“ South Park ” scored big viewership with its highly-anticipated Season 27 premiere. According to Paramount, the new episode has brought in 5.9 million viewers across Paramount+ and Comedy Central in its first three days of availability. Total viewers in this case is defined as total global watch time divided by run time from July 24-26.

Long-running comedy series “South Park” has announced a brief season 27 hiatus following the premiere episode released on July 23. The next installment will now air next Wednesday, August 6 at 10 p.m.

The Trump-skewering season 27 opener draws nearly 6 million viewers on Comedy Central and Paramount+ over three days.