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'South Park' Renewed Through 20th Season: Funniest Show on TV?

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"South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are notorious for finishing their shows just hours before they air. The most recent episode, which aired on Wednesday, addressed the Penn State scandal -- a demonstration of the show's flexibility and timeliness, and a monument to the stress they no doubt endure in the process.

But whatever they do, it works. USA Today reports "South Park" has been renewed through 2016, which would close out the show's 20th season. Parker and Stone explained they're still enjoying the work after 15 seasons. They said in a statement, "South Park is a blast and we can't wait to make more." Do you think "South Park" is the funniest show on TV?

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  • ☠ Live Free Or Die ☠ 2011/11/17 23:30:30
    Yes
    ☠ Live Free Or Die ☠
    +19
    South Park has satire so complex that it flys right over most people's heads and just comes off as pointlessly vulgar, immature, and mindless when it is actualy one of the smartest, most clever and on point shows on television.

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  • pzanti54 2011/11/18 17:30:28
    No, the funniest show on television is...
    pzanti54
    no but very,very funny......i like modern family,curb your enthusiam and bored to death and of course sienfeld and king of queens reruns.....
  • JimTheGeek 2011/11/18 17:28:38
    Yes
    JimTheGeek
    As long as we have a plethora of stupid Dems and Reps as well as the amazing Republican presidential candidates, there will always be fodder for South Park.
  • Robert Younger 2011/11/18 17:27:21
    No, the funniest show on television is...
    Robert Younger
    +1
    THE FUNNIEST SHOW ON TV IS (THE BIG BANG THEORY)
  • 2226693 2011/11/18 17:01:04
  • 2226693 2226693 2011/11/18 17:01:19
  • Chip 2226693 2011/11/18 17:39:46
    Chip
    South Park > American Dad > Family Guy
  • 2226693 Chip 2011/11/18 17:51:01
  • Chip 2226693 2012/03/08 05:42:25
    Chip
    Old SP > New SP > Old FG > AD > New FG > TCS
  • RobThatGuy 2011/11/18 17:00:55 (edited)
    No, the funniest show on television is...
    RobThatGuy
    +1
    FAMILY GUY!!!!!!!
    I like South Park, just not as much as I used to.
  • Chip RobThatGuy 2011/11/18 17:39:29
    Chip
    Family Guy has been awful the last couple of seasons.
  • 2226693 Chip 2011/11/18 17:51:11
  • Vieuphoria 2011/11/18 16:38:28
    Yes
    Vieuphoria
    It's a work of genius. No matter what anyone says. The show can run and run.
  • AMy 2011/11/18 16:34:06
    No, the funniest show on television is...
    AMy
    The big bang theory
  • tmr30 2011/11/18 16:30:00
    No, the funniest show on television is...
    tmr30
    The big bang theory
  • Jensola 2011/11/18 16:29:50
    No, the funniest show on television is...
    Jensola
    +1
    I love South Park, but no way is it the funniest show in TV! The most shocking perhaps, but not funniest. At the moment I'm loving Big Bang Theory so I would say that is right now...

    big bang theory knock knock gif
    It's old now, but also Russel Brand's Ponderland makes me laugh out loud even now!!!
  • Webmast... Jensola 2011/11/18 17:47:29
    Webmaster B. javamanmonk
    +1
    Jensola
    Jensola
    Jensola
  • Jensola Webmast... 2011/11/18 18:14:56
    Jensola
    LOVE it!!!!! :)
  • janet Jensola 2011/11/18 19:31:22
    janet
    +1
    OMG! Same show I pick,,Love it. It is too funny.
  • Jensola janet 2011/11/18 19:35:27
    Jensola
    +1
    Only just got into it, but am catching up online with all the episodes. Sheldon is the best!! :)
  • janet Jensola 2011/11/18 19:42:31
    janet
    OMG! I went to college with a guy just like Sheldon, he always made the statement that he would never be with a girl because of the exchange of bodily fluids which he found to be completely disgusting. LOL
  • Jensola janet 2011/11/18 19:43:29
    Jensola
    Aw, you're lucky. I'd love to know someone like Sheldon. Though I'd have to develop a pretty tough skin, with all the things he comes out with.
  • janet Jensola 2011/11/18 19:53:50
    janet
    +1
    LOL, that is true.
    He is completely narcissistic and without a filter of diplomacy to what he articulated and because of his intelligence he has an unforgiving superiority complex towards anyone with a lesser IQ then himself.
  • Jensola janet 2011/11/18 20:05:05
    Jensola
    Yep - he's 'awesome'! ;)
  • janet Jensola 2011/11/18 20:09:50
    janet
    +1
    Hehehehehe...... agree
  • Master 2011/11/18 16:25:38
    No, the funniest show on television is...
    Master
    +1
    Monty Python's Flying Circus!
    plus
    "Saturday Night" before it became "Saturday Night Live".
    Ernie Kovacs.
    I Love Lucy.
  • MichaelWolfe 2011/11/18 16:20:26
    No, the funniest show on television is...
    MichaelWolfe
    +2
    Big Bang Theory, hands down!
  • b 2011/11/18 16:18:31
    No, the funniest show on television is...
    b
    Aqua Teen Hunger Force rules but they quit making them I think
  • oros 2011/11/18 16:18:27
    Yes
    oros
    Yippee.
    Now what the USA needs to get it's pride back and regain it's sliding reputation in the rest of the worlds eyes is Eric Cartman as President of this great nation.
  • FunkyMunky 2011/11/18 16:16:33
    Yes
    FunkyMunky
    +1
    They've been rocking hard since the very beginning. Great stuff.

