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Lawndale (Daria)

Daria
Daria Logo.svg
Genre Animated sitcom
Teen drama
Comedy-drama
Slice of life
Created by Glenn Eichler
Susie Lewis
Based on Daria Morgendorffer
by Mike Judge
Starring Tracy Grandstaff
Wendy Hoopes
Julián Rebolledo
Marc Thompson
Alvaro J. Gonzalez
Opening theme "You're Standing on My Neck" by Splendora
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 5
No. of episodes 70 (including one unaired pilot, two television movies, and two specials) (list of episodes)
Production
Running time 21–22 minutes
Production company(s) Tenth Annual Industries
MTV Production Development
Distributor Paramount Television
Release
Original network MTV
Picture format 4:3 (NTSC)
Audio format Stereo
Original release March 3, 1997 (1997-03-03) – January 21, 2002 (2002-01-21)
Chronology
Preceded by Beavis and Butt-Head
External links
Website www.mtv.com/shows/daria/series.jhtml

Daria is an American animated sitcom created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn for MTV. The series focuses on Daria Morgendorffer, a smart, acerbic, and somewhat misanthropic teenage girl who observes the world around her. The show is set in the fictional suburban American town of Lawndale and is a satire of high school life, and full of allusions to and criticisms of popular culture and social classes.

Daria was originally broadcast from 1997 to 2002, and is a spin-off of Mike Judge's earlier animated Beavis and Butt-Head series, in which Daria appeared as a recurring character. Although Judge agreed to release the character to allow her to appear in the spin-off, he had no involvement in the production of Daria.

Daria Morgendorffer, the show's title character and protagonist, first appeared on MTV as a recurring character in Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head. MTV senior vice president and creative director Abby Terkuhle explained that when that show "became successful, we ... created Daria's character because we wanted a smart female who could serve as the foil". Daria's original design was created by Bill Peckmann while working for J.J. Sedelmaier Productions during Beavis and Butt-Head's first season. During production of Beavis and Butt-Head's final seasons, MTV representatives approached story editor Glenn Eichler, offering a spin-off series for Daria, and a five-minute pilot, "Sealed with a Kick", was created by Eichler and Beavis and Butt-Head staffer Susie Lewis (although written by Sam Johnson and Chris Marcil). MTV approved a series order of 13 episodes; both Eichler and Lewis were signed onto the series as executive producers.


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