“ South Park ” scored big viewership with its highly-anticipated Season 27 premiere. According to Paramount, the new episode has brought in 5.9 million viewers across Paramount+ and Comedy Central in its first three days of availability. Total viewers in this case is defined as total global watch time divided by run time from July 24-26.

Long-running comedy series “South Park” has announced a brief season 27 hiatus following the premiere episode released on July 23. The next installment will now air next Wednesday, August 6 at 10 p.m.

The newest episode of "South Park" Season 27 is set to drop Wednesday, July 30, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central. The episode will be available to stream on Paramount+ the following day, July 31, at 6 am ET/3 a.m. PT, according to the streaming platform.