South Park has been entertaining viewers for over two decades now, with its crude humor and irreverent takes on pop culture happenings. While most of South Park’s controversial moments have to do with its content, there’s been quite the brouhaha going on behind the scenes. Back in February, Warner Bros. Discovery sued Paramount Global, with HBO Max arguing they didn’t get the original content promised in the huge $500 million streaming deal they made in 2019. Now Paramount has hit back, alleging in a countersuit that not only did they fulfill the terms of the agreement, but that HBO Max has withheld two payments of $26 million apiece.
Warner Bros Discovery has said Paramount violated the streaming contract by providing only 14 new episodes of South Park, when HBO Max was expecting three 10-episode seasons. Paramount disputed this in their counterclaim, via Variety, saying there was no minimum number of episodes agreed on. A spokesperson also said in a statement that the $52 million owed is for the rights to the 300-plus best South Park episodes (minus a few from the full catalog) that HBO Max is currently profiting from. The statement reads:
