US EditionNew Paramount CEO lauds South Park creators for being ‘equal opportunity offenders’
UNITED STATES, AUG 8 – Paramount CEO David Ellison praised South Park creators for their equal-opportunity satire and highlighted the show's $1.5 billion deal securing 50 new episodes over five years.
- David Ellison became CEO of Paramount on Thursday after its $8 billion merger with Skydance, gaining control of South Park.
- Ellison commended Matt Stone and Trey Parker for their talent and for satirizing a wide range of subjects, while emphasizing that he does not intend to bring politics into Paramount.
- South Park recently satirized the Trump administration and Secretary Kristi Noem, leading the White House to respond by dismissing the show's significance for more than two decades.
- Season 27's premiere episode 'Sermon on the Mount' scored 5.9 million US viewers and featured harsh satire of Trump as a litigious sex pest related to Satan.
- Ellison acknowledged South Park's profitability but avoided commenting directly on its political satire while affirming ongoing Paramount restructuring after the merger.
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Paramount CEO lauds South Park creators for being ‘equal opportunity offenders’
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New Paramount CEO Praises South Park Creators as ‘Equal Opportunity Offenders’ — But Admits He Hasn’t Seen Latest Episode
Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP David Ellison, the new CEO of the post-merger Paramount, had strong words of praise for the outspoken creators of South Park — although he acknowledged he hadn’t yet seen the latest episode, another brutal skewering of the Trump administration. The Paramount-Skydance merger officially closed Thursday after months of controversy, including Paramount settling a lawsuit with President Donald Trump regarding a 60 …
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