General view of the American sitcom cartoon characters South Park cutouts inside of Empower Field at Mile High. Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports

'South Park' sets premiere date for landmark 25th season

By Megan Armstrong | Last updated 1/17/22

South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker are joining forces with Kendrick Lamar for a live-action comedy film for Paramount Pictures, as announced last week, but Stone and Parker aren't abandoning their firstborn.

South Park announced Friday (Jan. 14) that it will premiere its landmark 25th season on Feb. 2:

The 25th season of #SouthPark premieres on Feb 2 on Comedy Central! Read the press release: https://t.co/pJk9wYXG6w pic.twitter.com/ogGvYTtFMK
— South Park (@SouthPark) January 14, 2022

According to the accompanying press release, Season 25 "kicks off with six brand new episodes" and will return to the same Wednesday slot on Comedy Central that it has dominated since its August 1997 debut—to the tune of "more than 523 billion minutes of South Park consumed on Comedy Central alone."

It was previously reported last August that Parker and Stone had signed a lucrative new deal with ViacomCBS' MTV Entertainment Studios, which included an expectation for the duo to produce 14 movies for Paramount Plus. It also renewed South Park through 2027 and what will be its 30th season.

The first two of those 14 made-for-streaming films, South Park: Post COVID and South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID, arrived last November and December, respectively. The series had also put out one-off episodes "The Pandemic Special" in September 2020 and "South ParQ Vaccination Special" last March.

Feb. 2 will begin South Park's first proper season since late 2019.

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