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South Park is on its 27th season, but it still has the ability to shock viewers and get eyeballs. Created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the animated sitcom is developed by Brian Graden and is one of the most influential animated series in the modern times.
Airing since 1997, the show is noted for its dark humor, biting satire, profanity, and depiction of social topics. South Park focuses on the lives of a number of people who live in the titular Colorado town. However, the main characters of the show are Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick.
While the show has always seen high ratings and praise, its recently concluded Season 27 episode, “Got a Nut”, made a record viewership that Comedy Central hasn’t seen since 2018. Here are a few details.
The South Park episode that hit a new viewership milestone
South Park proved that it still has creative prowess as its Season 27 episode, “Got a Nut” saw an average viewership of 6.2 million on the global multiplatform in its first three days of release. These numbers have been taken over the period of August 6 to August 8, 2025 and includes viewers from both Paramount+ and Comedy Central.
The ratings and viewership are even more than the South Park Season 27 premiere episode, which was also watched with a lot of anticipation. According to Variety, the animated series is also performing well in linear and has scored its highest live+3 rating for Comedy Central since 2018.
Further, according to cabler, the controversial episode featuring Kristi Neom, JD Vance, and others, had the biggest-ever young adult viewership that the show has seen. The Season 27 episode posted a 1.531 rating in adults 18-49 (live+3), which saw a jump of 54% (0.996) from the season premiere episode of South Park. The adults share (18-49) was 15.61, which is 70% more than the first episode of the season, which was 9.20. Further, according to the total viewers on Comedy Central, the show had an average of 1.56 million in live+3, which is 46% more than the 1.07 million from the season premiere.
What was the Season 27 episode all about?
The episode, “Got a Nut”, is the second episode of the new season and revolves around Mr. Mackey, who is fired from his school counselor job due to budget cuts. In order to sustain himself, he takes up a job at the US Immigration and encounters bizarre circumstances.
The episode is a heavily satiric look at American immigration policies under trump and Mackey has to catch undocumented migrants with brutality and the episode features caricatures of US President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Kristi Noem, who focuses on glamor and shoots innocent dogs—another satire about her personality.
The episode also has scenes about Mar-a-Lago, where Mackey is disillusioned by the unethical practices and it even features a Dora look-alike giving massages to elderly guests. Ultimately, Mackey goes back to his previous job. The episode therefore became the No. 1 telecast on August 6 across all cable and was No. 2 in all of TV.
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The show is available on Paramount+.
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