The new season of “South Park” launched amid the tensions between Comedy Central’s parent Paramount and the Trump White House. It also arrived after the show’s co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone scored a massive $1.5-billion five-year deal with Paramount for the streaming rights, which previously belonged to HBO Max.

South Park” is on a roll. The show’s most recent Season 27 episode, “Got a Nut,” averaged 6.2 million global multiplatform viewers in its first three days of release — which was up from the show’s heavily touted season premiere.

The biting satire of “South Park” continues to gain momentum this summer, according to newly released ratings from Paramount.