The twenty-fourth season of the American animated sitcom South Park is the shortest season of the series, consisting of two extended-length episodes: "The Pandemic Special" and "South ParQ Vaccination Special". The production of the season and the topics of both episodes were shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic.
| South Park | |
|---|---|
| Season 24 | |
 Home media release cover | |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Comedy Central |
| Original release | September 30, 2020 – March 10, 2021 |
| Season chronology | |
While broadcast rights have remained with Comedy Central, this is the first season where the exclusive streaming rights have been held by HBO Max.[1]
Production
editOn August 5, 2021, Comedy Central announced that Parker and Stone signed a $900 million deal for extending the series to 30 seasons through 2027 and 14 feature films, exclusive to the Paramount+ streaming platform owned and operated by Comedy Central's parent company, ViacomCBS. Two films were confirmed to be released at the end of 2021.[2][3] Parker and Stone later clarified that the projects were television films, and that it was ViacomCBS who decided to advertise them as feature films.[4] Paramount+ promotes the productions as "exclusive events", and subsequent trade publications have identified the productions as television specials.
Episodes
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 308 | 1 | "The Pandemic Special" | Trey Parker | Trey Parker | September 30, 2020 | 2401 | 2.27[5] |
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Randy comes to terms with his role in the COVID-19 outbreak as the ongoing pandemic continues to challenge the citizens of South Park. | |||||||
| 309 | 2 | "South ParQ Vaccination Special" | Trey Parker | Trey Parker | March 10, 2021 | 2402 | 1.74[6] |
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The citizens of South Park are clamoring for the COVID-19 vaccine. A new militant group tries to stop the boys from getting their teacher vaccinated. | |||||||
Reception
editOn Rotten Tomatoes, the season holds a 63% approval rating based on eight reviews; the site editors characterize five as positive and three as negative.[7]
Home media
editThe season was released on Blu-ray and DVD on August 16, 2022.[8] A home media release containing South Park: Post Covid and South Park: Post Covid: The Return of Covid was issued on December 6, 2022.[9]
See also
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References
edit- ^ Whitten, Sarah (October 29, 2019). "HBO Max Lands Exclusive Streaming Rights to South Park". CNBC. Archived from the original on November 24, 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
- ^ "MTV Entertainment Studios inks new and expansive deal with creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone through 2027". Comedy Central. Archived from the original on March 3, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
- ^ Perry, Spencer. "Paramount+ Confirms Two New South Park Movies Coming This Year". Comicbook.com. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
- ^ Karl, Chris (October 29, 2021). "South Park Creators Clarify Paramount+ Projects Are Not Feature Films". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on December 28, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.30.2020". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- ^ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.10.2021". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on March 11, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ^ "South Park: Season 24". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on January 16, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
- ^ Sledge, Philip (September 21, 2022). "New DVD Releases 2022: All The Latest Movies And TV Shows". CinemaBlend. Archived from the original on September 23, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
- ^ "South Park: Post COVID & The Return of COVID Blu-ray". blu-ray.com. October 13, 2022. Archived from the original on November 10, 2022. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
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