‘South Park’ Teases New Season With Spoofs About Diddy, Plane Crashes, And More

After a two-year hiatus, South Park is gearing up for a raucous return, with the season 27 trailer indicating that things are about to get even crazier.

With a premiere date set for July 9, the long-running Comedy Central series, masterminded by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, is coming back with all the irreverence fans have come to expect. The trailer kicks off with an unexpected tonal shift, featuring live-action shots of an empty swing set and an airplane wing ahead of the foreboding text: “The acclaimed drama returns.”

From overflowing toilets and an entire city being engulfed in flames to Ketamine abuse, plane crashes, and a potential war with Canada, the show continues to prove that there are no boundaries when it comes to satire. There’s even a few scenes that show a space-traveling Diddy and the Statue of Liberty being retrieved by the French with only ropes and tug boats. “Oh crap we’re all going to get fired,” says Butters as two aircrafts collide outside of the National Air Traffic Control station. See below.

Noticeably in the trailer, there are no signs of Kanye West or President Donald Trump — who both took over headlines in 2024. In regards to the last election cycle, its creators Parker and Stone admitted that South Park purposely sat out 2024’s political chaos.

“We’ve tried to do South Park through four or five presidential elections, and it is such a hard thing to — it’s such a mind scramble, and it seems like it takes outsized importance,” Stone explained. Parker doubled down, adding, “Obviously, it’s f**king important, but it kind of takes over everything and we just have less fun. I don’t know what more we could possibly say about Trump.”

While South Park is making its long-awaited comeback, the creators are also juggling another high-profile project: a mysterious feature film collaboration with Kendrick Lamar. Although under wraps, the project is slated for release in 2026 via Paramount.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the highly anticipated live-action comedy has been rescheduled to premiere on March 20, 2026, due to the demanding schedules of K Dot and other key members of the producing team. The studio’s film chief, Brian Robbins, also spoke highly of the project calling it “one of the funniest and most original scripts we’ve ever read.”