Following the explosive Season 27 premiere last week, South Park will not air this week. However, a new trailer reveals that the show will return next week, once again taking aim at President Trump.
The trailer confirms that Season 27 continues with a new episode on Wednesday, August 6 on Comedy Central, available the following day on Paramount+, confirming the unexpected skip for this week.
South Park's epic season continues on Wednesday, August 6 at 10/9c on Comedy Central and next day on Paramount+. pic.twitter.com/zLMHM9J4aP
— South Park (@SouthPark) July 29, 2025
Neither Comedy Central nor South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have explained the scheduling change. However, it's worth noting that during their San Diego Comic-Con 2025 panel last week, held the day after the Trump-skewering episode aired, Parker mentioned they were unsure about the next episode's content, calling the decision process "super stressful."
Parker and Stone produce each episode of South Park on a weekly basis, resulting in a chaotic production schedule but highly topical content.
It's also important to note that the creators recently admitted the Season 27 trailer released in April contained footage created exclusively for the promo, not from actual episodes. "You seriously think we went and made a bunch of shows ahead of time and we're banking them for later?" they said. "We just made something up and we're like, this is what we're doing! And we're not doing any of that."
South Park creators reveal that none of the footage in the season 27 teaser were from real episodes:
— IGN (@IGN) July 26, 2025
"You seriously think we went and made a bunch of shows ahead of time?"#SDCC pic.twitter.com/GAVIsnmTl2
All eyes are on South Park after its Season 27 premiere targeted Trump so directly that the White House issued an official response.
The teaser shows Trump groping Satan's leg under a table during a public dinner. Satan appears visibly uncomfortable. Since the Season 27 premiere depicted Trump in bed with Satan, their relationship appears to be an ongoing theme this season.
However, that scene wasn't the main talking point from the premiere. Instead, viewers focused on a scene showing a live-action Trump wandering through the desert before stripping completely naked. "His penis is teeny tiny, but his love for us is large," a "South Park Pro-Trump" PSA voiceover states.
During the Comic-Con panel, Parker revealed that the creative duo insisted on showing Trump's penis in full view, despite network requests to blur it. "They were like, okay, but we're gonna blur the penis. And I'm like, no, you're not going to blur it."
Parker and Stone cleverly avoided blurring Trump's penis by adding cartoon eyes and transforming it into a character. But even this solution "was a whole conversation with a lot of grown up people for about four f***ing days. It's a character!"
Parker and Stone were then jokingly warned about a subpoena waiting among the panel question cards. Their response: "That's fine man, I'm ready."
In a new tweet below, South Park shared behind-the-scenes photos of the Trump desert scene, confirming it was filmed on location rather than generated with AI, as some viewers had speculated.
A little behind the scenes. pic.twitter.com/M25RjoRooE
— South Park (@SouthPark) July 29, 2025
The F.C.C. recently approved Skydance's $8 billion merger with Paramount, which required Trump administration approval. Neither Parker nor Stone addressed the merger during the panel, despite having previously criticized it for delaying Season 27's release, nor did they respond to the White House's statement.
However, Parker and Stone have their own major financial deal: a reported $1.5 billion contract to produce 50 episodes of South Park over five years for Paramount.
