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The real reason the Beavis and Butt-Head revival TV series failed


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In March 1993, MTV, at the time still largely an outlet for music videos, quietly debuted an animated series called Beavis and Butt-Head. It told of the adventures of two degenerate, incredibly stupid, teenage metalheads who lived in a sleepy Southwestern town as they made life miserable for their teachers and neighbors. Beavis and Butt-Head were dudes who loved laughing all the time, hitting on "chicks," and proclaiming what things "sucked" or "ruled." They also watched a lot of TV, and each Beavis and Butt-Head cartoon featured the duo pointedly and hilariously mocking music videos.

The show became a pop cultural phenomenon, and it spawned the big-screen spin-off Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, but by 1997, creator Mike Judge was ready to move on. However, the show returned, ever so briefly, in late 2011 for a run of new episodes. But then just as quickly as it arrived, the Beavis and Butt-Head revival disappeared. So why did it fail? Well, here are some factors that prevented a second season of the new Beavis and Butt-Head.

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Cause it's political incorrect to make fun of Tards?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMmx2cGdWgQ

No longer edgy | 0:13
Stuck in the 90s | 1:23
Tweaked format | 2:08
Poor ratings | 2:56
A changing of the guard | 3:52

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It had nothing to do with weak plots and dated?

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No more MTV videos?

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Lack of progress. Principal McVicker supposedly died in the final episode, but turned up alive in the new episodes. There were no new characters. It felt like a retread.

Except for their review of "It's So Cold in the D".

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It belongs in the 90s. Unfortunately so does the Simpsons but they still haven't put that one to rest.

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They pooped in the couch is why

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MTV News - you hear it first! beep beep boop boop bop beep beep boop!

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Because we all grew up and moved on. Had Mike not ended it in 97 and kept going with it as is, we probably would've still been watching indefinitely. It's like they say, out of sight, out of mind.

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