{"id":601367,"date":"2026-09-15T20:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T20:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/601367\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T20:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T20:14:09","slug":"south-parks-south-america-joke-isnt-going-anywhere-in-season-29-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/601367\/","title":{"rendered":"South Park’s ‘South America’ Joke Isn’t Going Anywhere in Season 29 Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe rebranding of the Comedy Central hit series South Park<\/a> as South America \u2014 a gag on President Trump<\/a>\u2018s renaming of various locations \u2014 was apparently not the one-off joke speculated on last week<\/a>; it seems the joke will carry on through at least the season 29 premiere, as the logline released by the cable network on Tuesday indicates.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe premiere episode continues the Emmy-winning run by embracing political satire and blending it with the lives of Cartman, Kenny, Stan, and Kyle as residents of a Colorado town. \u201cSouth American Biker Gangs,\u201d set to premiere on Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET, will look at a moment \u201cwhen e-bikes arrive in South America [and] the boys take over the streets, and the parents of South America can hardly recognize South America.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCreators Trey Parker<\/a> and Matt Stone<\/a> announced last Tuesday that the show will change its title: \u201cInspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google, we are changing the name of South Park to 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

\n\tExpect some dark satire of the companies mentioned above throughout the new season. The thanks to \u201cour parent company Paramount \u2014 a Skydance Capitulation\u201d is clearly a warning shot.<\/p>\n

\n\tSouth (ahem) America is being freshly celebrated three decades after its debut, winning its fifth Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program at the 2026 Creative Arts Emmys. The beloved animated series, which smashed its own ratings records last season, was included in the 2026 Television Academy Honors \u2014 its first-ever animated honoree. Meanwhile, the show was the Producers Guild Awards\u2019 first animated show included in best episodic comedy. The hit series and cultural phenomenon also received awards and accolades from the American Film Institute, the Peabody Awards and the Critics\u2019 Choice Association.<\/p>\n

\n\tSeason 29 of the Emmy Award-winning series will be available to stream on Paramount+ and on demand with TV providers post-premiere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The rebranding of the Comedy Central hit series South Park as South America \u2014 a gag on President…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,27810,111,139,69,5618,27811,27812,437],"class_list":["post-601367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-matt-stone","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-president-trump","tag-south-park","tag-trey-parker","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}