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Champion sarcastic misanthrope Daria has written a Valentine's Day blog, in case it's gonna be that kind of day for you too. [via]

In the spirit of the heroes of this cartoon, I feel it’s only proper to start this off with a five word review: the show does not suck. But if you want to know more about the much-anticipated premiere of Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head, read on.

I went in to the first new episode of Beavis and Butt-Head with a nagging feeling that something would be off. I wasn’t sure what, exactly. Maybe a small detail in the animation, a change in the voice acting, or even re-recorded theme song (the first time I watched a Married With Children on Netflix, I almost didn’t make it past the [...]

The first commercial for the new Beavis and Butt-head is viewable here, or when it hits your TV tonight. Seems in the revamped version of the comedy, which premieres October 27, our gutter-minded pals will be watching Jersey Shore and 16 and Pregnant with the same critical eye they once watched MTV's music videos. They truly are the cultural barometers of our day.

Here's the first clip from MTV's upcoming horror-comedy Death Valley, straight from director Eric Appel. In it, we see two members of the Undead Task Force investigating a disturbance that turns out to be a rat. And the method for dealing with rats is no less intense than the method for dealing with zombies and werewolves, apparently. Death Valley premiers Monday, August 29 at 10:30pm on MTV.

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I wasn't allowed to watch Beavis and Butt-head growing up, though I do remember sitting around the old USA Network with my family, enjoying a few episodes of the grotesquely filthy Duckman. Parenting! It's a new danger at every turn! What I'm trying to say is, you as a person who loved Beavis And Butt-head the first time around and watched it growing up and imbued it with nostalgic import are probably relieved by the sneak-peek they [...]

The Paley Center for Media, which has locations in both New York and LA, dedicates itself to the preservation of television and radio history. Inside their vast archives of more than 120,000 television shows, commercials, and radio programs, there are thousands of important and funny programs waiting to be rediscovered by comedy nerds like you and me. Each week, this column will highlight a new gem waiting for you at the Paley Library to quietly laugh at. (Seriously, it’s a library, so keep it down.)

In terms of modern poltical satire, there’s no better source than the double-punch of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report. [...]

Mike Judge talked to Vice about the journey of bringing Beavis and Butt-Head back to the small screen, addressing concerns that the pairs' taste in rock T-shirts and music videos will now be a little dated:

…even at the time in ’92, I remember people at MTV would say that AC/DC and Metallica were old references. They were like, “Maybe it should be Nirvana or Pearl Jam or something else, you know?” It was already unhip to begin with, but to me it’s more like a state of mind than a cultural reference to a particular time period, even though there are some specific references. So it’s about [...]

MTV has picked up the Bo Burnham pilot they ordered, along with Underemployed, a comedy that head of programming David Janollari describes as "the personification of our ‘life amplified’ mantra for the 18-24s who are coming out of high school and college and have to figure out how to make their dreams come true and their career aspiration fit into today’s tough economic times." Sounds pretty heavy, MTV. (How many episodes before one of them starts a blog?) (Also their names are Sofia, Daphne, Lou, Miles, and Raviva. Rrrraviva.)

Whatever happened to predictability, the milkman, the paperboy, evening TV…and the stars of MTV’s earliest comedies?

Monday, August 1 was the 30th anniversary of MTV’s first broadcast, and while most of the attention was along the lines of “REMEMBER WHEN MTV PLAYED MUSIC VIDEOS?!?” let’s not forget that the network has a long history of airing comedies, too. Below are the stars of six of MTV’s earliest comedies and what they’re up to now, with the exception of The State because who knows where that nobody Michael Ian Black is up to these days.

Here's the first trailer for Death Valley, the upcoming MTV comedy about a squad of cops fighting vampires, zombies, and other such monsters. It looks pretty fun, full of lots of gross-out moments and ridiculous premises. It debuts on August 29th.

Jake Fogelnest just posted to a his Tumblr a documentary he made for MTV back in 2005 about restarting SQUiRT TV, the public-access-turned-MTV show he hosted from his bedroom at 14. It features a whole bunch of funny people disappointing Jake, including Jimmy Fallon, Janeane Garofalo, Andy Richter, Rob Riggle, Horatio Sanz, and Sarah Silverman, and one person spraying him with Mace. And Friendster! Because it was 2005.

MTV has unlocked an archive of material from Liquid Television, its late-night animation showcase from the early 90's. The archive includes the original Office Space short as well as Frog Baseball, the first appearance of Beavis and Butt-head. History!

I managed to miss Monday night's series premiere of MTV's Death Valley, and after reading a few luke-warm reviews, wanted to take a look and formulate my own opinion. How do I explain to you how much I believe in this show? I feel like this show is my parents' marriage; if it doesn't work out, it's going to take me a lot of soul-searching to believe in love again. If I had been in the development meeting when this series got pitched, I would have stood up and made the Invasion of the Body Snatchers scream until they put it into production just to calm me down. [...]

Doing what they can to fill the gaping MST3K-shaped hole in your heart, Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head reboot will have the duo branching out from music video commentary to riff on feature films. For example, Human Centipede. "When I saw it, in fact that gave me the idea, I've got to have Beavis and Butt-Head review this," Judge explained to Screen Junkies. "One of the things I have them do after they show a clip of the movie is I have them talking about how there's going to be a Sex and the City 3, why don’t they combine it with a Human Centipede sequel and [...]