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South Park Wins First Animated Program Emmy in 13 Years, Trolls Trump
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In Short: South Park has won its first Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program in 13 years, with the show's creators taking aim at Donald Trump and his administration in their winning episode.
South Park has won its first Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program in 13 years, with the show's creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone taking aim at Donald Trump and his administration in their winning episode, 'Sermon on the 'Mount,' which aired during the 27th season of the show.
The victory was celebrated on social media, with the show's Twitter account posting an image of a pants-less Trump holding an Emmy, referencing the president's long-held grudge over never winning an Emmy for The Apprentice.
The satire led to the White House clapping back with a statement that 'the show has been irrelevant for 20 years, relying on uninspired ideas for attention.' However, South Park co-creator Trey Parker thanked fans on stage, acknowledging the show's storied tradition of courting controversy with provocative, ripped-from-the-headlines stories skewering pop culture.
The show, which premiered in 1997, scored a record three Emmy nominations this year in addition to a Television Academy Honor, and returns with new episodes in September.
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.
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- Previous Emmy-winning episodes and specials included “Best Friends Forever” (2005), “Make Love, Not Warcraft” (2007), the three-part “Imaginationland” story (2008), “Margaritaville” (2009), and “Raising the Bar” (2013).
- 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.
- 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.
- As promoted in the Emmy celebration collage with Trump, the series returns with new episodes Sept.
- Amid an ongoing trade war he started with our allies to the north, Trump decided now would be a good time to troll Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney.
- Like Minions supervillain Gru, on Sunday afternoon President Donald Trump attempted to steal the moon.