It has received numerous accolades, including five Primetime Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award. South Park has received critical acclaim, and is included in various publications' lists of greatest television shows. The series’ twenty-sixth season premiered on February 8, 2023. In October 2019, South Park Studios announced that WarnerMedia acquired exclusive streaming rights to South Park starting in June 2020 for the HBO Max service. In August 2021, the series was renewed and is slated to air through its thirtieth season in 2027, in addition to a series of television specials announced for the streaming service Paramount+, the first two of which were released later that year. Since its debut on August 13, 1997, 323 episodes of South Park have been broadcast. South Park features a large ensemble cast of recurring characters. Since the fourth season, episodes are typically written and produced during the week preceding its broadcast, with Parker serving as the primary writer and director. Subsequent ratings have varied, but it remains one of Comedy Central's longest-running programs. It debuted with great success, consistently earning the highest ratings of any basic cable program. The pilot episode was produced using cutout animation subsequent episodes have since used computer animation recalling the cutout technique.

The second short became one of the first Internet viral videos, leading to South Park 's production. Parker and Stone developed South Park from two animated short films, both titled The Spirit of Christmas. South Park became infamous for its profanity and dark, surreal humor that satirizes a substantial amount of subject matter.

The series revolves around four boys- Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick-and their exploits in and around the titular Colorado town. South Park is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central.

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