Editing South Park (section)

===Recognitions and awards===
In 2004, [[Channel 4]] voted ''South Park'' the third-greatest cartoon of all time.<ref name="100GrestCartns">{{Cite episode|title=100 Greatest Cartoons |url=http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/cartoons/results.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022103843/http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/cartoons/results.html |archive-date=October 22, 2010 |access-date=April 13, 2012 |series=''Greatest'' series |station=[[Channel 4]] |date=February 27, 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2007, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine included the show on its list of the "100 Best TV Shows of All Time", proclaiming it as "America's best source of rapid-fire satire for [the past] decade".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://time.com/collection-post/3103814/south-park/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014013307/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1651341_1659196_1652729,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 14, 2007|title=All-TIME 100 TV Shows: South Park|access-date=February 21, 2022|author=Poniewozik, James|date=September 6, 2007|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref> The same year, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' declared it to be the funniest show on television since its debut 10 years prior.<ref>
{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/south-park-still-sick-still-wrong-231538/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619072618/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/south_park_still_sick_still_wrong/page/2 |archive-date=June 19, 2008 |title=Still Sick, Still Wrong |date=March 22, 2007 |publisher=Rolling Stone |access-date=February 21, 2022 |last=Grigoriadis |first=Vanessa}}</ref> In 2008, ''South Park'' was named the 12th-greatest TV show of the past 25 years by ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2007/06/18/new-classics-tv/|title=The New Classics: TV|access-date=February 21, 2022|date=June 17, 2008|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|archive-date=July 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716041112/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C20207339%2C00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> while [[AOL]] declared it as having the "most astute" characters of any show in history when naming it the 16th-best television comedy series of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aoltv.com/2008/04/01/best-tv-comedies/|title=50 Best TV Comedies – Ever|date=April 1, 2008|publisher=AOL TV|access-date=February 21, 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419013254/http://television.aol.com/insidetv/2008/04/01/best-tv-comedies/ |archive-date=April 19, 2009 }}</ref> In 2011, ''South Park'' was voted number one in the ''25 Greatest Animated TV Series'' poll by ''Entertainment Weekly''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/gallery/25-greatest-animated-tv-series-you-ranked-em/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|title=25 Greatest Animated TV Series: You Ranked 'Em!|date=May 25, 2011|access-date=February 21, 2022|archive-date=February 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221170237/https://ew.com/gallery/25-greatest-animated-tv-series-you-ranked-em/|url-status=live}}</ref> The character of Cartman ranked 10th on [[TV Guide]]'s 2002 list of the "Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters",<ref name="TVGuide">{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/30/cartoon.characters.list/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406225705/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/30/cartoon.characters.list/ |archive-date=April 6, 2013 |title=TV Guide's 50 greatest cartoon characters of all time |access-date=February 21, 2022 |date=July 30, 2002 |publisher=CNN |url-status=dead }}</ref> 198th on [[VH1]]'s "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons",<ref name="pop">{{harvp|ps=.|Mansour|2005|p=144}}</ref> 19th on [[Bravo (American TV network)|Bravo]]'s "100 Greatest TV Characters" television special in 2004,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bravoprofiles.com/The_100_Greatest_TV_Characters/index.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090507184134/http://www.bravoprofiles.com/The_100_Greatest_TV_Characters/index.shtml |archive-date=May 7, 2009 |title=The 100 Greatest TV Characters |publisher=Bravo|access-date=August 25, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and second on [[MSNBC]]'s 2005 list of TV's scariest characters behind [[Mr. Burns]] from ''The Simpsons''.<ref name="msnbccartman">{{cite news|author=Brian Bellmont|title=TV's top 10 scariest characters|work=Today|date=November 1, 2005|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/tv-s-top-10-scariest-characters-wbna9699636|access-date=February 21, 2022|archive-date=March 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319073834/https://www.today.com/popculture/tv-s-top-10-scariest-characters-wbna9699636|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2006, Comedy Central received a [[Peabody Award]] for ''South Park''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> "stringent social commentary" and "undeniably fearless lampooning of all that is self-important and hypocritical in American life".<ref name="fortune" /><ref name="rocky" /><ref name="basile2" /><ref>[http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/south-park 65th Annual Peabody Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227205804/http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/south-park |date=February 27, 2021 }}, May 2006.</ref> In 2013, the [[Writers Guild of America]] ranked ''South Park'' at number 63 among the "101 Best-Written Shows Ever".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Schneider|first=Michael|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/exclusive-best-written-shows-ever-tv-writers-1066234/|title=Exclusive: TV Writers Choose the 101 Best-Written Shows Ever; What Was No. 1?|magazine=TV Guide|date=June 3, 2013|access-date=February 21, 2022|archive-date=February 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221170238/https://www.tvguide.com/news/exclusive-best-written-shows-ever-tv-writers-1066234/|url-status=live}}</ref> Also in 2013, TV Guide listed the show at number 10 among the "60 Greatest Cartoons of All Time".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/greatest-cartoons-tv-guide-magazine-1071203/|title=TV Guide Magazine's 60 Greatest Cartoons of All Time|last=Sands|first=Rick|magazine=TV Guide|date=September 24, 2013|access-date=September 24, 2013|archive-date=July 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150729051629/http://www.tvguide.com/news/greatest-cartoons-tv-guide-magazine-1071203/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, the series was ranked 42nd on ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper's list of the 100 best TV shows of the 21st century.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/sep/16/100-best-tv-shows-of-the-21st-century |website=The Guardian |date=September 16, 2019 |access-date=September 23, 2019 |archive-date=November 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101054025/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/sep/16/100-best-tv-shows-of-the-21st-century |url-status=live }}</ref>

