
^ Sledge, Philip (September 21, 2022). ^ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: ". "South Park Creators Clarify Paramount+ Projects Are Not Feature Films". "Paramount+ Confirms Two New South Park Movies Coming This Year".
^ "MTV Entertainment Studios inks new and expansive deal with creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone through 2027". "HBO Max Lands Exclusive Streaming Rights to South Park". South Park: Post Covid and South Park: Post Covid: The Return of Covid followed on December 6, 2022. The first two episodes of the season were released on Blu-ray and DVD on August 16, 2022. On Rotten Tomatoes, the season holds a 63% approval rating based on eight reviews the site editors characterize five as positive and three as negative. A new militant group tries to stop the boys from getting their teacher vaccinated. The citizens of South Park are clamoring for the COVID-19 vaccine. Randy comes to terms with his role in the COVID-19 outbreak as the ongoing pandemic continues to challenge the citizens of South Park. Subsequent branding has indicated that these are more properly identified as television specials.įor the Paramount+ specials, see South Park (franchise) § Paramount+ specials.
Parker and Stone later clarified that the projects were television films, and that it was ViacomCBS who decided to advertise them as feature films. Two films were confirmed to be released at the end of 2021. On August 5, 2021, Comedy Central announced that Parker and Stone signed a $900 million deal for extending the series to 30 seasons through 2027 and 14 feature films, exclusive to the Paramount+ streaming platform owned and operated by Comedy Central's parent company, ViacomCBS. While broadcast rights have remained with Comedy Central, this is the first season where the exclusive streaming rights have been held by HBO Max. The production of the season, as well as the topics of each episode were shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic. The twenty-fourth season of the American animated sitcom series South Park is the show's shortest season by episode count, consisting of two extended-length episodes beginning with " The Pandemic Special" and ending with " South ParQ Vaccination Special".