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Thinking of making a site where I embed the preview clips, as well as posting the press release and press images. This is so the people of some international communities that can't access southparkstudios.com and southparkstudios.co.uk can still find these things. If I post the link (not to spam) on every pre-air thread, would it be a good idea? Is it allowed?

If those people can't reach southparkstudios.com and southparkstudios.co.uk on their own, because of geolocking, they probably won't be able to see the embedded preview clips - because of geolocking - but they'll see the preview images.

Posting the link is pointless in the preview thread, since wi'll get the clip and images from nall or someone else, but you can put the link in your signature with a description, like "SP for international communities"

...and I do all that already.

I'm confused. So maybe you could break it down by answering these questions:
1. Is the website a good idea or a stupid one?
2. If the answer the question 1 is yes, move on with the assessment. If not, just answer question 2. And which of these should I put on the website:
a. embedded preview clip from southparkstudios.com
b.press images
c. Where, if anywhere, should I put a link to the website on the forums? And how should I do this if I do?
d. copy and paste of press release (see question 3a before answering)
e. embedded preview clip on youtube (see question 3b before answering)
3a. If I copy and paste the press release, saying the whole website's resources are property of Comedy Central, would that be legal in the USA?
3b. If I use a file converter to download the preview clip, and upload that to youtube, saying it is property of the creators and Comedy Central, would that be legal in the USA?

If you're not sure about the answers to question 3, I'm okay asking a law enforcement website.

1. Good idea.

2c. In your signature, just like I have mine in my signature.

3a. You don't have to go that far. Just say something like "Info for this episode of the season now up" and put in the episode description, images, and clips. People will know that it's all from South Park Studios.

3b. You can try it, but if YouTube sends you a message that Viacom has claimed copyright infringement, you'll have your answer. You can go ahead and dispute it with YouTube if you want, but it might not be worth your while. After tomorrow, the first half of the season is over and no one will care about the preview clips. But you have plenty of time to develop your site until October comes.

I haven't found any episode previews from this season on YouTube, just so you know.