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South Park season 16

season of television series

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ929746 ↗
Source-derived summary

The sixteenth season of the American adult animated sitcom South Park began airing on Comedy Central on March 14, 2012 and ended on November 7, 2012. It was also the final season to consist of 14 episodes, as well as the last season until Season 25 to have its episodes air in the first half of the year. Parker was the director and writer for all episodes.

Episodes

See also

South Park (Park County, Colorado)

South Park City

References

External links

South Park Studios - official website with streaming video of full episodes.

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The public source identifies “South Park season 16” as season of television series. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around South, Park and season.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2012—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with South, Park and season providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “South Park season 16” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.