South Park Season 27 viewership continues to soar as the second episode has reached more than 6 million global multi-platform viewers — the biggest share in series history. The hit Comedy Central adult animated show continues to build momentum on streaming, posting double-digit gains on Paramount+.
Fans will want to tune in to Comedy Central tonight (Wednesday, August 13) for an exclusive airing of the very first episode, “Cartman Gets an Anal Probe,” at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central and next day on Paramount+ as part of the network’s day-long celebration of “South Park Day.”
Season 27 will continue with a new episode on Wednesday, August 20.
Ratings numbers provided by Paramount:
South Park Multi-Platform Viewers – First 3 Days:
- South Park Ep. 2702 delivered 6.2M global multi-platform viewers across Comedy Central and Paramount+ in its first three days
South Park Week-to-Week Paramount+ Consumption – First 3 Days:
- South Park global streaming consumption on Paramount+ grew double digits during the first three days of Ep 2702 release
- Up +49% vs. first three days of Ep 2701
South Park 2702 on Comedy Central – L3:
- South Park (Ep 2702) scored its highest rated episode since 2018 and biggest share in series history!
- Outperformed the season premiere by double digits
- Up +54% on P18-49 rating (1.531 vs. 0.996) vs. Ep 2701
- Up +70% on P18-49 share (15.61 vs. 9.20) vs. Ep 2701
- Posted a +46% increase vs. season premiere among total viewers, with 1.56M P2+ (vs. 1.07M)
- #1 telecast on Wednesday, 8/6 across all cable; #2 across all TV (behind Big Brother)
