The boys realize that this did actually happen when Kyle's baby brother, Ike is abducted also. See also: List of South Park episodes No.Ĭartman tells his friends Stan, Kyle, and Kenny he had a dream about being abducted by aliens. The show was a financial success for Comedy Central and helped the network transform into 'a cable industry power almost overnight'. During the season, South Park won a CableACE Award for 'Best Animated Series' and was nominated for a 1998 Annie Award in the 'Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Primetime or Late Night Television Program'. Several episodes received award nominations, including for a 1998 Emmy Award in the ' Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)' and a GLAAD Award in the 'Outstanding TV – Individual Episode' category for the episode ' Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride'. The Nielsen ratings rose from 1.3 to 6.4 from the first to the tenth episode. The first season was a ratings success for Comedy Central. The complete season was released on DVD in November 2002. South Park debuted on Augon Comedy Central with an initial run of six episodes due to its success, an additional seven episodes were quickly produced. Fox ultimately passed on the show, and Comedy Central signed on to produce the series instead. The short's popularity caused Parker and Stone to develop a series based on it, and the project was first considered for purchase by the Fox Broadcasting Company. Santa, which became popular and was widely shared over the Internet. The low-budget, crudely made film featured prototypes of South Park's main characters and was followed in 1995 by another short film, Jesus vs. South Park originated from Parker and Stone's 1992 animated short, Jesus vs.

The narrative revolves around four children- Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman and Kenny McCormick-and their unusual experiences in the titular mountain town.

The creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone wrote most of the season's episodes Dan Sterling, Philip Stark and David Goodman were credited with writing five episodes. The first season of the animated television series South Park aired on Comedy Central from Augto February 25, 1998.

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