South Park resumes Season 27 with Oct 15 episode on Comedy Central

The long-running animated series South Park will return with the sixth episode of its 27th season on October 15, the show's distributors confirmed, after no new episode was scheduled for broadcast today. The episode will premiere on Comedy Central at 10 p.m. Eastern and Pacific and will be made available on Paramount Plus the following morning at 6 a.m. Pacific, 9 a.m. Eastern, which corresponds to 2 p.m. British time.

Season 27 resumed last week with its fifth installment after a brief, unplanned pause in September. The program had been airing new episodes every other Wednesday since the season began on July 23, but an episode originally slated for September 17 was pulled at the last minute and broadcast a week later, on September 24. Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone acknowledged the delay, saying, "Apparently when you do everything at the last minute sometimes you don't get it done. This one's on us. We didn't get it done in time. Thanks to Comedy Central and South Park fans for being so understanding. Tune in next week."

With that adjustment, the current release pattern is expected to continue on a biweekly schedule through December 10, with episodes debuting first on...