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‘South Park’ Creators Slam Paramount-Skydance Merger as a ‘S— Show’ and Say ‘It’s F—ing Up’ New Episodes: ‘We Hope Fans Get to See Them Somehow’

The 'South Park' creators slam the Paramount merger after their new episodes are delayed.

On the heels of the “ South Park ” Season 27 premiere getting delayed by two weeks, creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone released a scathing statement against the state of their home network Paramount, which has been slowly moving through a protracted merger with Skydance. While Parker and Stone did not lay out of the specifics of why the long-pending merger between Comedy Central parent (and owner of CBS, MTV, Paramount Pictures, Paramount+ and more) Paramount Global and Skydance Media are to blame for the delayed “South Park” premiere, it’s clear by the toll the holding pattern has already taken across the rest of the company in the form of cancellations, release date changes and major layoffs. The deal is still pending FCC approval nearly a year after the agreement was announced and with a looming deadline of July 7.

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