First is the news that Trey Parker and Matt Stone have delayed the latest South Park Episode, saying that the famously last minute production for the show had not gotten the episode done in time. (note, this had only happened once before, when they lost power at the studio)
Some fans are wondering if they produced an episode with Cartman doing a Charlie Kirk parody again, and that they had to pivot to something else.
Despite the bi-weekly release schedule for South Park Season 27, and amidst heightened public scrutiny of the show’s political rhetoric, Comedy Central has postponed tonight's planned premiere of the next South Park episode to Wednesday, September 24th.
This last-minute cancellation comes one week after a gunman at Utah Valley University murdered right-wing political activist and recent South Park parody target Charlie Kirk. Just minutes after graphic videos of Kirk’s high-profile assassination went viral on social media, far-right figures and Kirk followers called for Trey Parker, Matt Stone and South Park to suffer consequences for their ridicule of the late media figure in the August 6th episode “Got a Nut.” [FWIW, that episode was loved by the late right wing pundit, despite it mercilessly savaging him]
Now, with the political world and the South Park fandom both anxiously awaiting Parker and Stone’s next move, the South Park duo have asked their viewers for a rain check.
Also, in response to some relatively mild statements, basically that the right-wing MAGAts are using the killing to promulgate their agenda, ABC has pulled Jimmy Kimmel, "Indefinitely."
ABC announced on Wednesday evening that it was pulling Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show “indefinitely” after conservatives accused the longtime host of inaccurately describing the politics of the man who is accused of fatally shooting the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.
The abrupt decision by the network, which is owned by the Walt Disney Company, came hours after the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, assailed Mr. Kimmel and suggested that his regulatory agency might take action against ABC because of remarks the host made on his Monday telecast.………
The decision to suspend “Jimmy Kimmel Live” was made by Robert A. Iger, Disney’s chief executive, and Dana Walden, the company’s television chief, according to a person with knowledge of the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a private process.
In his opening monologue on Monday, Mr. Kimmel addressed the killing of Mr. Kirk by saying: “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
This should really be shit that I don't have to care care about .
Fascism sucks, and so does Brendan Carr.
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