New season starts Wednesday, March 11 at 10PM.

Also, from here on out, all South Park episodes will be produced in HD and widescreen.

Quote :

"On Wednesday March 11, 2009 at 10 pm EST South Park goes HD. We are really excited because, not only will the season premiere be in HD, but we have been working hard for over a year re-rendering previous seasons in native HD. We are not up-converting the episodes, but actually going into each episode and re-rendering every shot and frame at true HD. Check back soon for more info on the Comedy Central and South Park HD news, and the season 13 premiere."

Meaning ALL episodes of South Park will eventually be HD, I assume. The true question is when will TWC actually add CC HD?

1/20/2009 3:44:23 PM

season 12 is coming out on bluray

1/20/2009 3:45:41 PM

oh yeah..

Quote :

"And don't forget to check out the brand new South Park: The Complete Uncensored Twelfth Season Blu-ray and the South Park: The Complete Uncensored Twelfth Season DVD, available for pre-order at the Comedy Central store. Each version features behind the scenes footage shown right here on SouthParkStudios.com, including: • Featurette: Six Days to South Park – A Day-by-Day Making of South Park (Super Fun Time) • Featurette: Six Days to South Park -- The Sixth Day (About Last Night) • Featurette: The Making of ''Major Boobage'' • And mini-commentaries by Matt and Trey for each episode (not available at sps.com)"

1/20/2009 3:47:59 PM

I love HD and all, but I kinda miss the feel of the older seasons, when it had that DIY feel to it. Don't get me wrong I still love the show, but I miss the old format.

1/20/2009 4:20:44 PM

i love south park like a welfare queen loves Obama

1/20/2009 4:23:33 PM

maybe I'm missing something here, and I don't mean this to be a slight on South Park because it may very well be my favorite show on TV, but...

what is the value added having HD for a cartoon, other than for Matt and Trey to make fun of the fact that it's a cartoon in HD?

[Edited on January 20, 2009 at 5:19 PM. Reason : of]

1/20/2009 5:19:23 PM

it probably won't be all that big of a difference but it will be a little sharper. HD > no HD

1/20/2009 10:15:35 PM

Comedy Central HD just went live on DirecTV this morning

1/21/2009 9:55:05 AM

ahaha this Elementary School Musical is pretty funny

1/22/2009 12:06:04 AM

first episode will be about digital tv transition and old people going crazy, SouthPark style

and they will probably have Stan's dad buy a new TV

and just lay on the couch watching all the channels 'cause its HD, overreacting to stuff like when there was no internet or when he HAD to videotape everything

all while the show itself is ironically in HD

then a Cartman/Butters subplot about something unrelated, maybe trying to haggle at circuit city 'cause its closing or trying to return a game he didn't want there???


not a bad episode I just came up with!

[Edited on January 22, 2009 at 6:32 AM. Reason : ftw]

1/22/2009 6:30:49 AM

Quote :

"what is the value added having HD for a cartoon"

Well, it's on TV, so the more pleasant it is to look at the better.

Realistically, what's the value of having it for any comedy? It doesn't make them any funnier.

1/22/2009 9:13:43 AM

I see your point, but when you're talking about any comedy I think making it look sharper is at least marginally more important than when you are dealing with a cartoon that is based off of construction paper and has made fun of itself numerous times for having crappy animation (I am aware they don't use construction paper any more)

I dunno...I don't know much about shooting in HD and if it's more expensive, I suppose if it's the same price than I guess why no

1/22/2009 10:09:14 AM

just gonna go ahead and bump this so we don't get a duplicate. starts a week from wednesday, no announcement on the episode yet but you'd think it would be something to do with the economy.

3/2/2009 10:07:57 PM

cartoons are obviously less affected by jumping to HD by their sheer relative simplicity of graphics compared to live action video, but since everything is going to be in HD eventually, why not go ahead...they have the money

3/2/2009 10:09:06 PM

cartoons / animation actually do look better in HD, any form of HD.

3/3/2009 12:05:19 AM

sure, but everything looks better in HD...im just saying that live action video has a more impressive improvement from SD to HD than cartoons do

3/3/2009 12:54:45 AM

getting your balls twisted about it being in HD has to be sillier than the fact that it is in HD

3/3/2009 1:02:53 AM

There was a HD version of an episode released for the xbox marketplace. HD looks really good and works well with South Park. Can't wait!

