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[07/30/25 - 04:01 PM]
"South Park" Season 27 Premiere Surges with Nearly 6M Cross-Platform Viewers and Biggest Share in Over 25 Years
Tune-in tonight, July 30, for an encore airing of the premiere episode, "Sermon on the 'Mount," with a new episode airing Wednesday, August 6 at 10 p.m. ET on Comedy Central and next day on Paramount+.

[via press release from Comedy Central]

South Park Season 27 Premiere Surges with Nearly 6M Cross-Platform Viewers and Biggest Share in Over 25 Years

Franchise's Viral Season Debut Earns #1 Most Social Episode Ever

Tune-In TONIGHT, July 30th, for an Encore Airing of Premiere Episode, "Sermon on the 'Mount", at 10 p.m. ET on Comedy Central

July 30, 2025 (New York, NY) - South Park season 27 viewership surges with biggest season premiere share on Comedy Central since 1999, up +68% vs. last season premiere, and nearly 6M cross-platform viewers across Paramount+ and Comedy Central. In addition, the viral premiere dominated Wednesday as the #1 telecast across all cable. South Park earned its most social episode ever, while #SouthPark trended on X for over 12 hours, ranking #1 for 5 hours. Tune-in tonight, July 30th, for an encore airing of the premiere episode, "Sermon on the 'Mount," with a new episode airing Wednesday, August 6 at 10 p.m. ET on Comedy Central and next day on Paramount+.

Full ratings information below:

South Park S27 premiere scored 5.9M cross-platform viewers across Paramount+ and Comedy Central

Earned its biggest linear season premiere share since 1999

Up +68% vs. S26 premiere (9.20 vs. 5.48)

Best season premiere rating since 2022

Up +15% vs. S26 premiere (0.996 vs. 0.866)

#1 telecast across all cable on Wednesday

South Park S27 debut was a hit on social

#1 most social episode ever for South Park

#1most social program across all TV on Wednesday

#SouthPark trended on X for over 12 hours, ranking #1 for 5 hours

Source: Nielsen; L3/P18-49 cvg rtgs & shr, South Park- CMDY, 7/23/25 at 10p; S26 prem- 2/8/23; best shr since S3C (10/27/99), best rtg since S25 (2/2/22), full season/regular eps only; competitive rank based on 000s, all ad supported cable; Cross platform = All linear eps on 7/23 + Streaming; Streaming- Internal streaming data, Total viewers defined by Global Total Watch Time / Run Time on first 3 days, Ep 2701, 7/24-7/26/25; Social- SCR (excl. sports/news), https://trends24.in/united-states/.





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