South Park Pandemic Special to Air on Comedy Central

ViacomCBS' Comedy Central brand has been rolling out global formats across various international markets, including content shot during coronavirus lockdowns, and featuring diverse talent to better serve existing audiences and attract new fans. And London-based company executive Kerry Taylor is happy with the results so far.

South Park pandemic special has scored the series its highest ratings in seven years.The one-off hour-long special episode, titled ‘The Pandemic Special’, premiered on Wednesday (September 30) on Comedy Central.The episode was watched by 2.3million Live+ Same Day viewers, and scored a 2.1 rating.

Calvin Harris has accused the UK government of “treating [the] music industry like shit” during the coronavirus pandemic.The DJ’s comments came as the #WeMakeEvents campaign planned an international day of action earlier this week (September 30), which aimed to prevent catastrophic damage being done to the £5.2 billion UK music scene.Sharing a picture of a burnt-out nightclub on Instagram, Harris wrote: “As usual the UK government treating music industry like shit; contributes 5bn to the

Will Thorne Staff Writer“South Park” returned with an hourlong pandemic special on Wednesday night, and boy did viewers find it infectious.The special drew 2.3 million total viewers on Comedy Central and scored a 2.1 rating in the key 18-49 demographic, making it the highest-rated episode of “South Park” in seven years.

Nellie Andreeva, Patrick Hipes The supersized Season 24 premiere of Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s South Park on Wednesday tackled the COVID-19 pandemic and drew a slew of viewers in the process, with Comedy Central’s animated veteran scoring 2.3 million Live+Same Day total viewers and a 2.1 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic on the network. That was the show’s highest L+SD demo number in seven years, up 168% vs.

“The Pandemic Special,” which is the show’s 308th episode, is considered a stand-alone and is the first of its kind for the series.The kickoff to Season 24 sees the police shoot Token (the show’s main Black character) and go on a rampage killing kids who are out after curfew.

South Park extended ‘Pandemic Special’ episode has been released.South Park Studios shared the clip on their YouTube channel yesterday (September 30) to tie in with the premiere of ‘The Pandemic Special’.The episode launched season 24, and is the show’s first one-off, hour-long release.

Naman Ramachandran Bollywood period espionage thriller “Bellbottom,” starring Akshay Kumar (“Pad Man”), and directed by Ranjit Tewari (“Lucknow Central”) has wrapped its Scotland shoot, making it one of the first projects globally to start and complete its entire shoot during the coronavirus pandemic.Producers Pooja Entertainment (“Coolie No.

Peter White Television EditorSouth Park is heading to MTV and MTV2 after ViacomCBS revealed that it would simulcast the animated comedy’s hour-long pandemic special.The long-running Comedy Central series will premiere its supersized episode – The Pandemic Special – tonight, Wednesday September 30 at 8 pm.

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.MOVIES— "The Glorias ": Julie Taymor's film, based on Gloria Steinem's 2015 book “My Life on the Road,” is a biopic with verve and flair. The legendary feminist leader is played by four different actresses (Julianna Moore, Alicia Vikander, Lulu Wilson, Ryan Kira Armstrong) across four stages of her life.

“Constant Comedy: How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor” (Ulysses Press).Bell started thinking about an all-comedy network consisting of short, funny clips from movies and TV shows while pursuing an MBA at Wharton.

Going down to South Park, the Denver Broncos are going to have themselves a time. On Sunday, the Broncos unveiled that the team added all the characters from the town ofSouth Park to the crowd cutouts inEmpower Field at Mile High.

South Park helped fill the Denver Broncos stadium over the weekend by sending in 1800 cardboard character cut-outs of recognisable faces from the long-running series to sit in the stands.The Colorado-set show partnered with the NFL team for yesterday’s (September 27) game with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which they went on to lose 28-10.Due to the current restrictions on crowds that are in place due to the coronavirus pandemic, only 5700 socially distanced fans were allowed in the stadium for

Global’s “Saturday Night Live” is returning home to 30 Rock.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorViacomCBS-owned Comedy Central UK has commissioned two new comedy formats: panel show Guessable and topical TV round-up program Channel Hopping With Jon Richardson.Tuesday’s Child Television, the production company behind LEGO Masters USA, has enlisted British comedian Sara Pascoe to host Guessable, an eight-part series in which two teams compete to identify the famous name or object inside a mystery box.

Eli Countryman There’s never been a better time to binge “Schitt’s Creek.”Fresh off of the show’s historic night at the Emmy Awards, the final season is not only heading to Netflix, but the whole series will air on Comedy Central as well.Comedy Central will air all six seasons of “Schitt’s Creek” beginning Oct. 2.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVOn the heels of its history-making Emmy wins Sunday, Schitt’s Creek is heading to Comedy Central.