school and requests the removal of his testicles. Satisfied with their results, the "Sexy Action School News" team discovers the curse of a successful show: each subsequent episode has to be just as good. Back in the writer's room, they come up with nothing and eventually decide to just "bail". Production With the 2006 DVD release of the eighth season, many of the audio commentaries revealed that much of the lack of ideas was because Team America: World Police, Trey Parker and Matt Stone's concurrent film, had just been through a long, grueling post-production which left the staff low on energy: Home media "Quest for Ratings", along with the thirteen other episodes from South Parks eighth season, was released on a three-disc DVD set in the United States on August 29, 2006. The set includes brief audio commentaries by Parker and Stone for each episode. References External links "Quest for Ratings" Full episode at South Park Studios American news parodies South Park (season 8) episodes Cats in entertainment Dogs in popular culture Giant pandas in popular culture Television episodes about mammals Television episodes about drugs Television episodes about journalism