{"id":888562,"date":"2026-09-09T00:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T00:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/888562\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T00:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T00:22:09","slug":"south-park-changing-name-to-south-america-for-season-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/888562\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;South Park&#8217; Changing Name to &#8216;South America&#8217; For Season 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/south-park\/\" id=\"auto-tag_south-park_1\" data-tag=\"south-park\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Park<\/a> says its \u201cchanging its name\u201d ahead of the show\u2019s 29th season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tCreators Trey Parker and Matt Stone announced Tuesday that the show will supposedly change its title to South America. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cInspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google, we are changing the name of\u00a0South Park\u00a0to SOUTH AMERICA,\u201d the duo wrote in a press release. \u201cWe especially want to thank our parent company Paramount \u2014 a Skydance Capitulation.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tSouth Park released some season 29 art showing the change (below). It wasn\u2019t immediately clear if the change was just a one-day gag or if the production plans to continue the joke into the new season. One thing seems certain: The show\u2019s heavy Trump Administration focus last season seems likely to continue. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe move mocks President Trump\u2019s fixation with trying to change the names of geographic features to say \u201cAmerica\u201d \u2014 such as directing the federal government to refer to the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario as the Gulf of America and Lake America, respectively. On Monday, Trump floated the idea of changing the state of New Mexico to New America (a state\u2019s name cannot be changed by executive order). Apple and Google have likewise been criticized for going along with those changes on their maps. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe news follows South Park <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/2026-creative-arts-emmys-winners-list-night-two-1236685041\/\">winning an Emmy<\/a> for outstanding animated program on Sunday. It marks the show\u2019s first win in that category since 2013.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tA post on the show\u2019s Instagram account after the Emmy victory depicted the show\u2019s animated Trump character clutching an Emmy with his pants down and declared, \u201cYou finally got your Emmy.\u201d (Trump has a history of complaining about never winning an Emmy for his NBC show The Apprentice).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tSouth Park returns Wednesday, Sept. 16 on Comedy Central and the next day on Paramount+. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/South_America_s29-EMBED-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"563\" width=\"1000\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tSouth Park Season 29<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Comedy Central<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Park says its \u201cchanging its name\u201d ahead of the show\u2019s 29th season. 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