The creators of “South Park” are using the first episode of its new season to skewer their boss, Paramount — the parent company of Comedy Central — for settling a lawsuit by President Trump.

The new South Park episode was released a day after it was announced that the show’s creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, reached a five-year deal with Paramount Global to create 50 new episodes and continue to air the show on Comedy Central and stream all episodes for five years on Paramount Plus. The deal is reportedly worth $1.5 billion.

“A fresh $1.5 billion deal and they immediately make their bosses’ lives miserable with the most vicious episode they have dropped in at least 10 years,” a user says on X.

The show features a cartoon version of Mr. Trump saying “no one makes fun of me and gets away with it” before he strips naked and gets into bed with Satan. The devil also makes fun of the size of Mr. Trump’s manhood. Satan asks Mr. Trump if he is on the “Epstein list” and likens him to Saddam Hussein.

The episode centers around Mr. Trump suing the town of South Park for $5 billion and needles the president for his use of lawsuits against political opponents. It features Jesus referencing the newly settled lawsuit with Mr. Trump over a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris.

The episode depicts a “60 Minutes” reporter covering Trump’s lawsuit against South Park on location in the town and being petrified of Mr. Trump. 

Jesus appears in the episode and says he is there as “part of a lawsuit agreement with Paramount.” He warns the residents to be quiet or the town will “be canceled.”

“Do you really want to end up like Colbert?” he asks. “You guys have to stop being stupid.”

CBS announced the cancellation of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” last week. The network calls it “purely a financial decision” but the announcement has drawn backlash because it comes just more than two weeks after Paramount Global, its parent company, agreed to pay $16 million to settle Mr. Trump’s $20 billion lawsuit over the editing of Vice President Harris’s October 2024 “60 Minutes” interview.

Mr. Colbert is a longtime critic of Mr. Trump and often ridicules him on his show.

Paramount’s board reportedly felt the company had to settle the lawsuit before the Trump administration would approve its do-or-die merger with Skydance Media.

The episode, entitled “Sermon on the Mount” ends with a mock public service announcement that the town is required to make as part of the settlement. It shows an artificially generated, live-action version of an obese Mr. Trump stripping naked in the desert.

There was a huge reaction to the episode on social media. “South Park” was trending on X with more than 200,000 posts.

“Best South Park episode in a long time,” one viewer commented.

Another reacted with, “South Park finally went back to its roots, the gloves are off!”

Some South Park fans think they found hidden messages in the show, including one person commenting on a line just before the closing credits.

The character Eric Cartman says “I love you, man” to Butters Stotch. A viewer speculated that it’s actually Mr. Parker expressing his affection for creative partner Mr. Stone “in case it’s all over for South Park.”

Other commenters wondered who signed off on the episode.

While Mr. Trump has not reacted to the episode on social media, the White House is responding, calling the show “fourth-rate” and “hanging on by a thread.”

“The Left’s hypocrisy truly has no end – for years they have come after South Park for what they labeled as ‘offense’ content, but suddenly they are praising the show,” assistant press secretary Taylor Rogers tells the New York Sun in an email.

“Just like the creators of South Park, the Left has no authentic or original content, which is why their popularity continues to hit record lows,” Rogers added. “This show hasn’t been relevant for over 20 years and is hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention. President Trump has delivered on more promises in just six months than any other president in our country’s history – and no fourth-rate show can derail President Trump’s hot streak.”