The creators of South Park have announced that the show’s new series will be called South America, in an apparent reference to President Donald Trump’s efforts to rename geographic features using the word “America”.
Matt Stone and Trey Parker said the change was “inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google”, which changed map labels for US users after Trump’s renaming orders.
The show’s official social media account shared an image of the familiar South Park sign with “Park” replaced by “America”.
The announcement comes after the programme won the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program on Sunday. Its 29th season is scheduled to premiere on 16 September.
Trump has sought to rename several places since beginning his second term. He ordered Lake Ontario to be called Lake America in August, according to the supplied report, while last year he directed that the Gulf of Mexico be known as the Gulf of America.
Mexico has rejected the Gulf of America name, arguing that a single country cannot rename a shared body of international water.
A day before the South Park announcement, Trump shared an AI-generated video showing the word “America” placed over “Mexico” on a “Welcome to New Mexico” sign.
Stone and Parker also thanked the show’s parent company, Paramount Skydance, in a post that referred to it as “a Skydance Capitulation”.
The animated series, which has run since 1997, has regularly mocked Trump. Its creators have drawn criticism from Trump, the White House and MAGA supporters for jokes targeting the president.
During the show’s 27th season, the White House described South Park as a “fourth-rate” show that was “hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention”, after an episode depicted Trump naked in bed with Satan.
After the Emmy win, the show also shared an image depicting a fictionalised Trump with the words: “You finally got your Emmy.”
