Jul
14

Beavis and Butthead Returning to MTV

By GPR84 // Here We Are Now, Entertain Us or Are We Not Entertained? // 1 Comment

I was checking out my twitter timeline earlier and I came across an interesting article *Beavis moronic chuckle* “came.”

MTV plans to resurrect the pop-culturally iconic ’90s cartoon with a modern update, reports the New York Post.

The move is reportedly one step in MTV’s new strategic plan to return to its original format–showing music videos. The network has been criticized for years for losing its identity after a programming slate dominated by non-music related reality shows, like the recently departed ‘The Hills’ and ‘Jersey Shore,’ took over the airwaves.

The new Beavis and Butt-head would remain as we knew them, perpetual high-schoolers, according to the Post, “but it would be updated so that the pals — who obsessively watch music videos on a battered TV set — could lob their snarky comments at more current targets like Lady Gaga.”

Created by Mike Judge (’King of the Hill’), the animated series premiered on MTV in 1993 and ran until 1997.

Although other people and I are intrigued and interested by the show’s revival, I haven’t read any confirmation about Mike Judge being a part of the show’s renewal. I feel to an extent when it comes to creator-driven shows, the main component is the creator being involved. Although they’re a few exceptions to said rule. But, hopefully Judge is involved and Beavis and Butthead and is still relevant to a new audience.

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Beavis and Butt-Head to Return