Paramount hat ein Problem mit 1,5 Milliarden US -Dollar „South Park“

In an interview with [Vanity Fair](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/trey-parker-matt-stone-casa-bonita-south-park?srsltid=AfmBOopRivMtIgy6er20amLyDxvJTiKQVqWUX6jRUSWkzthkP8czfO84) in September, “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone all but swore off satirizing Donald Trump, noting “I don’t know what more we could possibly say.”

We found out what more they could say yesterday, in brutal fashion. The same day Paramount [announced](https://www.paramount.com/press/paramount-global-and-park-county-extend-overall-deal) a five-year streaming deal with “South Park,” including 50 new episodes, the show’s 27th season premiere mercilessly mocked both president Trump and the network for capitulating to his demands, settling with him over the “60 Minutes” lawsuit, and canceling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” The episode, called “Sermon on the Mount,” did not hold back on crass jokes aimed at Trump, showing him with a “teeny tiny” penis both in animation and as a deepfake, and portraying him as Satan’s lover in a style reminiscent of the gay Saddam Hussein character from the 1999 movie “South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.”

The episode aired as Paramount is set to merge with media company Skydance. Politicians and media personalities alike are speculating that its eagerness to keep Trump happy is motivated by gaining the US Federal Communications Commission’s approval of the deal, which was made official Thursday evening. Before being fired, Colbert, a late-night ratings leader, described Paramount’s $16-million settlement with Trump as a “big fat bribe” and on Monday’s show he said “the gloves are off” while telling the president “go fuck yourself.” Between Colbert’s remaining season, network colleague Jon Stewart’s scathing [indictment](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jon-stewart-rips-cbs-paramount-late-show-fcc-1236327983/) of both Paramount and CBS, the new “South Park” deal, and a transformative merger, the company appears to be looking at a period where some of its biggest stars are openly hostile to both it and the president.

Read the full story: [https://www.wired.com/story/paramount-has-a-south-park-problem/](https://www.wired.com/story/paramount-has-a-south-park-problem/)

The merger was just approved, there’s no problem. Paramount has probably had a huge surge in new subscriptions as a result of this one new SP episode (along with the pre-existing catalogue).

[Freebie. everyone go watch the episode ](https://archive.ph/ydk2l)

I guess he was unaware of Trump Garrison. What a rube.

He declared war on comedy by getting Colbert canceled. Get ready cause this is only the beginning.

More like America has a free speech problem.

But its gonna be a fucking hilarious problem