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The Daria
News Desk


When you're looking for news concerning Daria, this is the place to be. Here you'll find information regarding things like upcoming video and DVD releases, episodes appearing in second-run syndication, news about the people behind the scenes... basically, any Daria-related news, rumors, and tidbits.

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Daria No Longer On The-N's Schedule

June 25, 2006 - According to several sources (as well as keen observation), it appears that Daria's run on The-N may very well be over. According to fan Greybird, the last sighting of Our Heroine on the network was the showing of "Is It College Yet?" on June 4. The show no longer appears on any programming grid available via the Internet. In addition, The-N's Daria webpage has been replaced by one for a show called "Whistler."

Ah, well. Personally, I'll not trash The-N for this decision; it's very likely that their contract to show Daria had expired, and they decided not to renew. I won't even get on thier case for how they treated the show, because when all is said and done, at least they did show it, exposing Our Heroine to an entirely new audience. Let's hope that some other network will pick up the show in the near future (or maybe -- dare I say it? -- we'll finally see some DVD releases?).


Daria Writer Anne D. Bernstein
Answers Questions, Too

January 20, 2006 - Our questions to Daria creator Glenn Eichler were such a hit that Kara Wild was able to finagle a similar Q&A with former Daria writer Anne D. Bernstein! Her first set of questions is here.


Daria Creator Glenn Eichler
Answers Questions From the Fans

March 16, 2005 - Thanks to longtime fan Michelle Klein-Häss, Daria creator Glenn Eichler agreed to answer questions (compiled by Kara Wild) from us, the show's overly obsessed fanboys and girls. :-) You can find the interview at DVDaria, or click here to go straight to the Q&A.

March 30, 2005 - Glenn strikes again! He's agreed to answer follow-up questions in batches of five, the first of which is here.

April 20, 2005 - Glenn's second set of follow-up questions is here.

June 11, 2005 - Glenn's third set of follow-up questions is here.


Daria Episodes Return
(but not on MTV)

May 23, 2002 - Information posted on MTV's Daria message board indicates that Daria episodes will begin running on the Noggin cable channel in summer 2002. (Noggin is a relatively new spinoff of Nickelodeon, and thus is not very widespread.) No details on specific airtimes yet, though it looks like episodes will air on or after 6:00 PM (commercials currently on Noggin advertising the show say that it's coming to "The N," which is Noggin's after-6:00 programming block... sort of a "Nick at Nite" for older kids). Looks like fan speculation about Daria going into second-run syndication is coming to pass!

May 28, 2002 - Noggin issues a press release announcing Daria's debut on the network, which kicks off with a weeklong marathon of episodes and "Is It Fall Yet?".

July 2, 2002 - Daria begins airing on Noggin. Sadly, it looks like Noggin has taken a butcher knife to the episodes, most likely for content (IIFY, for example, had a major plot point completely excised, which made the presence of a certain guest character totally unnecessary). Kudos to Noggin for airing Daria, but a big wet raspberry to them for such wholesale (but not unexpected) slaughter.


Aunt Amy Gets Married!
(well, sort of...)
Rita Pietropinto and Thomas Robert Kitt

October 29, 2000 - Actress Rita Pietropinto, who performs the voice of Aunt Amy, was married to Thomas Robert Kitt on October 28, 2000. Congratulations, Rita and Tom, from all your fans (who fervently hope that your wedding turned out better than Erin and Brian's)!