Season twelve of South Park

South Park

South Park is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. Intended for mature audiences, the show has become famous for its crude language, surreal, satirical, and dark humor that lampoons a wide range of topics...

, an American

United States

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 animated television series created by Trey Parker

Trey Parker

Trey Parker is an American animator, screenwriter, director, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of the television series South Park along with his creative partner and best friend Matt Stone.Parker started his film career in 1992, making a holiday short...

 and Matt Stone

Matt Stone

Matthew Richard "Matt" Stone is an American screenwriter, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of South Park along with creative partner and best friend, Trey Parker....

, began airing on March 12, 2008. The twelfth season concluded after 14 episodes on November 19, 2008. This is the first season in which creator Matt Stone is not a credited writer of any episodes, and Saturday Night Live cast member Bill Hader

Bill Hader

William "Bill" Hader is an American actor, comedian, producer and writer. He is best known for his work as a creative consultant on the hit show South Park and as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and for his supporting roles in comedy films such as Superbad, Hot Rod, Tropic Thunder,...

 is credited as a consultant starting with this season. This is the second season in which Kenny does not die, the first being Season 10

South Park (season 10)

Season 10 of South Park, an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, began airing on March 22, 2006. The tenth season concluded after 14 episodes on November 15, 2006...

.

Reception

Travis Fikett of IGN

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 gave the season 7.5/10 saying that it was "good" and "Season 12 isn't bad, it's just not that great. There are a number of misfires and no truly classic episodes. That's a rarity for a series that often has fans calling up friends the next morning to say "Oh my God, did you see South Park?".

Episodes

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DVD release

"South Park – The Complete Twelfth Season" was released as a three-disc Region 1 DVD box set in the USA on March 10, 2009, nearly one year after it had began broadcast on television.

South Park – The Complete Twelfth Season
Set Details		Special Features
14 Episodes 3-Disc Set 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio Subtitles: English English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround)		Mini-commentaries on every episode Day-by-day “making of” of “Super Fun Time” and “…About Last Night”
Release Dates
March 10, 2009		May 24, 2009

External links

• South Park Studios - official website with streaming video of full episodes.
• The Comedy Network - full episodes for Canada