South Park Nabs Five-Year Streaming Deal With Paramount+ For $1.5 Billion Ahead of Season 27 Premiere

You can’t get escaped of Eric Cartman that easy, folks. South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are reportedly adjacent to securing a large breakthrough woody for the show’s streaming rights, aft lengthy and tense negotiations successful the aftermath of the Paramount-Skydance merger.

Paramount agreed connected July 21 to acquisition the streaming rights for South Park to beryllium portion of the Paramount+ catalog, according to The Los Angeles Times. The woody — successful which Parker and Stone’s institution Park County Productions agreed to nutrient 10 episodes a twelvemonth — is not yet final, but according to the outlet, it is being valued astatine a whopping $300 cardinal a twelvemonth and is expected to propulsion through.

The deal, which volition span 5 years, volition garner the streamer implicit $1.5 cardinal implicit the magnitude of their declaration — which makes this 1 of the astir invaluable franchises successful tv astatine the moment. To beryllium fair, it makes sense! South Park took the satellite by tempest erstwhile it debuted successful 1999 and blew up arsenic a franchise successful the years since, with countless specials, a theatrical film, video games, merchandise, and more.

But South Park's aboriginal precocious felt similar it was up successful the aerial aft the expiry of HBO Max's erstwhile streaming rights to the show, which ended successful June and has since near the amusement successful the lurch. Parker and Stone seemed to beryllium frustrated some with the ensuing streaming woody conflict arsenic good arsenic however the Paramount-Skydance merger was affecting the accumulation of the series, which has lone aired six episodes and 3 specials since February 2023.

After Paramount delayed the play 27 premiere from July 9 to July 23, the originative squad took to societal media to stock their feelings. “In effect to the property merchandise from Comedy Central astir the alteration successful premiere day for South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone said: 'This merger is simply a s**tshow and it’s f**king up South Park,'” their connection work aft the network’s announcement connected July 2. “We are astatine the workplace moving connected caller episodes and we anticipation the fans get to spot them somehow.”

Thankfully, it seems arsenic though Parker and Stone volition get immoderate originative harmony — you know, amidst the South Park chaos, of people — precise soon.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.