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South Park
South Park-Title.jpg
Premiere August 13, 1997
Airs On hiatus
Creator Trey Parker &
Matt Stone
Network/Provider Comedy Central
Style 30-minute animated comedy
Company Celluois Studios
(season 1),
Braniff Productions
(seasons 1-10),
South Park Digital Studios LLC
(seasons 11-)
Seasons 26
Episodes 321 (through season 26)
(List of episodes)
Status Renewed through season 30 (2028)
Origin USA
Official Site South Park Studios
Official Twitter @SouthPark feed on X
Official Facebook SouthPark on Facebook

South Park is the groundbreaking animated program which launched Comedy Central into mainstream popularity. The series, created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, centers around four young boys who spout profanity and get into adventures ranging from the sick to the weird to the completely insane. However, the show is best known for its dark, absurdist humor and use of heavy-handed satire to lampoon current events. The theme song is by Primus.

The series got its start in 1991 when the two creators made a short film that included characters resembling what would become the South Park characters. The short made the rounds, eventually catching the eye of FOX executive Brian Graden, who commissioned the two to make what would become infamously known as The Spirit of Christmas in 1995. This second short eventually was the genesis for the series after FOX passed on the idea of airing it on their network. It was picked up and aired in late 1997 on Comedy Central, where it was an overnight success. At its height, the series reached Simpsons levels of popularity. It got to the point where merchandise from the series was banned from many public schools, paralleling the early 1990s when the same reaction was taken in response to Bart Simpson merchandise.

The series continued to evolve and change over the years, culminating in the production of a South Park feature film entitled South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut as well as technological advancements which allowed production of episodes be sped up to taking less than a week to build an episode. The use of the Maya animation system allows South Park to be as topical as a news show. The series most notably used this ability on It's Christmas in Canada which parodied Saddam Hussein's capture mere days after it occurred.

The series is currently renewed up through Season 30, meaning it will continue through at least 2027.

Contents

Cast

Actor Character Duration
Main Cast 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Trey Parker Stan Marsh * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Eric Cartman * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Matt Stone Kyle Broflovski * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Kenny McCormick * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Supporting/Recurring Cast 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Mary Kay Bergman Liane Cartman * * *
Sheila Broflovski * * *
Eliza Schneider Liane Cartman * * * * *
April Stewart * * * * * * * * * *
Mona Marshall Sheila Broflovski * * * * * * * * * *
Jennifer Howell Bebe Stevens * * * * * * * * * * * *
Isaac Hayes Jerome "Chef" McElroy * * * * * * * * *
Adrien Beard Token Black * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Seasons

Season  Premiere Finale #
Comedy Central
Season One August 13, 1997 February 25, 1998 13
Season Two April 1, 1998 January 20, 1999 18
Season Three April 7, 1999 January 11, 2000 17
Season Four April 5, 2000 December 20, 2000 17
Season Five June 20, 2001 December 12, 2001 14
Season Six March 6, 2002 December 11, 2002 17
Season Seven March 19, 2003 December 17, 2003 15
Season Eight March 17, 2004 December 15, 2004 14
Season Nine March 9, 2005 December 7, 2005 14
Season Ten March 22, 2006 November 15, 2006 14
Season Eleven March 7, 2007 November 14, 2007 14
Season Twelve March 12, 2008 November 19, 2008 14
Season Thirteen March 11, 2009 November 18, 2009 14
Season Fourteen March 17, 2010 November 17, 2010 14
Season Fifteen April 27, 2011 November 16, 2011 14
Season Sixteen March 14, 2012 November 7, 2012 14
Season Seventeen September 25, 2013 December 11, 2013 10
Season Eighteen September 24, 2014 December 10, 2014 10
Season Nineteen September 16, 2015 December 9, 2015 10
Season Twenty September 14, 2016 December 7, 2016 10
Season Twenty-One September 13, 2017 December 6, 2017 10
Season Twenty-Two September 26, 2018 December 12, 2018 10
Season Twenty-Three September 25, 2019 December 11, 2019 10
Season Twenty-Four September 30, 2020 March 10, 2021 2
Season Twenty-Five February 2, 2022 March 16, 2022 6 + 1
Season Twenty-Six February 8, 2023 March 29, 2023 6
Season Twenty-Seven July 9, 2025 — 10
Season Twenty-Eight 2026 — 10
Season Twenty-Nine 2027 — 10
Season Thirty 2028 — 10

Feature Film

Title Release Date
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut June 30, 1999

Specials

Title Provider Release Date
South Park: Post Covid Paramount+ November 25, 2021
South Park: Post Covid: The Return of Covid Paramount+ December 16, 2021
South Park: The Streaming Wars (1) Paramount+ June 1, 2022
South Park: The Streaming Wars (2) Paramount+ July 13, 2022
South Park: Joining the Panderverse Paramount+ October 27, 2023
South Park (Not Suitable for Children) Paramount+ December 20, 2023
South Park: The End of Obesity Paramount+ May 24, 2024

In-Depth

DVD and Blu-ray Releases

DVD

Title Release Discs
Season Sets  (Region 1)
The Complete First Season November 12, 2002 purchase 3
The Complete Second Season June 3, 2003 purchase 3
The Complete Third Season December 16, 2003 purchase 3
The Complete Fourth Season June 29, 2004 purchase 3
The Complete Fifth Season February 22, 2005 purchase 3
The Complete Sixth Season October 11, 2005 purchase 3
The Complete Seventh Season March 21, 2006 purchase 3
The Complete Eighth Season August 29, 2006 purchase 3
The Complete Ninth Season March 6, 2007 purchase 3
The Complete Tenth Season August 21, 2007 purchase 3
The Complete Eleventh Season August 12, 2008 purchase 3
The Complete Twelfth Season March 10, 2009 purchase 3
The Complete Thirteenth Season March 16, 2010 purchase 3
The Complete Fourteenth Season April 26, 2011 3
The Complete Fifteenth Season March 27, 2012 3
The Complete Sixteenth Season September 24, 2013 3
The Complete Seventeenth Season September 16, 2014 3
The Complete Eighteenth Season 3
Feature Film  (Region 1)
Bigger, Longer & Uncut November 23, 1999 purchase 1
Episode Collections - Chronological  (Region 1)
Volume 1 October 20, 1998 1
Volume 2 October 27, 1998 1
Volume 3 October 27, 1998 1
Volume 4 October 12, 1999 1
Volume 5 October 12, 1999 1
Volume 6 October 12, 1999 1
Episode Collections - Themed  (Region 1)
Christmas in South Park November 7, 2000 1
The Chef Experience November 7, 2000 1
Timmy! November 6, 2001 1
Winter Wonderland November 6, 2001 1
Insults to Injuries June 4, 2002 1
Ghouls, Ghosts and Underpants Gnomes September 3, 2002 1
The Passion of the Jew August 31, 2004 1
The Hits: Volume 1 October 3, 2006 1
Christmas Time in South Park November 13, 2007 purchase 1
Imaginationland: Uncensored Director's Cut March 11, 2008 purchase 1
The Cult of Cartman: Revelations October 7, 2008 purchase 2
A Little Box of Butters September 28, 2010 purchase 2

Blu-ray

Title Release Discs
Season Sets  (Region A)
The Complete Twelfth Season March 10, 2009 purchase 3
The Complete Thirteenth Season March 16, 2010 purchase 2
The Complete Fourteenth Season April 26, 2011 —
Feature Film  (Region A)
Bigger, Longer & Uncut October 13, 2009 purchase 1

External Sites

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