Iconic Comedy Central animation comedy South Park has been renewed by the network through to 2013, allowing it to complete its sixteenth and seventeenth seasons.
The often controversial show created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, debuted in 1997 to record ratings and has continued to be a ratings powerhouse for the network ever since.
It returns in the US on October 5 for the second half of its current season, number fifteen.
The show airs here in Australia on SBS with GO! also holding broadcasting rights.