Oh. Ok. You have the funds to stream South Park, for 1.5 BILLION dollars......but Colbert gets canned for a 40 MILLION dollar loss, which is bullshit to begin with.
Mmmmm-Hmmmmm.......
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The truth is Mango has the memory of a goldfish.
South Park makes 10 episodes a year (at most) and after the Mr Garrison storyline it grew old. Not that South Park doesn't bring him up, it's just that with only a few episodes you've got to focus on your topic of the week. Also by 10 episodes I mean like 6 and by every year nothing since 1 special in 2024.
Colbert however? As a late night news talk show it makes ~160 episodes a year. And a certain someone loves to make a fool of themselves and suck up all the oxygen in the room, so it's not surprising he comes up on Colbert's show so frequently.
Last year during the writers strike Colbert made no new episodes. Had the strike been this year instead I doubt the show would be cancelled.
Hell if Colbert wasn't as highly rated of a show, it also probably wouldn't be cancelled. Seth Meyers who is in the late night time slot and for some reason has low ratings constantly shits on Mr. Crybaby and you rarely hear about it. (Also CBS vs NBC and a pending merger.)
We all know it's a cowardly shakedown.
Yeah, weird timing. Weird times. Not sure Donnie’s going to approve their Epstein episode
I don't agree with the Colbert stuff, but if South Park is going to make them more than 1.5Bn then I don't really understand what you're on about.
South Park would be running no matter what, Paramount had no real leverage over the continuation of the show itself.
Paramount was basically cornered here in negotiations, because they want South Park on Paramount+ instead of on rival HBO Max.
It is awesome and wild that the contract is for 300 more episodes and for 1.5 bill!!
300 more episodes
Where did you get that from? At 10 per year, that would be 30 more years, Trey would be 85.
Ugg i read that there were 300 episodes and conflated in my head is how many the contract is for !
... fictional mountain town of South Park, Colo.
I won't accept Colo.
It's wild to me that two guys who have only ever made one truly successful property in their lives. (Okay...two if you count Book of Mormon), can keep milking that one property for 1.5 billion dollars.
I mean, I guess you could say that The Simpsons and Family Guy are similar, but with things like Futurama, American Dad, The Orville, etc... even THEY have their hands in different properties. Other than Southpark, what have Parker and Stone ever been working on television wise?
I just hope their contract includes "no more multi-year gaps."
Lately I'm always wondering if they've decided to retire or it was cancelled. (Yes I know we have a new season beginning.)
Honestly, I think its great they have the flexability to take a year off. I dont want them slaving away at my behalf