South Park resumes Sept 24 on Comedy Central after last-minute delay

South Park is expected to return to Comedy Central on the evening of Wednesday, September 24, with the fifth episode of its 27th season following a last-minute postponement the previous week, network listings and reports said. The episode is slated to air in the United States and to appear on streaming service Paramount Plus the following morning.

If the schedule holds, the episode will be broadcast on Comedy Central on Wednesday night and made available on Paramount Plus from 6 a.m. Pacific Time, 9 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, September 25, which is 2 p.m. in Britain. The installment would be the fifth of the season; four episodes have been released in season 27 so far, the most recent on September 3. Producers have indicated the series has largely been running on an every-other-week schedule since it returned on July 23.

The episode intended for September 17 was pulled at the last minute, prompting a brief explanation from co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. "Apparently when you do everything at the last minute sometimes you do not get it done," they wrote. "This one's on us. We did not get it done in time. Thanks to Comedy Central and South Park fans for being so...