South Park season 27 needs to be longer, as fewer episodes limit its ability to comment on major cultural events. Seasons 25 and 26 suffered due to their short length, missing out on parodying major news stories and politicians. South Park's later seasons have changed the show's formula, with season 27 potentially returning to the old structure for more in-depth character development.

While South Park season 27s release date has not yet been announced, the next outing of the long-running animated comedy already needs to fix a major issue. South Park has changed a lot over the show's 26 years on the air. What began life as a gross-out cartoon focused on gore and shock value gradually became a social satire that used its young heroes to comment on contemporary culture. South Parks later seasons even included serialized stories and, after abandoning this approach around season 22, the show later started producing feature-length specials. These...