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| Formerly | Judgemental Films (1991-2010) |
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| Company type | Private |
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| Founded | January 2, 1991 |
| Founder | Mike Judge |
| Products | Beavis and Butt-Head King of the Hill |
Judgmental Films (stylized as judgmental films), formerly known as Judgemental Films until 2010, is an American production company founded by Texan animator/film director Mike Judge on January 2, 1991. The company is best known for producing Beavis and Butt-Head and King of the Hill .
| Title | Genre | Premiere | Seasons | Runtime | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beavis and Butt-Head | Adult animation satire | March 8, 1993 | 10 seasons, 270 episodes | 5–11 min | Renewed [1] |
| King of the Hill | Animated sitcom slice of life | January 12, 1997 | 13 seasons, 259 episodes | 20–22 min | Renewed [2] |
| The Goode Family | Comedy | May 27, 2009 | 1 season, 13 episodes | 22 min | Ended [3] |
| Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus | Documentary comedy | September 22, 2017 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes | 24–29 min | Ended |
| Title | Genre | Premiere | Seasons | Runtime | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silicon Valley | Comedy | April 6, 2014 | 6 seasons, 53 episodes | 28–47 min | Ended [4] |
| Title | Genre | Premiere | Runtime | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | Adult animation comedy | December 20, 1996 | 81 min | English |
| Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe | Adult animation comedy | June 23, 2022 | 86 min | English |
| Title | Genre | Premiere | Runtime | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Space | Comedy | February 19, 1999 | 89 min | English |
| Idiocracy | Science fiction comedy | September 1, 2006 | 84 min | English |
| Extract | Comedy | September 4, 2009 | 92 min | English |
Beavis and Butt-Head is an American adult animated sitcom created by Mike Judge. The series follows Beavis and Butt-Head, both voiced by Judge, a pair of teenage slackers characterized by their apathy, lack of intelligence, lowbrow humor and love for hard rock and heavy metal. The original series juxtaposes slice-of-life short subjects—in which the teens embark on low-minded misadventures in their Texas town—with the pair watching and commenting on music videos.
Daria is an American adult animated sitcom television series created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn. The series ran from March 3, 1997, to January 21, 2002, on MTV. It centers on the titular character, Daria Morgendorffer, an intelligent, cynical high school student, again voiced by Tracy Grandstaff, coming back from her role in Mike Judge's earlier animated series, Beavis and Butt-Head.
Michael Craig Judge is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, and musician. He is best known for being the creator of the animated television series Beavis and Butt-Head. He also co-created the television series King of the Hill (1997–2010), The Goode Family (2009), Silicon Valley (2014–2019), and Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus (2017–2018). He wrote and directed the films Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996), Office Space (1999), Idiocracy (2006), and Extract (2009), and co-wrote the screenplay to Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022).
MTV Entertainment Studios is an American film and television production and distribution company and is the film and television production arm of the MTV Entertainment Group, itself a subsidiary of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. It primarily produces content aimed at adolescent and adult audiences, including original productions for the namesake cable channel and its siblings, or theatrical films released through Paramount Pictures.
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America is a 1996 American adult animated comedy road film based on the MTV animated television series Beavis and Butt-Head. The film was co-written and directed by series creator Mike Judge, who also reprises his roles from the series; Demi Moore, Bruce Willis, Robert Stack and Cloris Leachman star in supporting roles. The film follows Beavis and Butt-Head, two teen slackers who travel the US and unknowingly become fugitives.
The Geffen Film Company is an American film distributor and production company founded by David Geffen, the founder of Geffen Records, and future co-founder of DreamWorks. The spherical Geffen Pictures logo, based on the logo of its record-label counterpart, was created by Saul Bass. Their most famous films are Risky Business (1983), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Beetlejuice (1988) and its 2024 sequel, and Interview with the Vampire (1994).
MTV Animation is an American animation studio and the animation department of the television network MTV. The department's parent company is MTV Entertainment Studios, which is owned by Paramount Global. MTV Animation gained substantial popularity in the 1990s, with many of their largest successes including the original broadcasts of Liquid Television (1991–1995), Beavis and Butt-Head (1993–1997), Daria (1997–2002), and Celebrity Deathmatch (1998–2007). Of the animated shows that aired, Beavis and Butt-Head and Daria ended up being the most successful, with both shows developing a cult following.
King of the Hill is an American animated sitcom created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels that initially aired on Fox from January 12, 1997, to September 13, 2009, with four more episodes airing in syndication from May 3 to 6, 2010. The series also got moved to Adult Swim nine months before Fox canceled the series. The series centers on the Hills, an American family who live in the fictional city of Arlen, Texas, as well as their neighbors, co-workers, relatives, classmates, friends, and acquaintances. The show's realistic approach seeks humor in the conventional and mundane aspects of everyday life, such as blue-collar workers, family conflicts, and the trials of puberty.
Beavis and Butt-Head: The Mike Judge Collection is a series of three DVD box sets from MTV and Paramount Home Entertainment, each containing 40 Beavis and Butt-Head episodes chosen by series creator Mike Judge and special features such as interviews and music videos. The first entry in the series was released on November 8, 2005, while the final two volumes were released in 2006.
Larry Doyle is an American novelist, screenwriter, and producer.
John Frizzell is an American film and television composer, known for his work with Mike Judge. He scored Judge's films Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, Office Space and Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022), and he supplied the music for Judge's television sitcom King of the Hill. Frizzell also gained notice for his score to Crime of the Century in 1996, followed by Dante's Peak and Alien Resurrection in 1997.
Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity is a point-and-click adventure computer game based on the American animated television series created by Mike Judge, Beavis and Butt-Head, that was developed by ICOM Simulations and published by Viacom New Media.
Frog Baseball is an animated short film created by Mike Judge in 1992, which marks the first appearance of the Beavis and Butt-Head characters. It premiered in The Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation.
"Werewolves of Highland" is the first episode of season 8 and 201st episode overall of the American animated television sitcom Beavis and Butt-Head, as well as the first episode of the series' revival after its initial cancellation in 1997. It aired alongside "Crying" on October 27, 2011, on MTV.
This is a list of episodes from the first season of King of the Hill, which aired on Fox from January 12 to May 11, 1997 for 12 episodes.
John Altschuler is an American screenwriter and television and film producer. He is known for his collaborative projects with Mike Judge and Dave Krinsky.
Heidi Lynn Gardner is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She has been a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live since season 43 in 2017, when she debuted as a featured player. She was promoted to repertory status on the show in 2019.
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe is a 2022 American adult animated science fiction comedy film directed by John Rice and Albert Calleros and written by Mike Judge, Lew Morton, Guy Maxtone-Graham and Ian Maxtone-Graham. It is the second film based on the animated television series Beavis and Butt-Head after Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996). The film follows teenage delinquents Beavis and Butt-Head, who are transported 24 years from 1998 to 2022, encounter parallel-universe versions of themselves and are hunted by the US government.
"The Special One" is the first episode of season 1 and 1st episode overall of the American animated television series Beavis and Butt-Head. It is the second episode of the 2022 revival of the show, debuting on Paramount+ on August 4, 2022, along with the episodes "Escape Room", "Boxed In" and "Beekeepers", the first of which is this episode's sister episode.
