Praise Be Stryper! BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD GETS TWO SEASON RENEWAL @ COMEDY CENTRAL!
We’ve been calling it for years, but now it’s official! Beavis and Butt-Head is coming back with a two season renewal for Comedy Central! Mike Judge will return to write and voice all of the episodes, and better yet, be introducing spin-offs and specials for the series.
For those that don’t know, Beavis and Butt-Head follows two idiot teenagers who terrorize their town that includes an eclectic cast of characters, including Daria Morgendorffer, who went on to star in her own series Daria which has since spun-off Jodie, a new original series also coming to Comedy Central.
The re-imagined Beavis and Butt-Head will be executive-produced by 3 Arts Entertainment.
Our Take
I would think Daria is a shoo-in, now right? I mean, we’ve been getting teased for a bunch of Daria spin-offs, a show proper starring the character is the lone piece missing from this puzzle.
But, this is serious business. Mike Judge has been teasing a movie sequel for years (yay!) and a live-action spin-off (meh), so we’ll see where this one goes. The words “re-imagined” terrifies me as it did when The Boondocks revival was announced, but I trust Mike Judge will do us right…BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD IS COMING BACK!!!
Short of getting Roiland back, which I'm sure isn't going to happen, I don't even think they could get much better than the new voices from the previous season. And the ratings for season 7 weren't much lower on average than for season 6; it was pretty much just a normal season-to-season drop that most likely would have happened regardless.
I mean, look at the actual averages:
Season 1 - 1.57 million viewers Season 2 - 1.97 million viewers Season 3 - 2.33 million viewers Season 4 - 1.52 million viewers Season 5 - 0.96 million viewers Season 6 - 0.56 million viewers Season 7 - 0.42 million viewers
Ever since season 3, it had been having steep drops even with Roiland still involved; the season 6 to 7 drop is actually the smallest-percentage drop it's had since it started dropping, and if anything it's possible that changing the voice actors actually *boosted* interest a bit and prevented it from dropping even more.