Paramount's shows skewer Trump

»The creators of South Park aren't holding back. Nor are Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart.

- JOHN COBLIN

Just a few weeks after Paramount settled a lawsuit with President Donald Trump, and less than a week after the company made the abrupt decision to cancel The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, some of the company’s marquee names have been using their Paramount platforms to attack their corporate bosses — as well as the president.

In the season premiere of the animated Comedy Central franchise South Park on Wednesday night, a character portraying Jesus Christ visited the show's elementary school before revealing why he was really there: Mr Trump had sent him “because it was part of a lawsuit and the agreement with Paramount.”

“You guys saw what happened to CBS?” the character said. “Well, guess who owns CBS? Paramount! You really want to end up like Colbert? You guys got to stop being stupid. Just shut up, or we're going to get cancelled, you idiots!”

The episode also featured various terrified correspondents at CBS’ 60 Minutes, whose interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris was at the centre of Mr Trump's suit. The correspondents on South Park praised Mr Trump.

Making the episode more remarkable was that it aired just hours after Paramount and Comedy Central announced a new deal with Park County, the production studio run by the creators of