10 TV Shows That Led To Other TV Shows Being Cancelled (And Why)

10. Daria (Indirectly) Ended Beavis & Butthead

Now, we don’t want to be unfair to Daria—Mike Judge’s scathing satire Beavis and Butthead was always bound to be cancelled, since the show rivalled Jackass in terms of how many impressively stupid copycat stunts it prompted from its far too young viewership. But nonetheless it’s worth noting that the show’s creator, King of the Hill mastermind Judge, agreed to add a snarky female foil for the two eponymous perma-giggling morons at the behest of network executives at MTV.

Said executives then proceeded to grant the aforementioned Ms. Morgendorffer a spin off series of her own the same year they pulled the plug on Judge’s controversy magnet after seven seasons.

Whilst Daria wasn’t pushed as a direct replacement for the series as some spin-offs are, it was no doubt pretty convenient for the network to have a vaguely connected but less edgy adult animation offering in their stable now that the cash cow Beavis and Butthead was cancelled.