A minimum of for the time being, David Ellison, the brand new proprietor of Comedy Central’s father or mother firm, Paramount, is standing by South Park amid its present run of episodes completely demolishing the Trump Administration.
In an interview with CNN on Thursday, Ellison mentioned he has been a fan of South Park for his complete grownup life, and praised creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker as “extremely proficient.” He additionally defended the duo as “equal alternative offenders and at all times have been.”
Ellison formally took over as head of Paramount on Thursday, following the completion of Skydance’s $8 billion merger with the corporate. In current weeks, Paramount’s choices to cancel the Late Present with Stephen Colbert and settle a lawsuit with Donald Trump over a 60 Minutes section sparked issues that the incoming management was taking steps to silence a number of the president’s most vocal critics — probably to clean the trail for FCC approval.
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Nonetheless, talking with reporters on Thursday, Ellison claimed he was not concerned in both of these choices, attributing them to the actions of the earlier regime headed by Shari Redstone. However he reiterated that, in contrast to South Park, the Late Present was not a worthwhile property for Paramount, which was the rationale for its cancelation.
For its half, the Trump Administration has known as South Park irrelevant (regardless of the present receiving its best ratings in 26 years). Donald Trump himself is reportedly seething on the method he’s been portrayed on the present, whereas DHS Secretary Kristi Noem known as her depiction a “lazy” attack from liberals. VP JD Vance, however, seemed to relish his look on the present.
