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There are few TV exhibits which have courted controversy fairly like over the past 30 years, and it’s nonetheless doing so – however not for the explanations you’ll in all probability anticipate. Whereas many followers have been completely happy to find the sequence is lastly about to affix Paramount+’s costly library in July 2025, the information has been marred by the just about assured exclusion of 17 episodes which can be successfully being “banned” from the platform. And that has clearly led to a petition.

South Park has been out there on Paramount+ in a number of different international locations, together with the U.Ok., for some time now, and in these territories, a complete of 17 episodes have remained unavailable. The checklist includes:

“Large Homosexual Al’s Boat Journey” Season 1, Episode 4

“Terrance And Phillip In Not With out My Anus” Season 2, Episode 1

“Pip/Nice Expectations” Season 4, Episode 14

“Tremendous Greatest Pals” Season 5, Episode 3

“Jared Has Aides” Season 6, Episode 2

“Simpsons Did It” Season 6, Episode 7

“Cancelled” Season 7, Episode 1

“Ardour Of The Jew” Season 8, Episode 3

“You Obtained F’d In The A” Season 8, Episode 4

“Two Days Earlier than the Day After Tomorrow” Season 9, Episode 8

“Trapped In The Closet” Season 9, Episode 12

“Cartoon Wars 1 & 2” Season 10, Episodes 3 and 4

“200 & 201” Season 14, Episodes 5 and 6

“Jewpacabra” Season 16, Episode 4

“Ginger Cow” Season 17, Episode 6

In a Change.org petition, followers have now demanded that Paramount+ ought to “give followers the total content material they love and help” by not omitting these episodes from the launch. The petition reads:

“As followers of South Park — probably the most fearless, controversial, and impactful animated sequence of all time — we’re calling on Paramount+ to launch your complete sequence, together with the 17 episodes at the moment excluded from the upcoming July 2025 catalog. Paramount CEO Bob Bakish beforehand promised to not censor historic artwork, saying: “I don’t imagine in censoring artwork that was made traditionally… You don’t have to look at something you don’t wish to.”

So why is Paramount+ now eradicating key episodes, a lot of which helped outline the present’s legacy and solidify Comedy Central’s success? This isn’t about shock worth — that is about freedom of expression, creative consistency, and respecting your viewers. By pulling these episodes, Paramount+ is exhibiting a disappointing contradiction between what it says and what it does.

This choice, if left unchanged, will go down as probably the most short-sighted in streaming historical past. Don’t be a flip-flopper. Do the appropriate factor. Let the artwork communicate for itself. Launch all 17 episodes.”

‘South Park’ Continues to Be Extremely In style and Controversial

For a protracted whereas now, South Park has been a fixture of Max, however because the sequence prepares to alter streaming platforms, followers have been bracing themselves to not have fairly the identical line-up of episodes when the present hits Paramount+.

At the moment, and till the top of June, followers can nonetheless watch most of those episodes of the sequence, though Max has already eliminated “Tremendous Greatest Pals,” “Cartoon Wars Half I & II,” “200,” and “201.” There was no official affirmation from Paramount+ that they are going to be banning these episodes, however contemplating they’re lacking all over the world the place South Park is already being hosted by Paramount+ it appears possible that there will likely be some type of censorship on them if not an entire elimination from the episodes out there.

Whether or not the petition from followers, which was arrange 5 days in the past however has solely gained 1140 signatures on the time of writing, could have any affect on the choice about which episodes will and gained’t make it into Paramount+’s library is but to be seen. Nevertheless, by the top of the month, that quantity may have grown considerably forward of the present’s platform change.

Supply: Change.org