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South Park and the NBA may have gotten there first – figuratively if not literally – but Samantha Bee is heading to China. And she has some questions. In a special episode of TBS’ Full Frontal With Samantha Bee taped earlier this month and set to air next Wednesday, Bee travels to Hong Kong to ask, as TBS says, “What…

The world seems obsessed lately with Baby Yoda from The Mandalorian, the buzzy hit for Disney+. So, naturally, that fascination was ripe for ribbing on South Park. Tonight’s show focused on efforts by Scott Malkinson to get a streaming service in order to win the heart of a local girl. The only problem: his old man…

ViacomCBS will continue to strike major content deals with third parties as well as keeping some content in-house as the streaming wars heat up. CEO Bob Bakish revealed its "multi-pronged" approach when asked whether the company should "pick a lane" on Viacom’s last investor call as a standalone company. This comes…

The writers of South Park continued to tweak China in its latest edition, with Randy wearing a President Xi Jinping mask in the opening credits of  tonight’s episode. The zinger recalled South Park’s earlier poke at the lion’s cage. That, too, involved Randy, who was forced to shout out an epithet against the Chinese…

After bidding approached the top of the market, HBO Max has claimed exclsuive domestic streaming rights to the South Park vault starting in June of 2020, and will stream three new upcoming season in a shared deal with Viacom. Comedy Central, the animated show’s home for its first 23 seasons, will continue to air the…

PewDiePie, the YouTube blogger with more than 100 million subscribers worldwide, has been banned in China, joining Comedy Central’s South Park and the German DJ Zedd on a recent and growing list of artists and commentators to fall afoul of Chinese authorities since a Houston Rockets executive expressed support for…

At the same time it finds itself in the middle of a controversy about China-U.S. relations, Comedy Central’s South Park is exploring the booming streaming marketplace for established shows. Bids for the series, now in its 23rd season, have approached $500 million, sources confirm to Deadline. Netflix, interestingly…

A string of events this month related to China and ongoing protests in Hong Kong has tarnished major U.S. brands from the NBA to Apple to Activision Blizzard. While Hollywood usually finds itself in the thick of such controversies, it has managed this time to mostly avoid major reputational damage, at least for now. Vi…

The latest episode of South Park again touched on China – this time by taking a swipe at LeBron James’ comments about the controversy that has dogged the NBA. The episode, called “Let Them Eat Goo,” takes aim at the plant-based food craze, as lunches at South Park Elementary are replaced with faux meat. Cartman yells…

LeBron James has slammed NBA team owners for treating players with a "slave mentality" and weathered Fox New host Laura Ingraham's bellow that the L.A. Laker and other pro athletes should "shut up and dribble" when it comes to social and political topics. Not so much for Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey it seems. Turns…

Popular DJ and music producer Zedd has been permanently banned from China simply for liking a tweet from the South Park official Twitter account. South Park has been targeted by China for its recent episode, Band in China, in which it ridiculed the country’s censorship and had a major character deliver an epithet…

UPDATE: 22:30 PM: Apple later on Wednesday removed an app that protesters in Hong Kong have used to track police movements from its app store with the argument that it violated rules because it was used to ambush police. PREVIOUS 930 AM: Apple is the latest U.S. company to enter China’s cross-hairs, making an app…