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South Park Wins Emmy Amid Trump Mockery
Confirmed
In Short: South Park celebrated its first Emmy win in 13 years with a satirical take on Donald Trump, while the show's creators thanked fans and addressed past feuds.
Following the ceremony, South Park's Twitter account posted an image of a pants-less Trump holding an Emmy, with the message: "You finally got your Emmy." This tweet referenced Trump's long-held grudge over never winning an Emmy for "The Apprentice." The show has a history of winning Emmys, including "Best Friends Forever" (2005), "Make Love, Not Warcraft" (2007), and "Imaginationland" (2008).
The White House responded to the show's mockery by stating that "South Park has been irrelevant for 20 years, relying on uninspired ideas for attention." However, the show's creators have a tradition of courting controversy with provocative, headline-grabbing stories. Parker acknowledged the show's storied history and its ability to court controversy, accepting the Animated Program Emmy on stage. South Park returns with new episodes on September 15, continuing its tradition of satirical storytelling.
Background
South Park is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boys—Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick—and their adventures in and around the title's Colorado town.
What's confirmed
- Congratulations to Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and the entire South Park team on their Emmy win for Outstanding Animated Program! pic.twitter.com/KlpvuhhWH2 This year’s animation Emmy was awarded for South Park ’s season 27 premiere, “ Sermon on the ’Mount,” in which the show took aim at Donald Trump, his administration, and Comedy Central parent company Paramount, with whom the duo had been feuding publicly.
What's still developing
- South Park won this year’s Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program at the Creative Arts ceremony on Sunday night, earning Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s Comedy Central series its first prize in the category in 13 years.
- Parker was also nominated for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for playing Satan in the episode “The Crap Out,” but lost to Julie Andrews for Bridgerton.
- His song “Christian Woman,” from the same episode, was also nominated for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.
- Surrounded by the South Park characters, including Satan, who delivered Parker a character voice-over nomination this year, the cartoon version of the President is holding an Emmy statuette with his pants and underwear down.
- Don’t call it a comeback — Comedy Central’s South Park, which returned to the Outstanding Animated Program category with its first nomination in five years, landed its first win in 13 years.
- On social media, the show celebrated by taunting the Emmy-winning episodes’ frequent target, President Donald Trump.
- Trump, depicted on South Park with real photographs pasted on an animated body, was relentlessly mocked during the 10 episodes that aired during the eligibility window for the 2026 Emmys Awards, split into two five-episode seasons, 27 and 28.
- Created by Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, which premiered in 1997, scored a record three Emmy nominations this year in addition to a Television Academy Honor.