South Park

South Park is an American animated television series created, written and voiced by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Distributed by and airing on Comedy Central since 1997, it follows the adventures of four grade school boys who live in the small town of South Park, Colorado. more...

The show emulates stop motion cardboard animation which was the original form of animation for the show but has since been replaced by computers. South Park satirizes (sometimes surreally) many aspects of American culture and current events, and challenges deep-seated convictions and taboos, usually employing parody and black humor.

The series is credited for its characteristically blunt handling of current events. For example, the episode "Best Friends Forever" satirized both the PSP and the Terri Schiavo case as well as the movies Constantine and The Last Starfighter. The episode was produced one week after the PSP was released and, coincidentally, was originally aired the night of March 30, 2005, less than twelve hours before Schiavo died. South Park won an Emmy Award for that episode. On April 5, 2006, it was announced that the show had won a Peabody Award. This is the third Comedy Central show to win, following two awarded to The Daily Show for its 2000 and 2004 presidential election coverage and one given to Mystery Science Theater 3000 in 1994.

The first half of South Park's tenth season ended on May 3, 2006. Since Season 4, each season has aired in roughly two parts (the first in Spring and the second in Autumn). Three more seasons of South Park are currently scheduled for production, allowing the series to run until at least 2009. This would make South Park the third longest running adult animated series in U.S. television history after The Simpsons and King of the Hill.

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