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Calculated Shard: 95 (from laksa185)

2. Crawled Status Check

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa095.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/south-park-skipping-week-1236343159/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/south-park-skipping-week-1236343159/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/south-park-skipping-week-1236343159\/","crawl_time":1776119250,"first_indexed_time":1755091765,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,hollywoodreporter!www,\/tv\/tv-news\/south-park-skipping-week-1236343159\/ s443","src_root_hash":"10564971293756041095","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"'South Park': Is There a New Episode Tonight?","meta_descriptions":["Comedy Central is declaring a \"South Park Day\" of programming instead of another season 27 episode."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Skip to main content\nHome\nTV\nTV News\n‘South Park’ Skipping Another Week Amid Controversy, Record Ratings\nComedy Central is celebrating a \"South Park Day\" of programming for the show's anniversary instead of airing another season 27 episode.\n'South Park'\nSouth Park\nis so on fire right now, it even makes news for\nnot\nairing an episode.\nComedy Central is not airing a new episode of the animated hit series this week — the second time the show has not run a weekly episode since its season 27 premiere just a few weeks ago. But unlike when the show\nabruptly skipped\nits second week of the season (and unlike when the season premiere itself was delayed two weeks), this hiatus has been baked into the schedule for a while.\nInstead, the cable network has declared Aug. 13 “\nSouth Park\nDay” and is running a marathon of fan-favorite episodes starting at 9 a.m. ET which leads up to an airing of the show’s first episode, “Cartman Gets an Anal Probe,” in the show’s usual 10 p.m. ET time slot. The programming will also feature interviews with creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, behind-the-scenes footage and rare clips. The event marks the anniversary of the show’s first episode in 1997.\nThe pause also gives the production a bit of breathing room. The show operates on a famously tight schedule, with Parker and Stone creating entire episodes in just six days and often delivering a locked cut hours before Comedy Central’s deadline.\nThe skipped week comes amid the production experiencing a massive — and perhaps unprecedented — amount of attention and scrutiny while heavily targeting the Trump Administration (and, in the season premiere, its own parent company, Paramount Global). While the Administration\nhas gamely\n, and repeatedly, fired back.\nEarlier this week, the production released a bonus “end credits scene” to last week’s episode mocking Kristi Noem. The clip (below) showed the Homeland Security Secretary shooting up a pets store. The production’s X page also changed its avatar to Noem’s “melting face” from the episode\nafter she blasted the show\n, saying, “It’s so lazy to make fun of women for how they look. Only the liberals and the extremists do that.”\nMeanwhile, the show’s ratings have been setting records. The season 27 premiere delivered 6 million cross-platform viewers and had the show’s biggest share in 25 years. 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But unlike when the show [abruptly skipped](https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/south-park-skipping-week-episode-2-season-27-1236333286\/) its second week of the season (and unlike when the season premiere itself was delayed two weeks), this hiatus has been baked into the schedule for a while.\n\nInstead, the cable network has declared Aug. 13 “*South Park* Day” and is running a marathon of fan-favorite episodes starting at 9 a.m. ET which leads up to an airing of the show’s first episode, “Cartman Gets an Anal Probe,” in the show’s usual 10 p.m. ET time slot. The programming will also feature interviews with creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, behind-the-scenes footage and rare clips. 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The show operates on a famously tight schedule, with Parker and Stone creating entire episodes in just six days and often delivering a locked cut hours before Comedy Central’s deadline.\n\nThe skipped week comes amid the production experiencing a massive — and perhaps unprecedented — amount of attention and scrutiny while heavily targeting the Trump Administration (and, in the season premiere, its own parent company, Paramount Global). While the Administration [has gamely](https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/white-house-south-park-trump-desperate-for-attention-1236328272\/), and repeatedly, fired back.\n\nEarlier this week, the production released a bonus “end credits scene” to last week’s episode mocking Kristi Noem. The clip (below) showed the Homeland Security Secretary shooting up a pets store. 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Boilerpipe Text	Skip to main content Home TV TV News ‘South Park’ Skipping Another Week Amid Controversy, Record Ratings Comedy Central is celebrating a "South Park Day" of programming for the show's anniversary instead of airing another season 27 episode. 