3/3/2009 8:43:57 AM

I love SP, I will cry if its ever taken off air

3/3/2009 10:20:25 AM

I'm not getting my balls twisted at all...I really don't give a shit one way or the other

I was simply asking a question about the value added...I'm not going to complain about it.

3/3/2009 2:26:10 PM

For all of you Netflix users, Comedy Central, Stone and Parker have reached a deal with Netflix to stream the first 9 seasons of SP on Netflix.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/business/media/02carr.html?_r=2&ref=business

3/3/2009 5:24:52 PM

South Park has become too centrist for me, but as long as they can roll out the funny I can look the other way.

3/3/2009 6:11:52 PM

hahahaha, here we go.

NEW YORK, March 9, 2009 –KENNY AND HIS NEW GIRLFRIEND GO TO A JONAS BROTHERS’ CONCERT in the 13th season premiere of “South Park” titled, “The Ring.”
“South Park” returns with seven all-new episodes beginning Wednesday, March 11 at 10:00 p.m. on COMEDY CENTRAL.

THINKING IT’S HIS WAY INTO HER HEART AND OTHER BODY PARTS, KENNY TAKES HIS NEW GIRLFRIEND TO A JONAS BROTHERS CONCERT. HIS DREAM OF TAKING THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE NEXT LEVEL IS CRUSHED WHEN THE JONAS BROTHERS GIVE THEM PURITY RINGS.

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/220699


hahahaha

3/8/2009 11:07:46 PM

one more day

3/10/2009 5:19:23 PM

awesome, I hate the jonas brothers.

3/10/2009 7:05:13 PM

Your girlfriend's a slut dude.

3/11/2009 10:07:44 PM

i'm at mickey mouse whupping ass


not funny so far

3/11/2009 10:33:32 PM

it was pretty funny until they went to the JB concert, so like 5 minutes in.

3/11/2009 11:13:34 PM

mickey mouse had me rolling when he turned into the 50ft parade float, and kenny dying from syphilis

3/11/2009 11:25:26 PM

This is fucking hilarious

3/12/2009 12:11:17 AM

pretty fucking funny...

3/12/2009 4:35:38 AM

lol mickey mouse was fucking hilarious

3/12/2009 6:19:28 AM

"who wants to be sprayed in the face with the jonas brother's white foam"

3/12/2009 8:19:23 AM

"a ring that says you'll be together but not have sex? hmmmm. Isn't that called a wedding ring?"

LOLbutters

I'm expecting a Twitter episode soon.

[Edited on March 12, 2009 at 9:30 AM. Reason : twitter blows.]

3/12/2009 9:29:35 AM

Meh. It had its moments, but like last season, these are becoming few and far between.

3/12/2009 9:32:58 AM

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""a ring that says you'll be together but not have sex? hmmmm. Isn't that called a wedding ring?""

that just seems like the easiest joke ever

this seemed like one of those eps where they had an idea that was good but couldnt really support a full episode

3/12/2009 6:37:11 PM

^ yeah, that joke has only been replaced by "Why do gays want to get married? So they can be miserable like the rest of us?" as most worn-out joke ever

Mickey Mouse: "Christian are fucking retarded! They believe in a talking dead guy!"

3/15/2009 10:18:58 PM

The Coon
Episode 1302 (Original Air Date: Mar 18, 2009)
"The Coon" rises from the trash and takes his place as a lone vigilante who wipes out crime in the town of South Park.

I think the last episode was great, it was a good idea and it may have had to be stretched too far but pretty well executed overall, mickey and the foam got me laughing

3/16/2009 8:15:57 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfgqEiXW-OU

lol shit i didn't know it was for real

makes it even funnier

3/16/2009 2:25:26 PM

man my idea was far better

3/16/2009 2:34:07 PM

the foam is real............wow............that makes the joke even better

3/18/2009 5:12:02 PM

ahahaha

wow

3/18/2009 5:13:12 PM

holy shit that's ridiculous. America has gone to shit

3/18/2009 8:29:37 PM

lol super deep batman voice

3/18/2009 10:10:04 PM

Quote :

"That's not a costume, he just wears his underwear over his butt-fucking pants"

I thought that was pretty good.

3/18/2009 10:19:13 PM

haha

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3/18/2009 10:30:23 PM

i did not get that

3/18/2009 10:30:51 PM

damn, cop out ending,

too bad they sucked up the execution of a good concept

3/18/2009 10:30:54 PM

better than last week's

3/18/2009 10:40:35 PM

just started

and i have to say, i'm an idiot for not realizing this was gonna be watchmen

3/18/2009 10:51:33 PM