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Bluetus

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16. Which is why Paramount just paid $1.5Bn for more South Park

Reply to Grokenstein (Reply #5)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 05:28 PM

Jul 25

"hasn't been relevant for over twenty years,"

26 seasons is a lot. I rarely watch the Simpsons either.

I couldn't find much info about ratings, and I don't know how reliable any of that is now, with the proliferation of challenges and streaming and international distribution. But this article indicates both SImpsons and South Park were quite strong going into 2020.

https://www.bubbleblabber.com/2020/10/south-park-and-the-simpsons-both-set-ratings-high-marks-in-premiere-weeks/

Regardless, Trump has given South Park more free advertising then they could ever have dreamed of. Millions of people will be tuning in to see just how tiny that POTUS penis is.