The cabler is also the home of syndicated repeats of adult animated series including BoJack Horseman, Judge’s King of the Hill and Seth MacFarlane’s The Cleveland Show. Under that deal, Judge is already working on two series - QualityLand and limited entry A5įor its part, Comedy Central continues to ramp up its animated offerings with Beavis and Butt-Head joining Jodie as well as veteran South Park.
The Beavis and Butt-Head pact is in addition to his rich overall deal with WarnerMedia-backed HBO, where he has been based for years. The deal with Judge marks a homecoming for the prolific comedy creator, who launched his career with the series before going on to write and direct features Office Space and Idiocracy as well as Fox series King of the Hill and HBO’s live-action Emmy-winning comedy Silicon Valley. With McCarthy now overseeing Comedy Central, MTV and a slew of other cable brands at the company, he’s now turning the studio into a content supplier of his own. Beavis and Butt-Head, like the Tracee Ellis Ross-led Jodie, hails from MTV Studios, the in-house division launched two years ago by McCarthy with a goal to monetize the company’s vast library and sell to third-party buyers. The new take on the teenage couch potatoes comes less than 10 days after Comedy Central became the home of Jodie, the adult animated series that is a spinoff of Daria, which itself was an offshoot of Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head. “We are thrilled to be working with Mike Judge and the great team at 3 Arts again as we double down on adult animation at Comedy Central,” said Chris McCarthy, who oversees ViacomCBS’ entertainment and youth group as president. “Beavis and Butt-Head were a defining voice of a generation, and we can’t wait to watch as they navigate the treacherous waters of a world lightyears from their own.” A theatrical feature-length film based on the series titled Beavis and Butt-Head Do America was released in 1996 by Paramount Pictures.'Daria' Spinoff, Starring Tracee Ellis Ross, Lands at Comedy Central The series originally ran for seven seasons from Mato November 28, 1997.įourteen years following the end of the series, the series was revived for an eighth season which aired from October 27 to December 29, 2011. After seeing the short, MTV signed Judge to develop the short into a full series. The series originated from Frog Baseball, a 1992 short film by Judge originally aired on Liquid Television.
Information thanks to the Grand Comics Databaseīeavis and Butt-Head is an American adult animated sitcom created by Mike Judge.
Number of Issues Published: 28 (#1 – #28) Publication Dates: March 1994 – June 1996
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