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Wednesday's episode of 'South Park' will see the show head to a militarized Washington D.C. In a promo for the new episode...Towelie travels to the nation's capital and discovers that the town is overrun by soldiers and tanks. The footage suggests 'South Park' is tackling President Trump's controversial decision to deploy a significant number of federal law enforcement and immigration agents into Washington D.C as part of a crackdown on crime and homelessness.

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00:00Wow! Washington, D.C.

00:05Wednesday's episode of South Park will see the show head to a militarized Washington, D.C.

00:11In a promo for the new episode, Tau Li travels to the nation's capital

00:14and discovers that the town is overrun by soldiers and tanks.

00:19This seems like the perfect place for a town!

00:22The footage suggests South Park is tackling President Trump's controversial decision

00:27to deploy a significant number of federal law enforcement and immigration agents

00:31into Washington, D.C. as part of a crackdown on crime and homelessness.

00:35Critics have called it an unnecessary authoritarian takeover of the district,

00:39which has seen its crime statistics fall in recent years.

00:42It comes at a time when South Park, long famed for refusing to be perceived

00:46as taking political sides and mocking all,

00:49has taken a decidedly strong and recurring stance this season

00:52against the Trump administration, at least so far.

00:55Comedy Central also announced the show will be debuting new episodes every other week

00:59through at least September 17th.

01:01While South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and the network

01:05haven't commented on the schedule shifts,

01:07one might assume they're using the extra time to edge away from the show's

01:10usual breakneck six-day production schedule

01:13and give themselves more breathing room to make episodes at a time

01:16when the show is under perhaps unprecedented scrutiny

01:18and enjoying a surge of viewership.

01:21South Park's ratings have been setting records for Comedy Central.

01:24The season 27 premiere delivered 6 million cross-platform viewers

01:28and had the show's biggest share in 25 years.

01:31The second episode then delivered 6.2 million viewers

01:34and had the show's biggest share ever.

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01:39This is The Hollywood Reporter News.

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