Production of each half-hour episode takes ten months to a year, from concept to post-production. The character Daria was conceived as a dry-witted comic foil to counter Beavis and Butt-head's stupidity on "Beavis and Butt-Head" (1993). The last episode of the show's half-hour series, the fifth season's "Boxing Daria", was written to close out the show. After the creators were offered by MTV an option for another half-season (6-7 episodes) and fans begged for more, co-crea ...[Read Story ]