NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Trey Parker and Matt
Stone have reached a new deal with COMEDY CENTRAL to extend
cable's longest-running animated series, "South Park," it was
announced today by Michele Ganeless,
president, COMEDY CENTRAL. The deal for three additional
seasons ensures the top-rated Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning
series will remain in original episodes through 2016 and a
milestone 20th season. Parker and Stone will continue to
write, direct and edit every episode of "South Park," as they have
since the premiere of the series in 1997.
"The collective genius of Matt and Trey knows no bounds," said
Ganeless. "Week after week and season after season they
continue to surprise and delight 'South Park' fans, and that
includes all of us here at COMEDY CENTRAL. We're thrilled
that the adventures of Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman will continue
through 2016."
"COMEDY CENTRAL has been our home for 15 years and we love
working there," said Parker and Stone. "'South Park' is a
blast and we can't wait to make more."
Recently voted "The Greatest Animated TV Series" in a poll
conducted by Entertainment Weekly, "South Park," which wraps
its 15th season tonight, averaged over 3.5 million viewers per
episode during its most recent season (most current data), in which
it was the #1 show in all of television among Men 18-24 in
Wednesday Prime and the #1 show in cable among Adults 18-49, Adults
18-34, Adults 18-24, Men 18-34 and Men 18-24 in Wednesday Prime.
The series has also accumulated 35 million fans on Facebook,
making it the most-liked series in cable and the #3 series in all
of television.
"South Park" launched on August 13,
1997 and premiered its 15th season on April 27, 2011. Co-creators Trey Parker and Matt
Stone are executive producers, along with Anne Garefino, of the Emmy® and Peabody
Award-winning "South Park." Frank C. Agnone II is the
supervising producer. Eric Stough, Adrien Beard, Bruce
Howell and Vernon Chatman are
producers. "South Park's" Web site is
www.southparkstudios.com. The series airs Wednesday nights at
10:00 p.m. and repeats later that
night at midnight (all times ET/PT).
The agreement with COMEDY CENTRAL was negotiated for Parker and
Stone by their attorney Kevin Morris
of Morris, Yorn. They are also represented by WME.
Available in 99 million homes nationwide, COMEDY CENTRAL
(www.comedycentral.com), the only all-comedy network, is owned by,
and is a registered trademark of, Comedy Partners, a wholly-owned
unit of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B). For
up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs
visit COMEDY CENTRAL's press web site at
www.comedycentral.com/press and follow us on Twitter
@ComedyCentralPR for the latest in breaking news updates,
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television, motion picture, online and mobile platforms in more
than 160 countries and territories. With approximately 170
media networks reaching more than 600 million global subscribers,
Viacom's leading brands include MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo, BET, CENTRIC,
Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., TeenNick, Nicktoons, Nick at Nite, COMEDY
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America's oldest film studio and creator of many of the most
beloved motion pictures, continues today as a major global producer
and distributor of filmed entertainment. Viacom operates a
large portfolio of branded digital media experiences, including
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SOURCE COMEDY CENTRAL Corporate Communications
