‘South Park’ on Paramount+ Prompts Warner Bros. Discovery Lawsuit

The right to stream “South Park” is at the center of a legal fight between rival media companies Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. is suing Paramount Global , saying it paid the rival media company for exclusive streaming rights to new “South Park” episodes, only for Paramount to put new content from the popular animated comedy on its own streaming service, Paramount+.

In the lawsuit, filed Friday in New York State Supreme Court, Warner Bros. Discovery said it paid more than $500 million in 2019 to exclusively stream new and existing “South Park” episodes on its HBO Max platform until 2025.

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