The long-running satire returns after a nearly 2.5-year hiatus and as a battle over its future has just concluded.

For South Park architects Trey Parker and Matt Stone, timing is everything. A day after their show was reupped on Paramount+ for $1.5 billion, an evening after their explicit season 27 premiere of the show which put President Donald Trump in bed with the devil,

Comedy Central’s “South Park” recently struck a five-year deal with Paramount after a merger delayed the Season 27 premiere.