South Park Season 18 Release Date, New Promotional Ad Takes Aim At Washington Redskins Controversy, Matt Parker And Trey Stone Decide To Do 10 Fall Episodes Instead Of 7 Fall And Spring [VIDEO]

South Park" Season 18 release date will be this week September 24, at its usual Wednesday time slot.

The most recent news is that a new "South Park" promotional spot shows Eric Cartman taking advantage of the decision to revoke the Washington Redskins copyright, and start a company called the "Washington Redskins" that also uses the team's logo. In the ad Dan Snyder tells Cartman that his use of the team's name is "offensive" and "derogatory" to the franchise.

The episode, titled "Go Fund Yourself," Cartman and his friends launch a Kickstarter campaign for their company and "sit back and watch the funding roll in."

"South Park" still gets great ratings after 18 seasons, and last years "Black Friday" trilogy was proof that Matt Parker and Trey Stone still can make that perfectly blended satire magic happen. The epiosde trilogy was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour).

It was also recently announced that every episode since the first season will be available shortly on the Hulu streaming service, while Hulu Plus subscribers will also gain access to the latest episodes the day after they air on Comedy Central. These episodes have previously streamed on South Park Studios, which will no longer have the episodes.

Stone said "We have 247 episodes now, so we've got plenty to feed different windows and different experiences. Content came out of its hole, saw its shadow and ran back to the hole for protection. What we do is expensive, it takes a lot of people, and it makes sense to put it through windows in a way that produces a lot of value. We do what we do because we act like we own the staff and try to surf whatever wave is out there."

Some fans; however, are not happy with the new Hulu deal. All the episodes were available to stream for free at SouthParkStudios.com, but now they are behind the hulu plus paywall. While some episodes will still be available at SouthParkStudios, they have increased the number of ads.

 At the beginning of last year, Matt Parker and Trey Stone decied to do less episodes of South Park per year, opting to do a 10 episode run in the fall, rather than 2 seven episode runs in the fall and spring.

Again, South Park season 18 release date will be September 24. Check back for more information as we get closer to the release date.

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