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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – JULY 24: (L-R) Matt Stone and Trey Parker speak onstage at Comedy Central Adult Animation: “South Park”, “Beavis & Butt-Head”, and “Digman” Panel during 2025 Comic-Con International: San Diego at San Diego Convention Center on July 24, 2025 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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South Park co-creator Matt Stone said it wasn\u2019t censorship that caused the delay in the release of Season 27, Episode 5, which was supposed to air on Sept. 17.<\/p>\n
Stone, along with South Park co-creator Trey Parker, has used Season 27 as a platform to lampoon President Donald Trump, his policies, members of his administration and his MAGA supporters throughout the first four episodes of the Comedy Central series, which returned to the cable channel on July 23.<\/p>\n
Forbes\u2018South Park\u2019 Season 27 Updated Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Come Out?By Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n In addition to mocking Trump, Season 27 Episode 1 also leaned into Paramount Global with criticism over how CBS\u2019 Late Show with Stephen Colbert was canceled<\/a> and would be wrapping up in 2026.<\/p>\n Episode 2, which was released Aug. 3, poked fun at Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Vice President JD Vance and conservative activist and podcaster Charle Kirk. <\/p>\n After Kirk\u2019s assassination<\/a> on a Utah college campus on Sept. 10, Comedy Central pulled the episode from its cable lineup, but it remains on Paramount+. In the aftermath of Kirk\u2019s assassination, ABC talk show host Jimmy Kimmel said during his Sept. 15 show, \u201cWe hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.\u201d<\/p>\n ForbesCharlie Kirk’s Producer Urges Paramount To Bring Back \u2018South Park\u2019 EpisodeBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n The controversial comments got Kimmel\u2019s talk show pulled from the air indefinitely, leading to cries of censorship throughout the entertainment industry. On Monday, the Walt Disney Company, which owns ABC, announced that Kimmel\u2019s show would return to the air<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n While Parker and Stone issued a note over social media on Sept. 17 over why the release of Episode 5 was being postponed for a week, a nagging question in the media over whether South Park was being targeted for censorship was addressed by Stone.<\/p>\n \u201cNo one pulled the episode, no one censored us, and you know we\u2019d say so if true,\u201d Stone told The Denver Post<\/a> on Friday. \u201cWe just didn\u2019t get it done. When you always cut it close, sometimes you mess up. That\u2019s the price of being a procrastinator.\u201d<\/p>\n Forbes\u2018Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u2019 Will Return Tuesday Following Charlie Kirk ControversyBy Antonio Peque\u00f1o IV<\/a><\/p>\n Stone\u2019s comment to The Denver Post is basically an extension of the note<\/a> he and Parker posted on the show\u2019s X account on Sept. 17, which reads, \u201cApparently when you do everything at the last minute sometimes you don\u2019t get it done. This one\u2019s on us. We didn\u2019t get it done on time. Thanks to Comedy Central and South Park fans for being so understanding. Tune in next week!\u201d<\/p>\n 1998 “Kenny”, “Cartman”, “Kyle”, and “Stan” are the characters in the hit series “South Park.”<\/p>\n Getty ImagesWhat \u2018South Park\u2019 Season 27, Episode 5 Is Going To Be About Is Unknown<\/p>\n There\u2019s no question that all eyes will be on South Park Season 27<\/a>, Episode 5 and whether it will continue its comedic skewering of President Donald Trump, et al., or take a week off from any political commentary.<\/p>\n At least through Monday evening, South Park\u2019s X account hasn\u2019t been updated since the note about the postponement of the Sept. 17 episode was posted. In all likelihood, the account will drop either a video teaser promo and\/or a couple of images from the new episode on Tuesday and\/or Wednesday at the latest, as it has prior to Episodes 1 through 4.<\/p>\n