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It's Cash for Gold on an All-New "South Park" Premiering on Wednesday, March 21 at 10:00 P.M. on COMEDY CENTRAL®

March 19, 2012 at 10:43 AM EDT

NEW YORK, March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cartman starts his own gem shopping channel on an all-new episode of "South Park" titled, "Cash For Gold," premiering Wednesday, March 21 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on COMEDY CENTRAL.

Cartman launches a gemstones network show and creates a very lucrative business. Stan searches for the real value of a piece of jewelry that was a gift from his Grandpa.  Meanwhile, Cartman's lucrative new business preys upon an extremely vulnerable clientele.

Voted "The Greatest Animated TV Series" in a poll conducted by Entertainment Weekly, COMEDY CENTRAL's "South Park" launched on August 13, 1997.  The series airs Wednesday nights at 10:00 p.m. and repeats later that night at midnight (all times ET/PT).

Co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are executive producers, along with Anne Garefino, of the Emmy® and Peabody® Award-winning "South Park."  Frank C. Agnone II is the supervising producer.  Eric Stough, Adrien Beard, Bruce Howell, Erica Rivinoja and Vernon Chatman are producers.  "South Park's" Web site is www.southparkstudios.com.

Available in 99 million homes nationwide, COMEDY CENTRAL (www.comedycentral.com), the only all-comedy network, is owned by, and is a registered trademark of, Comedy Partners, a wholly-owned unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA and VIAB). For up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs visit Press Central, COMEDY CENTRAL's press web site at www.comedycentral.com/press and follow us on Twitter @ComedyCentralPR for the latest in breaking news updates, behind-the-scenes information and photos.

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SOURCE COMEDY CENTRAL Corporate Communications

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