Overview
- The Television Academy awarded South Park the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for its latest season and the show acknowledged the win on social media.
- On Sunday the official South Park account posted an image of its cartoon Trump holding the trophy with the caption "You finally got your Emmy," referencing the president's long complaint about never winning for The Apprentice.
- The season's premiere broke the program's usual format by mixing live-action and animated material and drew extra attention from critics and awards voters.
- White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers issued a public rebuke calling the series "fourth-rate" and saying it has not been relevant for over 20 years.
- South Park is on hiatus until new episodes resume on Sept. 16, a return that could extend the public and political debate over the show's approach to satire and presidential targeting.