<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> southpark.cc.com </Td> </Tr> <P> South Park is an American adult animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for the Comedy Central television network . The show revolves around four boys--Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick--and their bizarre adventures in and around the titular Colorado town . Much like The Simpsons, South Park uses a very large ensemble cast of recurring characters and became infamous for its profanity and dark, surreal humor that satirizes a wide range of topics towards a mature audience . Parker and Stone developed the show from The Spirit of Christmas, two consecutive animated shorts created in 1992 and 1995 . The latter became one of the first Internet viral videos, ultimately leading to South Park's production . It debuted in August 1997 with great success, consistently earning the highest ratings of any basic cable program . Subsequent ratings have varied but it remains one of Comedy Central's highest rated shows, and is slated to air in new episodes through 2019 . </P> <P> The pilot episode was produced using cutout animation, leading to all subsequent episodes being produced with computer animation that emulated the cutout technique . Parker and Stone perform most of the voice acting for the show's male characters . Since 2000, each episode has typically been written and produced in the week preceding its broadcast, with Parker serving as the primary writer and director . There have been a total of 280 episodes over the course of the show's 21 seasons . The show's twenty - first season premiered on September 13, 2017 . </P> <P> South Park has received numerous accolades, including five Primetime Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, and numerous inclusions in various publications' lists of greatest television shows . The show's popularity resulted in a feature - length theatrical film, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut which was released in June 1999, less than two years after the show's premiere, and became a commercial and critical success, even garnering a nomination for an Academy Award . In 2013, TV Guide ranked South Park the tenth Greatest TV Cartoon of All Time . </P>

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