South Park

South Park
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Genre	Animated sitcom Black comedy Satire Surreal humor Slapstick
Created by	Trey Parker Matt Stone
Developed by	Brian Graden
Written by	Trey Parker (1997–present) Matt Stone Eric Stough (2001–present)
Directed by	Trey Parker Matt Stone (1997–1999) Eric Stough (1998–2002) Mark Kirkland (2002) Dave Willis (2002)
Voices of	Trey Parker Matt Stone Mary Kay Bergman Isaac Hayes Eliza Schneider Mona Marshall April Stewart
Theme music composer	Les Claypool
Composers	Adam Berry Scott Nickoley Jamie Dunlap
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	26
No. of episodes	328 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Trey Parker Matt Stone Brian Graden Deborah Liebling Frank C. Agnone II Bruce Howell Anne Garefino
Producers	Vernon Chatman Eric Stough Bruce Howell Adrien Beard Jack Shih
Cinematography	Kenny Gioseffi (S3-S11)
Animators	Akom Production Co. (1997-present) Rough Draft Korea Co, Ltd. (1997–present) Anivision (1997-present) Sunwoo Entertainment (2002 The Butter Show) Digital eMation (2003-present) Saerom Animation (2008-present)
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Celluloid Studios (1997) Braniff Productions (1997–2006) Parker-Stone Productions (2006–2007) South Park Studios (2007–present) MTV Entertainment Studios (2021–present) Comedy Partners
Original release
Network	Comedy Central
Release	August 13, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-08-13) – present
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South Park is an American adult animated sitcom about the lives of 24 children in the 4th grade living in the small mountain town of South Park, Colorado. The series is made to be watched by adults, but the series gets a lot of people to watch it because of its humor. It uses satire to make fun of subjects such as current events, religion, politics, and pop culture. The show is controversial because of its use of profanity and sexual humor. Characters in South Park include Butters Stotch, Eric Cartman, Kenny McCormick, Bebe Stevens, Millie Larsen, Heidi Turner, Red McArthur, Nichole Daniels, Allie Nelson, Betsy, Ashley, Kelly-Ann Barlow, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Timmy Burch, Jimmy Valmer, Clyde Donovan, Annie Knitts, Scott Malkinson, Lola, Nate, Adam Borque, DogPoo Petuski and Jason White. These children are 10 years old. The series is about them living in their town.

The series' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone made a movie about the series, called South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut which Parker directed and was released on June 30, 1999; 25 years ago (1999-06-30).