Bevis and Butt-Head to return

Beavis and Butt-Head are to return to TV after a 14-year break.

Creator Mike Judge has written 30 new episodes of the animated characters for MTV, which will be aired this summer.

The dropout teenagers – who slouch in front of the TV chuckling mindlessly as they watch music videos – first appeared in 1993.

Over the next four years, Judge – who went on to create King of the Hill – produced 200 episodes, voicing both characters. The show was sold to more than 30 countries, including Britain, and spawned a 1996 film Beavis and Butt-head Do America, co-starring Bruce Willis and Demi Moore.

Some critics have questioned the wisdom of reviving a series that was very much of its time, but Justin Bieber has tweeted: ‘BEAVIS and BUTTHEAD are coming back!!!’ – even though he was only three when the last episode aired.

Published: 4 Feb 2011