Editing South Park (section)

===Syndication===
[[Broadcast syndication]] rights to ''South Park'' were acquired by [[Debmar-Mercury]] and [[Tribune Entertainment]] in 2003 and 2004 respectively.<ref name="debmar">{{cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-03-2003/0002010600&EDATE=|title=Debmar Studios Acquires Broadcast Syndication Rights To Comedy Central's(R) 'South Park'|publisher=PR Newswire|access-date=May 27, 2009|archive-date=July 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708203507/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/debmar-studios-acquires-broadcast-syndication-rights-to-comedy-centralsr-south-park-71020497.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="esyndication">{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/47952/oh_my_god_south_park_syndicated|title=Oh My God! "South Park" Syndicated|date=July 30, 2004|publisher=E! Online|access-date=February 21, 2022|last=Grossberg|first=Josh|archive-date=February 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221161118/https://www.eonline.com/news/47952/oh_my_god_south_park_syndicated|url-status=live}}</ref> Episodes further edited for content began running in syndication on September 19, 2005, and were aired in the United States with the [[TV-14-LV|TV-14]] rating.<ref name="esyndication" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2005/tv/features/sanitized-sex-south-park-all-set-1117928175/|title=Sanitized 'Sex,' 'South Park' all set|date=August 28, 2005|publisher=Variety|access-date=February 21, 2022|last=Frankel|first=Daniel|archive-date=February 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221163646/https://variety.com/2005/tv/features/sanitized-sex-south-park-all-set-1117928175/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[20th Television]] replaced Tribune as co-distributor in early 2008. By the time its run in syndication ended in 2015,<ref>{{cite web |author1=38 the Spot |author1-link=KMCI-TV |title=We have been receiving a lot of questions about what happened to South Park and why we are no longer airIng it |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10153203466813562 |website=[[Facebook]] |access-date=5 August 2024 |date=10 September 2015}}</ref> it aired in 90 percent of the television markets across the United States and Canada, where it generated an estimated US$25&nbsp;million a year in advertising revenue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snta.com/php/display.php?p=program&p_id=213|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515233735/http://www.snta.com/php/display.php?p=program&p_id=213|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 15, 2011|title=South Park|publisher=SNTA|access-date=May 27, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0316/086_cash_for_trash.html?feed=rss_business|date=February 25, 2009|title=Cash for Trash|work=Fobes|access-date=May 27, 2009|last1=Rose|first1=Lacey|last2=Streib|first2=Lauren|archive-date=February 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228125352/http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0316/086_cash_for_trash.html?feed=rss_business|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, [[CBS Television Distribution]] (the syndication arm of ViacomCBS, now known as [[Paramount Global]]), took over the full distribution rights following the [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|acquisition]] of [[21st Century Fox]] (parent of 20th Television) by [[The Walt Disney Company]] (who had employed Debmar-Mercury founder Mort Marcus as the head of their [[Disney-ABC Domestic Television|syndication division]]), distributing the show in syndication.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/debmar-mercury-inks-multi-year-deal-with-cbs-tv-distribution-1202587829|title=Debmar-Mercury Inks Multi-Year Deal With CBS TV Distribution For Ad Sales|date=April 3, 2019|last=Petski|first=Denise|access-date=April 14, 2019|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|archive-date=April 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404123708/https://deadline.com/2019/04/debmar-mercury-inks-multi-year-deal-with-cbs-tv-distribution-1202587829/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, South Park Studios struck a deal with [[ViacomCBS]], which allows the show to be renewed all the way up to season 30 and 14 additional films, enough to carry the show to at least 2027.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=2021-08-05 |title='South Park' Creators Trey Parker & Matt Stone Ink Big ViacomCBS Deal, With Comedy Central Renewal, 14 Original Movies On Paramount+ |url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/south-park-trey-parker-matt-stone-renewal-comedy-central-paramount-plus-1234809630/ |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805172104/https://deadline.com/2021/08/south-park-trey-parker-matt-stone-renewal-comedy-central-paramount-plus-1234809630/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/south-park-trek-parker-matt-stone-paramount-plus-movies-1235035295/ |title=Paramount Plus Orders 14 'South Park' Movies, Comedy Central Renews Series Through Season 30 |work=Variety |last=Littleton |first=Cynthia |date=August 5, 2021 |access-date=August 17, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815111010/https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/south-park-trek-parker-matt-stone-paramount-plus-movies-1235035295/ }}</ref>