The seventeenth season of the animated television series ''
South Park
''South Park'' is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boys Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormickand th ...
'' was announced on May 10, 2013 that premiered on
Comedy Central on September 25, 2013 and ended on December 11, 2013. The season satirized various topics and cultural institutions including ''
Minecraft,''
the George Zimmerman murder trials,
the 2013 mass surveillance disclosures, and the HBO television fantasy drama, ''
Game of Thrones
''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...
.'' The season received generally positive reviews, with criticism mainly aimed at the start of the season and much praise going to the Black Friday trilogy, which was hailed by IGN to be the show's best multi-arc series since the
''Imaginationland'' trilogy. The series continually maintained high ratings throughout the season.
Production
The season consists of 10 episodes, as series creators
Trey Parker and
Matt Stone decided to scale back and have one uninterrupted season, as opposed to two 7-episode runs, as had been the format since
Season 8.
Bill Hader, a former ''
Saturday Night Live'' cast member, began working full-time on the show as a staff writer.
Due to a power outage at the studio, episode 4 ("Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers") missed the deadline and aired a week later than scheduled.
Episodes
References
{{South Park episodes, 17
2013 American television seasons