South Park Roasts Trump, Paramount, and the “Epstein List” in Season 27 Premiere

Summary:

• South Park’s season 27 premiere pokes fun at Trump’s connections to Epstein, Paramount’s $1.5 billion deal, and CBS’s alleged DEI rollbacks.

• The episode features Trump in bed with Satan, jokes about the Epstein list, and takes aim at Paramount’s recent deal.

• South Park’s scathing premiere takes on Trump, Paramount, and CBS, setting the stage for a controversial season ahead.

South Park’s season 27 premiere skewers President Trump over the “Epstein list,” dunks on Paramount’s reported $1.5 billion, five‑year, 50‑episode deal, and lampoons the network’s alleged DEI rollbacks and CBS settlement — all while putting Trump in bed with Satan. 

South Park came back swinging. In Wednesday night’s season 27 premiere, the Comedy Central staple portrayed President Trump in bed with Satan, joked about the size of his genitalia, and had the devil press him on whether his name appears on the “Epstein list.” “It’s weird that whenever it comes up, you just tell everyone to relax,” Satan says. “The Epstein list? Are we still talking about that?” Trump replies in another scene, according to a clip circulating on X. 

NEW: South Park targets President Trump over the Epstein files in their new episode, puts him in bed with Satan.

The episode comes as South Park has just reportedly agreed to a 5 year, 50 episode, $1.5 billion deal with Paramount.

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The episode didn’t just torch the president. It also went scorched earth on Paramount — the very company that, less than 24 hours earlier, reportedly agreed to pay roughly $1.5 billion over five years for 50 more South Park episodes and exclusive U.S. streaming on Paramount+. Reuters pegs the value at “over $1.25 billion,” but multiple entertainment trades reported the $1.5 billion figure. 

In one of the episode’s sharpest swings, Jesus tells South Park’s parents to settle with Trump — explicitly invoking CBS, Stephen Colbert, and Paramount by name. “You guys saw what happened to CBS? Well, guess who owns CBS? Paramount,” he warns. “You really want to end up like Colbert? You guys have got to stop being stupid… He has the power to sue and take bribes, and he can do anything to anyone. It’s the fucking president, dude… South Park is over.” Esquire reports the premiere spoofed CBS’s settlement with Trump, the cancellation of The Late Show, and the elimination of DEI initiatives at the network. 

Elsewhere, the episode shows an AI-generated video of a naked Trump stumbling through the desert and features Cartman raging after the government cancels his favorite NPR show: “The government can’t cancel the show. I mean, what show are they going to cancel next?”

South Park’s fixation on Trump’s alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein arrives as the “Epstein files” have re-erupted in U.S. politics. The Guardian reported Wednesday that the president’s name appears “multiple times” in Department of Justice records tied to Epstein, following a Wall Street Journal report; Al Jazeera added that a federal judge rejected a bid to unseal grand jury records as the administration attempts to tamp down a MAGA backlash. None of these filings proves criminal wrongdoing, but they have kept Trump in the same sentence as Epstein across headlines.

Paramount’s new agreement with Trey Parker and Matt Stone resets one of TV’s most complicated licensing battles. The five-year pact delivers 50 new episodes (airing first on Comedy Central, then hitting Paramount+ the next day) and moves the show’s 26-season library off HBO Max to Paramount+ after protracted litigation and merger drama with Skydance. Depending on the outlet, the deal is valued at “over $1.25 billion” to “$1.5 billion,” making it one of the richest in television history. 

Season 27 itself was delayed two weeks amid those legal and merger complications, Decider noted, and the premiere wastes no time dragging the corporate parent for alleged capitulations to Trump. That the show did it immediately after the ink dried on one of the priciest TV contracts ever is, well, the most South Park move imaginable. 

This is what South Park does — and has always done

Religion, race, and politics have been routine targets — from “Bloody Mary” (Catholic church) to Al Gore’s ManBearPig, to the show’s recurring skewering of Trump-era politics and culture wars. (A catalog too long to list here, but the pattern is the point.) 

The season 27 opener sits comfortably in that lineage, except now the show is openly torching the conglomerate signing the checks, while leaning into one of the most radioactive political storylines of 2025.

Paramount has not commented on the premiere’s attacks. The network still owes viewers 49 more South Park episodes under the reported $1.5 billion pact — assuming Parker and Stone feel like playing nice. Don’t count on it.

On Wednesday, the House Oversight subcommittee voted to subpoena the Department of Justice for the full, unredacted Epstein files, intensifying pressure on the administration and fueling speculation around who might be named.

The House Oversight subcommittee has voted to subpoena the Justice Department to release the full Epstein files. pic.twitter.com/yn4K3FynaF

— Pop Base (@PopBase) July 24, 2025