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+.
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- 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