  • RobThatGuy FunkyMunky 2011/11/18 17:06:35
    RobThatGuy
    +1
    My wife and I saw this in a theatre back in the 90's as part of a traveling festival. I do enjoy South Park, but at times it is a little over the top. I get it. But, at my age and having kids now, I guess I'm just not as inclined to watch as often as I used to.
  • FunkyMunky RobThatGuy 2011/11/18 18:04:04
    FunkyMunky
    Right on man, the show has grown a lot bolder since the 90's. I see how it can be a little less appealing when there are children around. I guess the one thing I do enjoy is how they can turn out episodes so quickly and address current events while they are actually still current.
  • Halle M... FunkyMunky 2011/11/18 19:13:40
    Halle Martinez
    Which means it will be dated material and ten yrs from now most of the Episodes will be forgotten and thrown in the trashbin of history.
  • FunkyMunky Halle M... 2011/11/18 19:45:28
    FunkyMunky
    +1
    Fair enough, I guess time will tell, but I think "forgotten" is not a likely term to be attached to any of these shows. The syndication seems strong. Creating event related episodes hasn't slowed down The Simpsons or Family Guy. All three of these shows have been on for at least 10 years which is way longer than the vast majority of TV programs enjoy.

    I hear what you are saying, but not every episode is events-based. They all have dedicated writing staff and don't need to rely on the follies of real life to draw from all the time. I think it will be hard to forget shows or trashbin episodes when there are literally hundreds of them available to whoever wants to see them for free via internet or streaming.

    Let's be honest here, TV is overall pretty crappy in today's world. These guys are one of the few bright spots that have consistently shown to perform well and deliver every year.

    I would take South Park, The Simpsons, or Family Guy, over The Bachelor, Teen Mom, Real Housewives, or ugh, Jersey Shore any day of the week. I honestly hope it is this crap that gets forgotten and tossed into that trashbin of history you are talking about.

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  • Halle M... FunkyMunky 2011/11/18 19:48:11
    Halle Martinez
    i agree with your last paragraph. Could do without any of those being "remembered" and yes. Some Episodes transcend the medium it is portrayed in. Good Satire. I just don't like its conservative bashing all the time.
  • FunkyMunky Halle M... 2011/11/19 16:28:38
    FunkyMunky
    Right on, I hear you. Hah, I def agree that those terrible reality shows should be canceled immediately. I do see wha you are saying about conservative bashing. The creators are pretty liberal.

    I like to think that they give everyone their time to be made fun of. I do think that they recognize how polarizing their show can be. For many of the conservative pointed episodes they then add a Cartman hippie bashing episode.

    Keeping the balance and keeping it funny.

    Cheers!
  • Moses 2011/11/18 16:12:29
    Yes
    Moses
    Consistently cracks me up, even reruns I saw years ago!
  • Halle M... Moses 2011/11/18 19:49:27
    Halle Martinez
    I hope it does a Ghetto Obama script...you say they have no fear or pride? i say they are just another liberal progressive yellow media mouthpiece.
  • QuietChallenge 2011/11/18 16:07:06
    No, the funniest show on television is...
    QuietChallenge
    +2
    "South Park" teaches kids to be dishonest, to slack off, cheat in school, steal time and goods from employers, be proud of non-productivity--and still think they deserve all the free music, movies and software they get from Pirate Bay.

    I'll bet 95% of the USA's unemployed youth got their values from 20 years of watching "South Park."

    Anybody want to do a poll at Occupy Wall Street?
  • Rich Ma... QuietCh... 2011/11/18 16:43:54
    Rich Matarese
    South Park teaches kids to be "Liberals"?

    Okay, we've settled the fact that you're out of your friggin' mind. Now it remains to be determined just how FAR out of your friggin' mind you are.
  • Halle M... Rich Ma... 2011/11/18 19:15:02
    Halle Martinez
    No they don't teach to be liberals they express liberal progressive views blatantly over and over again. Rabid mad LNWJ's.

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