>>149771245Well, I have seen people claim South Park has not yet entered a zombie phase because it's still written by Trey Parker but by that logic it likely never will. As for declining quality, that's actually kind of hard to explain. There were definitely signs of declining quality in season 19 and anytime the show had to deal with Trump-Garrison, it wasn't good. But seasons 21-23 are still generally good. 24-26 just feel because of the whole split between episodes and specials and can seem kind of awkward as a result. The current season only has two episodes so far but seems fine to me.
I'd say the one thing that brings down the quality during the past few years that just don't need to be there due to production stuff and real world events is the Tegridy Farms crap. The show even has in-universe acknowledgements that this idea is shit and should not have been a status quo change, I legitimately have no damn idea why they still insist on this awful idea just sticking around.
And if your problem is Saddam-Trump... I don't what to tell you, it's far better than Garrison-Trump? I'm not sure what the problem is, Trump is fair game like any other public figure.