interfering immediately. Otherwise, they’re ready to protect their rights and, as they put it, fulfill their obligations to the public.
For fans, this means more delays, more confusion, and no clear answer about where new episodes will ultimately land. While Paramount+ is expected to stream Season 27, negotiations are still in flux, and HBO Max still holds the rights to past episodes, at least temporarily.
The drama is high, the stakes are higher, and honestly, this is South Park at its most meta — a real-life corporate mess that’s turning into its own twisted storyline. I just hope that once the dust settles, we finally get the season we’ve all been waiting for, because if there’s anything South Park does best, it’s calling out exactly this kind of absurdity.
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