Judging by President Trump’s most recent post about TV ratings — “if you get ratings, you can say or do anything” — “South Park” can keep up the savage Trump criticism.
The 27th season premiere of the animated series attracted 5.9 million viewers across the Comedy Central cable channel and the Paramount+ streaming service last week, parent company Paramount said Wednesday.
That’s the “best season premiere rating since 2022,” Paramount noted — a notable data point given the general downward trajectory of basic cable channels like Comedy Central. The channel also said “South Park” enjoyed its biggest share of the cable audience for a season premiere episode since 1999.
The show, historically an equal-opportunity offender, garnered attention for its ruthless and profane commentary about the president, which likely drove additional streaming viewership during the three day period that Paramount touted.
After the show depicted Trump in bed with Satan and ridiculed the president’s genitalia, the Trump White House said “this show hasn’t been relevant for over 20 years and is hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention.”
