Online trolling, nostalgia, and the 2016 election were covered extensively and woven together in a 10-part narrative that was nothing if not interesting. A report from Deadline reveals that the series nabbed 2.3 million Live+Same Day total viewers and a 2.1 rating in the 18-49 demographic on Comedy Central, marking the first time that the series has gained viewership this high since one of its Black Friday/Game of Thrones episodes in 2013. The season premiere “Let Go, Let Gov” took on all the conspiracy theories about the NSA. The 16th season was the last that South Park put out 14 episodes before dropping down to the 10-episode format after that. Butters thought he was in a virtual reality game and the entire episode turns into a puzzle. And while season 23 didn’t quite stack up as one of the show’s best installments – dragging out the Tegridy Farms storyline for the first half of the season certainly didn’t help – there are still plenty of great seasons to choose from. The season premiere for season 8 of South Park has the distinction of moving away from the cutout animation fans, are used to and flipping over to anime. From Jimmy and Timmy joining a street gang in “Krazy Kripples” to a metrosexual craze hitting the town in “South Park is Gay!” to a then-timely examination of the Iraq War in “I’m a Little Bit Country,” season 7 was definitely one of South Park’s finest years. The most controversial episode in South Park history is also the best of season 14. They get the entire school in on it, and Cartman believes the only reason the kids ignore him is that he is dead and is a ghost. The start of Season Six also introduced a new "country" like theme song, involving a banjo and harmonicas. With over 250 episodes under its belt, South Park is one of the most successful and long-running TV comedies -- animated or otherwise -- of all time. Also, “The Losing Edge” is perhaps South Park’s greatest sports-themed episode yet, with the boys trying to lose baseball games intentionally to avoid having to play all summer (only to find that the other kids are doing the same thing) making it the opposite of every sports story we’ve ever seen. The 16th season was the last that South Park put out 14 episodes before dropping down to the 10-episode format after that. The VR episode “Grounded Vindaloop” is a Matrix-style head trip and there’s a whole ongoing storyline that reveals Randy is secretly leading a double life as Lorde, which is as unusual and hysterical as it sounds. 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Season 9 has some of the show’s best character-focused episodes, like “The Death of Eric Cartman,” the Butters-centric “Marjorine,” and the Jimmy-centric “Erection Day,” as well as some of its best satire, like the global warming episode “Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow” and the same-sex marriage episode “Follow That Egg!”. Released in 1999, "Chinpkomon" took on the Pokémon craze. Previously, he wrote for Taste of Cinema and BabbleTop. It was a great satire in the new world of streaming video. The best episode of the season was "A Nightmare on Facetime," which itself was a parody of Stanley Kubrick's classic horror movie The Shining. In the episode, Kenny becomes addicted to "cheesing" and starts to have hallucinations that are similar to the animation in Heavy Metal. The show debuted its first ever one hour special with South Park: The Pandemic Special, and the audience turned up in droves. The three episodes combined won an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for One Hour or More. Starting with the meta premiere “It Hits the Fan,” South Park’s fifth season has some of the show’s finest episodes – including “Scott Tenorman Must Die,” which is widely regarded to be the best episode of all. There’s a nice mixture of episodes that focus on the characters, like “Casa Bonita” and “Toilet Paper,” and episodes that focus on satirical critiques, like “Butt Out” and “Red Man’s Greed.”. In "Cartman Joins NAMBLA," he seeks out more mature friends and ends up joining the "North American Man/Boy Love Association." The only hitch is that it has “A Million Little Fibers,” one of South Park’s weakest episodes. There isn’t a single weak episode in the eighth season of South Park. The episode has Cartman heading out to try to find who his father is, only to learn his mother slept with just about every guy in South Park. "Grounded Vindaloop" was the seventh episode and focused on Butters. It may have had some ups and downs over the years, but on the whole, South Park is still as sharp and insightful and hilarious as it ever was. Possibly the second best trilogy of episodes in South Park history (following only "Imaginationland"), Black Friday started with episode seven and then continued the story through the next two episodes to rave reviews. South Park is an American animated television sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central. The story has the boys buy martial arts weapons and then turn into Japanese warriors. Shawn S. Lealos is a freelance writer who received his Bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma with a minor in Film Studies. The move was in response to Streisand bashing the show for a season 1 episode that parodied her. Shawn is a former member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle before relocating to Texas and has work published in the Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma Gazette, Vox Magazine and Loud Magazine and on websites like The Huffington Post, CBS, Time Warner Cable, Yahoo, The Movie Network, Chud, Renegade Cinema, 411mania and Sporting News. of season 17 is the “Black Friday” trilogy, three episodes that lampooned the Black Friday traditions via a spot-on spoof of Game of Thrones. How many homeless people can Cartman jump on his skateboard? Matt Stone and Trey Parker started South Park in 1997, and the show remains popular over two decades later as the duo skewer anyone and everyone with no punches pulled. The animated series is not for children. Released in 2005, "Scott Tenorman Must Die" is arguably the best episode in the history of South Park. All rights reserved. It’s difficult to believe that any show could still be going strong after 22 seasons. In addition to writing for Screen Rant and Comic Book Resources, covering everything from Scorsese to Spider-Man, Ben directs independent films and does standup comedy.