--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: South Park image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51d8c9c213993325/69869f32361760d0ff90d6b3/t100_tv_south-park1.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Aug 12, 2014 # _South Park_ by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Everett Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s Comedy Central cartoon has been America’s best source of rapid-fire satire for a decade now, blasting hypocrites left and right and giving the final (and usually, the dirtiest) word on Elian Gonzalez, Terry Schiavo and numerous celebrity flip-outs. But the show’s authentic, filthy heart is the four foul-mouthed, truth-telling Colorado boys at its center. Eric Cartman, especially, is a creation for the ages — America’s wants and appetites rolled up into one pudgy package. The show’s best episodes are not the current-events riffs but the stories about the boys, like “Scott Tenorman Must Die,” in which Cartman concocts a Grand Guignol revenge against a tormentor involving cannibalism and a trained pony. Parker and Stone put the “id” in kid, and for that, we respect their authoritah. [Get This TV Series](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00023P49C/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/all-time-100-tv-shows/3103814/south-park/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/all-time-100-tv-shows/3103814/south-park/"},"headline":"South Park","datePublished":"2014-08-12T15:33:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:01:52.405Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/all-time-100-tv-shows/3103814/south-park/","keywords":["Sitcom"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51d8c9c213993325/69869f32361760d0ff90d6b3/t100_tv_south-park1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51d8c9c213993325/69869f32361760d0ff90d6b3/t100_tv_south-park1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/all-time-100-tv-shows/3103814/south-park/","name":"South Park"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"South Park","description":"Trey Parker and Matt Stone's Comedy Central cartoon has been America's best source of rapid-fire satire for a decade now, blasting hypocrites left and right and giving the final (and usually, the dirtiest) word.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/IpdEmX0T/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2007-09-05T13:24:58.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/IpdEmX0T.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/all-time-100-tv-shows/3103814/south-park/","duration":"PT34S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/all-time-100-tv-shows/3103814/south-park/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```