Don’t name it a comeback — Comedy Central’s South Park, which returned to the Excellent Animated Program class with its first nomination in 5 years, landed its first win in 13 years.
On stage, South Park co-creator Trey Parker thanked followers. On social media, the present celebrated by taunting the Emmy-winning episodes’ frequent goal, President Donald Trump. Surrounded by the South Park characters, together with Devil, who delivered Parker a personality voice-over nomination this 12 months, the cartoon model of the President is holding an Emmy statuette together with his pants and underwear down.
The slogan, “You lastly received your Emmy,” possible refers to Trump’s penchant for trophies and his standing of a two-time Emmy nominee. As an govt producer of NBC’s The Apprentice, Trump shared in two Excellent Actuality-Competitors Program nominations, in 2004 and 2005. The Apprentice misplaced to CBS’ The Wonderful Race each instances.
Trump, depicted on South Park with actual pictures pasted on an animated physique, was relentlessly mocked through the 10 episodes that aired through the eligibility window for the 2026 Emmys Awards, break up into two five-episode seasons, 27 and 28. The satire led to the White Home clapping again with an announcement that “the present has been irrelevant for 20 years, counting on uninspired concepts for consideration.”
The lampooning of Trump is a part of South Park’s storied high-wire act custom of courting controversy with provocative, ripped-from-the headlines tales skewering popular culture. Which explains Parker’s aknowledgement accepting the Animated Program Emmy on stage Sunday, the present’s sixth win out of 19 nominations within the class.
“A giant thanks to the best followers on the earth. It’s solely due to you guys that we haven’t been canceled in 30 years,” he mentioned.
Created by Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, which premiered in 1997, scored a report three Emmy nominations this 12 months along with a Tv Academy Honor.
As promoted within the Emmy celebration collage with Trump, the sequence returns with new episodes Sept. 16.
