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, Towley travels to the nation's capital
00:15and 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.
00:43It 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 usual
01:11breakneck 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.
01:37For more on this story, go to THR.com.
01:39This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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