I must disagree. They would never air SouthPark on a major network. Nor would any show that has blasphemy air for very long on any major network.
Please don't try to discount the efforts of millions of Christian Conservative Republicans who worked to get this show off the air.
Isn't it on FOX now?
According to 2004 CNN exit polls, Bush voters included 38% of union members, 40% of those with union members in their households, 42% of those earning $15,000-$30,000, 44% of those who earn under $50,000 and 44% of Latinos, 45% of youth (aged 18-29), 13% of liberals—even 11% of Democrats voted for Bush. 2004 Election polls indicated 34% called themselves conservative, 21% liberal. Christians control 2/3'rds of the Nation's assets.
According to analysts at the EWTN religious network, "The World Over Live" report asserted that, with the exception of VA, where Catholics spit 70/30 in favor of Bush, the majority of Catholic voters split 55/45 for Bush.....a whopping number of votes since Catholics number about 52 million Americans.
So important was the Catholic loss, that Democratic strategists issued a memo on the loss of Catholics among its constituencies.
READ MEMO HERE: http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=36492
The memo authored by a prominent Democratic strategy organization calls the decline in support of white Catholics for Democrats "striking" and "a big part of the 2004 election story."
One of the analysis' key findings is that Catholic voters are becoming more pro-life, which the authors called "a factor in the recent losses and one of the blockages for Democrats, at least in the Midwest."
The data also reveals that young Catholics are more pro-life than their parents and that bishops who speak out against pro-abortion politicians help bolster the pro-life vote. "
Here in Connecticut, South park is on a major network in the evening (Fox, I think...not the "big 3" perhaps but much bigger than UPN or the WB). I do not have cable.
A slightly-censored SP does air in certain markets around the US on WB and UPN. Neither are major Nets (although this WB/CBS thing will make CW the No. 5 Net), but it is still over-the-air broadcast of SP.