South Park’s Scorched‑Earth Season Premiere Roasts Trump & Paramount

Late-break humor in a high-stakes media era

South Park launched its 27th season on July 23, 2025, after a two‑and‑a‑half year hiatus. The premiere—“Sermon on the Mount”—drops hard on Donald Trump, his $16 million settlement with Paramount/CBS, the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and the impending Paramount–Skydance merger, all mere hours after Trey Parker and Matt Stone inked a $1.5 billion deal with Paramount+ (Diario AS).

🔥 Episode Highlights

1. Trump Goes Full Scorched Earth

• South Park unleashes a photorealistic cartoon Trump who sues the town for $5 billion, coercing residents into producing pro-Trump PSAs (The Guardian).

• In one viral scene, Trump lies in bed with Satan. Satan laughs at his micro-penis and calls him out for dodging "Epstein list" questions (Politico).

2. Paramount Gets Roasted

• Jesus returns, forced into schools under threat of lawsuit. He warns the townspeople: “Do you want to end up like Colbert?” pointing to CBS and The Late Show cancellation after CBS’s Trump settlement (The Guardian).

• The creators self-consciously jab at their own massive deal—$1.5 billion with Paramount+—revealing tensions between creative freedom and corporate interests (The Guardian).

3. Woke Is “Dead”

• The storyline also skewers the cultural shift, dubbing the death of “wokeness” and mocking both NPR cancellation and Collateral PC principal drama (Decider).

• There’s even a loaded deepfake spot showing a naked Trump wandering the desert, complete with PSA-style voiceover calling out his loyalty pledge (The Guardian).

🌐 Political & Media Fallout

• White House Response: A spokesperson slammed South Park as “irrelevant” and accused the “Left” of hypocrisy—though Trump himself notably stayed silent on Truth Social (The Daily Beast).

• Media Attention: Outlets like The Guardian praised the “pointed” satire, calling this premiere “scorched earth” on Trump and his media ties (The Guardian).

🔍 SMH Takeaway: When Art Fights Back

South Park isn't pulling punches. Dropping jaws with naked deepfakes and barbed commentary, it dares to confront Trump’s legal muscle and corporate complicity—all at the very moment its creators signed a billion-dollar deal with the satire’s prime target.

👉 This isn’t just comedy—it’s a cultural flashpoint. With creators Parker and Stone effectively middle-fingering their own network, the episode questions who holds the power in today’s media: the artists or the moguls?

Will Paramount support this in future episodes, or will legal and corporate forces blunt the satire? One thing is clear: South Park is still burning the house down—and they own the matchbox.

😐🇺🇸 #SMHAmerica #MediaVsPower

• The Guardian
• Diario AS
• The Daily Beast
• Decider

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