Comedy show “South Park” will not air a new episode this week as previously scheduled, but that decision appears unrelated to the shooting death of media personality Charlie Kirk, who the show parodied earlier this year.
“Apparently when you do everything at the last minute sometimes you don’t get it done,” show creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone said in a statement Wednesday. “This one’s on us. We didn’t get it done in time. Thanks to Comedy Central and South Park fans for being so understanding. Tune in next week!”
Going forward, “South Park” plans to release new episodes once every three weeks instead of every other week as it has done for far during season 27. Upcoming run dates on Comedy Central will be Sept. 24, Oct. 15, Oct. 29, Nov. 12, Nov. 26 and Dec. 10. Each episode is avail