CARTMAN, KENNY, STAN, KYLE AND "SOUTH AMERICA'S" SEASON 29 PREMIERE DELIVERS 4.2 MILLION MULTIPLATFORM U.S. VIEWERS ACROSS COMEDY CENTRAL AND PARAMOUNT+

September 25, 2026 - NEW YORK - Following its recent Emmy(R) for Outstanding Animated Program, Comedy Central's SOUTH AMERICA scored a strong premiere performance, delivering 4.2 million multiplatform U.S. viewers across Comedy Central and Paramount+. The season premiere on Comedy Central outperformed last season's premiere by double digits on persons 18-49 rating and share and was the #1 non-sports cable telecast for the week with persons 18-49. The franchise ranked as the #1 most social cable comedy show of the day, owning social performance for first three days, generating 11 million views and 1 million engagements

Additional new episodes of the hit animated series will premiere Wednesdays: Sept. 30, Oct. 14, Oct. 28, Nov. 11, Nov. 25 at 10:00 PM, ET/PT on Comedy Central and streaming on Paramount+ same-day in the U.K., next day in the U.S., Canada and Australia, and Saturdays in all other markets where Paramount+ is available.

Cross-Platform

SOUTH PARK season 29 premiere delivered 4.2 million multiplatform viewers across Paramount+ and Comedy Central in its first three days in the U.S.

Linear

SOUTH PARK season 29 premiere on Comedy Central outperformed the season 28 premiere by double digits on live plus three persons 18-49 rating and share

P18-49 rating was up +33% vs. season 28 premiere (0.970 vs. 0.732)

P18-49 share was up +20% vs. season 28 premiere (4.77 vs. 3.96)

#1 non-sports cable telecast of the week among P18-49 (Mon-Fri)

Social

SOUTH PARK ranked as the #1 most social cable comedy show of the day

Owned social performance for first three days generated 11 million views and 1 million engagements

63,000 online mentions, up +40% vs. first three days of season 28

Multiplatform Source: Linear data based on Nielsen, Big Data + Panel; Total viewers P2+ across all South Park Ep 2901 TCs in L+3 window (9/16-9/19/26); Streaming data based on Nielsen, National Sample, First 3 Days on Paramount+ (9/17-9/19/26).

Linear Source: Nielsen, Big Data + Panel; CMDY/10p, S29 Prem-9/16/26, S28 Prem- 10/15/25; L3 coverage ratings, national share; competitive rank based on P18-49 000s, no exclusions.

Social Source: SCR Rank, cable comedy; Owned- Sprinklr; Mentions- Talkwalker.

The show continues to be celebrated three decades after its debut, winning its sixth Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program in 2026. SOUTH PARK was included in the 2026 Television Academy Honors as their first-ever animated honoree, as the Producers Guild Awards' (PGA) first animated show to be included in Best Episodic Comedy, and has also received awards and accolades from the American Film Institute (AFI), the Peabody Awards and the Critics Choice Association. In addition, SOUTH PARK was the # 1 show on cable in 2025 among P18-49, including the return of season 27 delivering the best average P18-49 share in 27 years and most-watched season in six years. Co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are executive producers, along with Anne Garefino and Frank C. Agnone II. Eric Stough, Adrien Beard, Bruce Howell and Vernon Chatman are producers. Christopher Brion is the creative director of South Park Digital Studios. SOUTH PARK's website is SouthPark.cc.com.