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When you’d tuned into Comedy Central on Wednesday night time hoping to see a brand new episode of South Park, you’ll’ve been disenchanted.
Even though the present’s twenty seventh season kicked off in July, a rerun of the season premiere aired rather than the brand new episode that had been scheduled for final night time.
Viewers have been left scratching their heads, and plenty of questioned if the last-minute change had something to do with the latest homicide of Charlie Kirk.
Conservative political activist and founding father of Turning Level Motion Charlie Kirk takes the stage throughout a Turning Level Motion ‘United for Change’ marketing campaign rally for former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Thomas & Mack Heart in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 24, 2024. (Photograph by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
Charlie Kirk-based South Park episode creates controversy
As you’ve little question heard by now, Kirk was shot and killed throughout a talking engagement at Utah Valley College final week.
The August 6 episode of South Park satirized Kirk’s public persona and his behavior of participating in tense debates with school college students whose views didn’t align along with his personal.
Kirk acknowledged that he was not offended by the portrayal, and he even modified the profile image on a few of his social media accounts to a screenshot of Eric Cartman as a Kirk-like firebrand.
However the episode turned a supply of controversy within the wake of Kirk’s loss of life, and Selection has now confirmed that Comedy Central is not going to re-air it.
Cartman as a Charlie Kirk-like determine on South Park. (Paramount+)
(The episode continues to be out there for streaming on Paramount+.)
In a press release, Comedy Central attributed the last-minute change in plans to a “production delay” — which truly makes good sense.
The method was detailed in a 2011 documentary titled 6 Days to Air, which revealed that episodes are sometimes accomplished on the final minute.
However Parker and Stone don’t normally miss deadlines, and given the present political local weather, it’s not stunning that some followers consider there’s extra to this story.
Jimmy Kimmel attends the 2023 Japanese Congo Initiative Poker and Blackjack Event hosted by TAO Group Hospitality at LAVO Restaurant & Nightclub at The Palazzo at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas on November 17, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photograph by Mindy Small/Getty Pictures)
Will ‘South Park’ meet the identical destiny as ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’?
As we beforehand reported, Jimmy Kimmel’s ABC discuss present was abruptly pulled from the air on Wednesday.
The stunning transfer got here after FCC Chairman Brendan Carr inspired homeowners of native ABC associates to tug Kimmel’s present from their stations in response to his feedback about Kirk.
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang trying to characterize this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them,” Kimmel mentioned.
Requested concerning the transfer right this moment, President Trump, who’s at the moment on a state go to to the UK, informed the British media that Kimmel “said a horrible thing about a great gentleman known as Charlie Kirk, and Jimmy Kimmel is not a talented person.”
“He had very bad ratings, and they should have fired him a long time ago. So, you know, you can call that free speech or not,” Trump added. “He was fired for lack of talent.”
We may have additional updates on this creating story as new info turns into out there.
