The first 26 seasons of “ South Park ” will leave HBO Max next week, after show creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone inked a rich deal with Paramount Global that included exclusive streaming rights on Paramount+.
“South Park” was part of the original HBO Max lineup when the service launch in May 2020, after then-parent WarnerMedia landed a multiyear deal for the show pegged as worth more than $500 million .
But now, the gang from “South Park” is exiting the streaming service, as of Aug. 5, 2025, according to a notice on the HBO Max site.
Parker and Stone’s new deal with Paramount reportedly is worth about $300 million per year for a total of $1.5 billion . Under the terms of the deal between Paramount and Parker and Stone’s Park County production company, “South Park” received an