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'South Park' renewed through 30th season in 2027

By Megan Armstrong | Last updated Aug 5, 2021 1:19 PM ET

Cartman, Kenny, Kyle and Stan aren't going anywhere.

"South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have set an expansive new deal with ViacomCBS’ MTV Entertainment Studios that calls for the pair to produce 14 movies for Paramount Plus based on the enduring Comedy Central animated franchise," Variety's Cynthia Littleton relayed Thursday morning (Aug. 5).

Under the new deal, South Park will run at least through 2027—its 30th season since debuting in August 1997.

According to Bloomberg News, Parker and Stone will earn "more than $900 million over the six-year term, one of the richest deals in TV history."

"It's understood that the deal calls for ViacomCBS to advance Parker and Stone $150 million a year to cover their fees for the upcoming productions as well as their ongoing profit participation stakes from the franchise," Littleton added.

Trey Parker and Matt Stone sign new deal to extend South Park through season 30 and make 14 original made-for-streaming movies exclusively for Paramount+, starting with two films in 2021. Read the full press announcement: https://t.co/vhlzu0E96F pic.twitter.com/uvPhRbVp7E
— South Park (@SouthPark) August 5, 2021

"Comedy Central has been our home for 25 years and we’re really happy that they’ve made a commitment to us for the next 75 years," Parker and Stone said in a joint statement. "When we came to ViacomCBS with a different way to produce the show during the pandemic, Chris (McCarthy), Nina (Diaz), Keyes (Hill-Edgar) and Tanya (Giles) were immediately supportive and enabled us to try something new that turned out to be really well received. We can’t wait to get back to doing traditional South Park episodes but now we can also try out new formats. It’s great to have partners who will always take a chance with us."

South Park has unsurprisingly been at the forefront of blunt, crude and edgy (and, of course, funny) COVID-related content, airing "The Pandemic Special" last September and "South ParQ Vaccination Special" in March.

Megan Armstrong

Megan Armstrong (@megankarmstrong) is a writer whose work has appeared in places such as Billboard, GQ, Esquire, Bleacher Report, Uproxx, and others. Megan has also produced various podcasts and hosted a daily radio show at Mizzou. She grew up obsessed with sports — impressing adults by memorizing NFL statistics as a kindergartner — and grew into an obsession with music

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