“South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone revealed the show will return Sept. 16 for Season 29, with new episodes set to air every two weeks through Nov. 25. The announcement comes after a string of politically charged episodes skewering President Donal
The next time the “South Park” boys roll into town, it will be on a date fans can circle now, not just hope for. Trey Parker and Matt Stone stopped by “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Monday and laid out the timing for the show’s new season: Sept. 16.
Comedy Central says Season 29 episodes will then air every two weeks on Sept. 30, Oct. 14, Oct. 28, Nov. 11 and Nov. 25. Parker and Stone didn’t offer much on what’s coming in the episodes themselves. Part of the reason is almost painfully “South Park”: the series is famously produced on a tight timeline. with episodes not being finished until soon before they air.
In the same conversation, Parker said the pair won’t even be going back to work until the “last week of August,” making the return date clear while the content details remain frustratingly out of reach.
That timing matters because “South Park” is coming off a run that leaned hard into politics. including two consecutive back-to-back seasons in 2025 that put President Donald Trump at the center of its satire. It began with the Season 27 premiere in July. when the show introduced a scathing new parody of Trump—depicted as being literally in bed with Satan. The over-the-top villain character was modeled after the show’s prior characterization of Saddam Hussein.
The jokes didn’t stay contained to cartoon bedrooms and cartoon hell. The first Trump parody brought a response from the White House. In a statement. a spokesperson said the 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.”.
After that, “South Park” kept pushing. Over subsequent months. the show continued to skewer the Trump administration in every episode and fold administration figures into its ongoing storylines. Vice President J.D. Vance was depicted as Trump’s servant. inspired by Tattoo from “Fantasy Island.” Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appeared in a particularly brutal depiction as a gun-toting dog killer. The streak culminated in a December finale featuring a showdown involving Trump, Vance, Satan and Jesus.
All of it also fed into a self-aware thread: the show poked fun at itself in an episode where a character complains that “South Park” sucks now because of “all this political” stuff—mirroring criticism the series has faced for its Trump episodes. While appearing on Kimmel, Stone and Parker connected that complaint to their own relationship with the material. “You don’t want to do this political stuff,” Stone said. “We don’t want to do it, either. We would rather not!” Parker followed by saying, “we’re always doing pop culture, and they’re pop culture now.”.
That line hangs over the announcement of the new season. especially with the production schedule so compressed that the creators are only returning to work in late August. The show is set to resume on Sept. 16. and the pattern of recent episodes—politics turned into scenes that are impossible to unsee—suggests fans will be watching not just for plot. but for how “South Park” decides to keep translating real-world power into cartoon shock.
For now, the calendar is the clearest thing on the table: Season 29 begins Sept. 16, and it runs every two weeks through Nov. 25. Fans will have to wait a little longer for what the creators teased—and for what they may still be building while the weeks between dates narrow.
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So it’s coming back Sept 16?? finally
Every two weeks is kinda wild lol. I didn’t even realize they were that close to finishing episodes last minute. Also why do they keep dragging Trump into cartoon stuff, like can’t they just do normal jokes.
Wait, Sept 16 return after the Trump run? Like they mean after Trump wins or what. The article lost me with the Satan in bed thing and then they start talking about airing dates like it’s a schedule for school. I’m just saying if they’re gonna parody the President again they should at least make it funny, not just edgy.
That “last week of August” comment is actually the only part that makes sense. They literally wait til the last minute and then toss politics at the screen, so of course it’s gonna be late chaos. I saw something about the White House responding and I’m like… of course they did. Also every two weeks through Nov 25, that’s basically Thanksgiving break filler for sure.