Comedy Central’s long-running animated series “South Park” returns tonight with the third instalment of its 27th season. The episode, titled “Sickofancy,” airs at 10 p.m. Eastern and follows the pot-smoking towel Towelie as he arrives in a Washington, D.C., patrolled by U.S. troops and tanks—a direct send-up of President Donald Trump’s recent federal takeover of the city’s police force. The broadcast continues a season-long focus on the Trump administration. The July 23 premiere depicted Trump as Satan’s lover, while Episode 2 lampooned Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Vice President JD Vance. Comedy Central said Episode 2 drew 838,000 linear viewers, double the 430,000 who watched the premiere, and logged 6.2 million cross-platform streams in its first three days, underscoring a ratings rebound even as the White House has dismissed the show as “fourth-rate.” Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are producing the new season under a five-year, $1.5 billion pact with Paramount that also secures streaming rights. After “Sickofancy,” the series is scheduled to maintain its bi-weekly release pattern, with episodes slated for Sept. 3 and Sept. 17. The satire coincides with mounting legal push-back to the policing move it mocks: D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb has sued the administration, calling the federal intervention a “brazen usurpation” of local authority.