South Park

South Park

South Park is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. Intended for mature audiences, the show has become famous for its crude language, surreal, satirical, and dark humor that lampoons a wide range of topics...

is an American animated television series

Cartoon series

A cartoon series is a set of regularly presented animated television programs with a common series title, usually related to one another. These episodes typically share the same characters and a basic theme...

 created by Trey Parker

Trey Parker

Trey Parker is an American animator, screenwriter, director, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of the television series South Park along with his creative partner and best friend Matt Stone.Parker started his film career in 1992, making a holiday short...

 and Matt Stone

Matt Stone

Matthew Richard "Matt" Stone is an American screenwriter, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of South Park along with creative partner and best friend, Trey Parker....

. The series began as a pair of animated shorts titled The Spirit of Christmas

The Spirit of Christmas (short film)

The Spirit of Christmas is the name of two different animated short films made by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. They are notable for being precursors to the animated series South Park. To differentiate the two, they are often referred to as Jesus vs. Frosty and Jesus vs. Santa .- Jesus vs. Frosty...

. The first episode of the series originally aired on August 13, 1997 on Comedy Central

Comedy Central

Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....

, and ended fifteenth season on November 16, 2011. To quell rumors caused by the mid-season finale "You're Getting Old

You're Getting Old

"You're Getting Old" is the seventh episode and mid-season finale of the fifteenth season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 216th episode of the series overall. It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on June 8, 2011...

" that the fifteenth season would be the last, Comedy Central issued a clarifying statement declaring that South Park had, in fact, been renewed for two more seasons, taking the show through 2013, though the number of episodes for these seasons is not known at this time. On November 16, 2011, Comedy Central renewed South Park through 2016, bringing the series to 20 seasons. In 1999, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut is a 1999 animated musical comedy film based on the animated television series South Park, created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker. The film was directed by Parker, who also stars along with the rest of the regular voice cast from the series, including Stone, Mary...

debuted in theaters.

, 223 episodes of South Park have aired, concluding the fifteenth season.

Series overview

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DVD

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Season premiere

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Season finale

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Shorts and unaired episodes

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External links

• Official UK website

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