No less than in the mean time, 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 total grownup life, and praised creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker as “extremely proficient.” He additionally defended the duo as “equal alternative offenders and all the time 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 selections to cancel the Late Present with Stephen Colbert and settle a lawsuit with Donald Trump over a 60 Minutes phase sparked considerations that the incoming management was taking steps to silence a few of the president’s most vocal critics — probably to easy 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 selections, 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 referred to as South Park irrelevant (regardless of the present receiving its best ratings in 26 years). Donald Trump himself is reportedly seething on the manner he’s been portrayed on the present, whereas DHS Secretary Kristi Noem referred to as her depiction a “lazy” attack from liberals. VP JD Vance, then again, seemed to relish his look on the present.
