The twenty-second season of ''
South Park'', an American
animated sitcom
An animated sitcom is a subgenre of the sitcom that is animated instead of live action and is generally made or created for adult audiences in most cases. ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', ''The Simpsons'', ''South Park'', and ''Family Guy'' are four of ...
created by
Trey Parker
Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and composer. He is known for co-creating ''South Park'' (since 1997) and '' The Book of Mormon'' (2011) with his creative partner Matt Stone. ...
and
Matt Stone
Matthew Richard Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and composer. He is known for co-creating ''South Park'' (since 1997) and ''The Book of Mormon'' (2011) with his creative partner Trey Parker. Stone was interes ...
, premiered on
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American basic cable channel owned by Paramount Global through its network division's MTV Entertainment Group unit, based in Manhattan. The channel is geared towards young adults aged 18–34 and carries comedy programmin ...
on September 26, 2018, and concluded on December 12, 2018, after 10 episodes aired.
This season once again had planned "dark weeks" (weeks during which no new episodes would air) after episode four and episode seven.
Similar to the previous season, the season features continuing elements and recurring storylines without adhering to a linear story arc; while lampooning several phenomena such as
school shootings in the United States
A school shooting is an attack at an educational institution, such as a primary school, secondary school, high school or university, involving the use of firearms. Many school shootings are also categorized as mass shootings due to multiple c ...
, modern
political correctness,
climate change denial, and
the working conditions and monopolistic tactics of Amazon, several characters in the show also express disdain and exasperation with South Park's constant attraction to controversy and surreal occurrences.
Marketing
On September 13, 2018, the series began teasing a set of commercials about a mock-
cancellation by Comedy Central by using the hashtag #cancelsouthpark.
Episodes
Reception
The twenty-second season of ''South Park'' received positive reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, the season holds a 77% approval rating based on 13 reviews, stating "''South Park'' recaptures its sardonic magic in a less serialized season that remains hit-or-miss in its resonance but undeniably funny no matter who it skewers".
The premiere episode "
Dead Kids" was watched by 1.09 million viewers and scored a 0.7 in the ratings,
making it the lowest watched season premiere in the show's history and a decrease from the
season 21 premiere episode "
White People Renovating Houses
"White People Renovating Houses" is the first episode in the twenty-first season of the American animated television series ''South Park''. It is the 278th episode of the series overall, and first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on S ...
", which was watched by 1.68 million viewers.
Home media
This season was released in its entirety on DVD and Blu-ray on May 28, 2019.
References
{{South Park episodes, 22
2018 American television seasons