South Park creators rename show 'South America' in apparent dig at Trump

The creators of South Park, the animated TV show, have announced that its new series will be named South America, in an apparent reference to US President Donald Trump's attempts to rename a lake and a gulf.

"Inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google, we are changing the name of South Park to SOUTH AMERICA," creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker wrote in a statement.

Trump signed an executive order in August to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, and last year declared that the Gulf of Mexico be known as the Gulf of America.

The announcement from South Park, now in its 29th season, comes after the show won an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program on Sunday.

It's not yet known whether the new name will be adopted permanently, or if it will revert to South Park later in the series.

The name change shared to the show's official social media account featured an image of the South Park sign with the word 'Park' replaced with 'America'.

"We especially want to thank our parent company Paramount - a Skydance Capitulation," its creators said in the post.

Paramount Skydance is the show's parent company. The Trump administration this year approved a $111bn (£82.8bn) merger with Warner Bros Discovery - one of the biggest media deals in history.