South Park Studios | 4,181 followers on LinkedIn. The groundbreaking Peabody® and Emmy® Award-winning animated series. | Comedy Central’s “South Park” the series launched on August 13, 1997, and is based on the VHS-shared, animated short entitled “The Spirit of Christmas.” Trey Parker and Matt Stone are the co-creators of “South Park.” Parker, Stone, Anne Garefino and Frank C.