[Republican Red]

Over at NRO Media Blog Steve Spruiell posts:

http://media.nationalreview.com/

Media Culture
"Cowardly Central"
04/13 03:48 PM
Damian Penny thinks Comedy Central deserves the moniker for its decision to censor the image of Mohammed out of last night's South Park. The AP confirmed the news this afternoon:

Parker and Stone were angered when told by Comedy Central several weeks ago that they could not run an image of Muhammad, according to a person close to the show who didn't want to be identified because of the issue's sensitivity.

The network's decision was made over concerns for public safety, the person said.

Comedy Central said in a statement issued Thursday: "In light of recent world events, we feel we made the right decision." Its executives would not comment further.
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone haven't commented yet, but I hope they bring it like they did earlier this year when Scientologists got Comedy Central to pull an episode.

In the meantime, Penny has a suggestion they should seriously consider:

When their contract with Comedy Central expires, Matt Stone and Trey Parker should tell Viacom to screw off and release new, completely uncensored South Park episodes online. Under the circumstances, I'm sure many people who download television shows for free would pay for them.
My wife and I are busy people who work irregular hours and can hardly plan our schedules around television, and this is already the approach we take for our favorite shows like Law & Order: SVU. Another of our favorite shows, The Office, is producing a series of ten new Web-only episodes that will go digital this summer while the TV version is in re-runs.

South Park episodes are already available on iTunes for $1.99 apiece, and they are consistently among the most frequently downloaded ("Cartoon Wars, Pt. 1" is currently ranked no. 2). Why not go Web-only?

[bobjam]

South Park seems to be the only thing Comedy Central has going for it.

[Sofa King]

"When their contract with Comedy Central expires, Matt Stone and Trey Parker should tell Viacom to screw off and release new, completely uncensored South Park episodes online. Under the circumstances, I'm sure many people who download television shows for free would pay for them."

They might not be able to. If Comedy Central owns South Park, then Stone and Parker wouldn't be able to go anywhere else with it.

They could always move on to something else though. It's been a long time since they created South Park, and their humor has changed a lot since then. It could be interesting to see what they could do in a fresh series.

[SunTzuWu]

How do they know what Muhammad looks like? His picture has been forbidden for so long, Matt and Trey should show it anyway and claim" it's not Muhammad, it's Abdhul."