'South Park' South Park is so on fire right now, it even makes news for not airing an episode. Comedy Central is not airing a new episode of the animated hit series this week — the second time the show has not run a weekly episode since its season 27 premiere just a few weeks ago. But unlike when the show abruptly skipped its second week of the season (and unlike when the season premiere itself was delayed two weeks), this hiatus has been baked into the schedule for a while. Instead, the cable network has declared Aug. 13 “ South Park Day” and is running a marathon of fan-favorite episodes starting at 9 a.m. ET which leads up to an airing of the show’s first episode, “Cartman Gets an Anal Probe,” in the show’s usual 10 p.m. ET time slot. The programming will also feature interviews with creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, behind-the-scenes footage and rare clips. The event marks the anniversary of the show’s first episode in 1997. The pause also gives the production a bit of breathing room. The show operates on a famously tight schedule, with Parker and Stone creating entire episodes in just six days and often delivering a locked cut hours before Comedy Central’s deadline. The skipped week comes amid the production experiencing a massive — and perhaps unprecedented — amount of attention and scrutiny while heavily targeting the Trump Administration (and, in the season premiere, its own parent company, Paramount Global). While the Administration has gamely , and repeatedly, fired back. Earlier this week, the production released a bonus “end credits scene” to last week’s episode mocking Kristi Noem. The clip (below) showed the Homeland Security Secretary shooting up a pets store. The production’s X page also changed its avatar to Noem’s “melting face” from the episode after she blasted the show , saying, “It’s so lazy to make fun of women for how they look. Only the liberals and the extremists do that.” Meanwhile, the show’s ratings have been setting records. The season 27 premiere delivered 6 million cross-platform viewers and had the show’s biggest share in 25 years. Early estimates from Samba on the show’s second episode showed live viewing jumping 25 percent from the season premiere. Season 27 consists of 10 episodes and is expected to continue next week. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up
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Comedy Central is not airing a new episode of the animated hit series this week — the second time the show has not run a weekly episode since its season 27 premiere just a few weeks ago. But unlike when the show [abruptly skipped](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/south-park-skipping-week-episode-2-season-27-1236333286/) its second week of the season (and unlike when the season premiere itself was delayed two weeks), this hiatus has been baked into the schedule for a while. Instead, the cable network has declared Aug. 13 “South Park Day” and is running a marathon of fan-favorite episodes starting at 9 a.m. ET which leads up to an airing of the show’s first episode, “Cartman Gets an Anal Probe,” in the show’s usual 10 p.m. ET time slot. The programming will also feature interviews with creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, behind-the-scenes footage and rare clips. The event marks the anniversary of the show’s first episode in 1997. ### Related Stories [![Matt Stone gets deepfaked into his deepfake video of Kendrick Lamar](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/MattStoneQuad.jpg?w=1500)](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/matt-stone-trey-parker-deep-voodoo-ai-south-park-trump-1236552586/) [The AI Issue](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/matt-stone-trey-parker-deep-voodoo-ai-south-park-trump-1236552586/) ### [Is Trey Parker and Matt Stone's Deep Voodoo the Rare Company Doing AI Right?](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/matt-stone-trey-parker-deep-voodoo-ai-south-park-trump-1236552586/) [!['South Park: Born in Chaos' Fortnite artwork.](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Born-in-Chaos-Key-Art.jpg?w=1500)](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/south-park-fortnite-born-in-chaos-1236467764/) [TV](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/c/tv/) ### ['South Park' Enters the Fortnite Universe With 'Born in Chaos'](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/south-park-fortnite-born-in-chaos-1236467764/) The pause also gives the production a bit of breathing room. The show operates on a famously tight schedule, with Parker and Stone creating entire episodes in just six days and often delivering a locked cut hours before Comedy Central’s deadline. The skipped week comes amid the production experiencing a massive — and perhaps unprecedented — amount of attention and scrutiny while heavily targeting the Trump Administration (and, in the season premiere, its own parent company, Paramount Global). While the Administration [has gamely](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/white-house-south-park-trump-desperate-for-attention-1236328272/), and repeatedly, fired back. Earlier this week, the production released a bonus “end credits scene” to last week’s episode mocking Kristi Noem. The clip (below) showed the Homeland Security Secretary shooting up a pets store. The production’s X page also changed its avatar to Noem’s “melting face” from the episode [after she blasted the show](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/kristi-noem-slams-south-park-1236340265/), saying, “It’s so lazy to make fun of women for how they look. Only the liberals and the extremists do that.” Meanwhile, the show’s ratings have been setting records. The season 27 premiere delivered 6 million cross-platform viewers and had the show’s biggest share in 25 years. Early estimates from Samba on the show’s second episode showed live viewing jumping 25 percent from the season premiere. Season 27 consists of 10 episodes and is expected to continue next week. > Didn’t see this on TV? > > Here’s the Paramount+ version of the end credits scene. 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