THE BOYS MAKE A COIN ABOUT THE NEW KID IN “THE LAUNCH,” AN ALL-NEW EPISODE OF SOUTH AMERICA

“The Launch,” An All-New Episode Of South America, Premieres Wednesday, September 30 At 10PM ET/PT On Comedy Central And Next Day On Paramount+ In The U.S., Canada And Australia

“The Launch”: The new kid has only been at school for three days, and Cartman is already convinced he knows something nobody else does. When the boys follow him home, they find hundreds of people online talking about a kid nobody can name, and Cartman has an idea: if everybody already knows him as the new kid, why not make that the coin? $NEWKID launches, nothing happens for twenty seconds, and then the number starts climbing. Within eleven minutes there is fan art, profile pictures, and someone who has been “following the project for months.” Cars pull up outside. Kids from school show up, then adults, then Randy. By midnight the new kid’s bedroom is the unofficial headquarters of something none of them understand, Cartman has appointed himself Head of Marketing, Kyle refuses to participate while continuing to participate, and Stan keeps asking when they are supposed to stop. Then somebody knocks on the bedroom door. They made a coin about the new kid. Now everyone wants to know who the new kid is.

New episodes of the Emmy Award-winning series will be available to stream on Paramount+ and On Demand with your TV Provider post-premiere.

The show continues to be celebrated three decades after its debut, winning its sixth Primetime Emmy for “Outstanding Animated Program” in 2026. South Park was included in the 2026 Television Academy Honors as their first-ever animated honoree, as the Producers Guild Awards (PGA) first animated show to be included in Best Episodic Comedy, and has also received awards and accolades from the American Film Institute (AFI), the Peabody Awards and the Critics Choice Association. In addition, South Park was the # 1 show on cable in 2025 among P18-49, including the return of S27 delivering the best average P18-49 share in 27 years and most watched season in six years. Co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are executive producers, along with Anne Garefino and Frank C. Agnone II. Eric Stough, Adrien Beard, Bruce Howell and Vernon Chatman are producers. Christopher Brion is the Creative Director of South Park Digital Studios. South Park’s website is SouthPark.cc.com.