EXCLUSIVE: Comedy Central picked a curious date for the Season 27 premiere of animated stalwart South Park after a two-year break, July 9. That is just a few days after Paramount’s $500 million exclusive streaming licensing deal with HBO Max for Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s juggernaut is set to expire on June 30, allowing the new season, along with the rest of the South Park library, to stream on Comedy Central’s Paramount sibling Paramount+.
When the date was announced last month, industry observers suspected some gamesmanship since Paramount has long been looking to bring two of its crown jewels on third-party streamers, South Park and Yellowstone, to its Paramount+ platform and in light of Paramount and HBO Max’s contentious partnership on South Park, which has resulted in a lawsuit.
Paramount Global co-CEO Chris McCarthy, who oversees Comedy Central and streaming, touted the marquee streaming addition during the
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