''South Park'' won the [[CableACE Award]] for Best Animated Series in 1997, the last year the awards were given out.<ref>{{cite web|last=Basile|first=Nancy|url=http://animatedtv.about.com/library/weekly/aa092102b.htm|title=South Park Awards|access-date=August 15, 2007|publisher=about.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511210611/http://animatedtv.about.com/library/weekly/aa092102b.htm|archive-date=May 11, 2009}}</ref> In 1998, ''South Park'' was nominated for the [[Annie Award]] for Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Primetime or Late Night Television Program. It was also nominated for the 1998 [[GLAAD Media Awards|GLAAD Award]] for Outstanding TV – Individual Episode for "[[Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride]]".<ref name="lowbrow" />

''South Park'' has been nominated for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)|Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program]] eighteen times (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004–2011, 2013–2018 and 2021). The show has won the award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour) four times, for the 2005 episode "[[Best Friends Forever (South Park)|Best Friends Forever]]",<ref name="basile2">{{cite web|url=http://animatedtv.about.com/cs/news/a/awards_2.htm|title=South Park Awards|access-date=December 25, 2008|publisher=about.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207065703/http://animatedtv.about.com/cs/news/a/awards_2.htm|archive-date=December 7, 2008}}</ref> the 2006 episode "[[Make Love, Not Warcraft]]",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.org/awards/2007pt/nominations_crtv.php?action=search_db#1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070906023154/http://www.emmys.org/awards/2007pt/nominations_crtv.php?action=search_db |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 6, 2007 |title=59th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Nominees/Winners |access-date=October 19, 2008 |year=2007 |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] }}</ref> the 2009 episode "[[Margaritaville (South Park)|Margaritaville]]", and the 2012 episode "[[Raising the Bar (South Park)|Raising the Bar]]".<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/tv/la-et-st-creative-arts-emmys-hbos-behind-the-candelabra-wins-the-night-20130915,0,7488026.story "Creative Arts Emmys: HBO's 'Behind the Candelabra' wins the night"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017110342/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/tv/la-et-st-creative-arts-emmys-hbos-behind-the-candelabra-wins-the-night-20130915,0,7488026.story |date=October 17, 2014 }} ''Los Angeles Times''. September 16, 2013.</ref> The "[[Imaginationland Episode I|Imaginationland]]" trilogy of episodes won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More) in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cdn.emmys.tv/downloads/2008/CTA08winners_pressrel.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326065136/http://cdn.emmys.tv/downloads/2008/CTA08winners_pressrel.pdf |archive-date=March 26, 2009 |title=2008 Creative Arts Emmy winners |access-date=September 13, 2008 |date=September 13, 2008 |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |url-status=dead }}</ref>