Lawndale (Daria)
| Daria | |
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| 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 – January 21, 2002 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Beavis and Butt-Head |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
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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