Editing Daria (section)

==Reception==
''Daria'' premiered to positive reviews, with [[John J. O'Connor (journalist)|John J. O'Connor]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' writing in March 1997, "As far as MTV and ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' are concerned, ''Daria'' is an indispensable blast of fresh air."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/03/arts/teen-ager-s-scornful-look-at-cuteness.html|title=Teen-Ager's Scornful Look at Cuteness|last=O'Connor|first=John J.|date=1997-03-03|work=The New York Times|access-date=2009-11-01|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''Daria'' continued to receive positive reviews during the course of its run and was one of MTV's highest rated shows, with the network's manager Van Toffler viewing the character as "a good spokesperson for MTV, intelligent but subversive".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z20YDAAAQBAJ&q=daria+a+good+spokesperson+for+MTV%2C+intelligent+but+subversive&pg=PA58|title=Geek Chic: Smart Women in Popular Culture|last=Inness|first=S.|date=2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781137084217|pages=58|language=en}}</ref>

During the program's run on MTV, Daria was part of the Cool Crap Auction, giving an overview of the goods for auction and talking "live" to the winner of one prize.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outpost-daria.com/ts_coolcrap.html |title=Cool Crap Auction transcript |publisher=Outpost-daria.com |access-date=November 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711192113/http://www.outpost-daria.com/ts_coolcrap.html |archive-date=July 11, 2012 }}</ref> Daria and Jane also hosted MTV's ''Top Ten Animated Videos Countdown'', poking fun at MTV's cheap animation. At the end of the series run, she had an "interview" on the ''CBS Early Show'' with [[Jane Clayson Johnson|Jane Clayson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outpost-daria.com/media_art28.html |title=CBS Daily Show transcript; Outpost Daria |publisher=Outpost-dario.com |access-date=November 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420000744/http://www.outpost-daria.com/media_art28.html |archive-date=April 20, 2012 }}</ref> ''Daria'' received a ratings share between 1 and 2 percent, about 1 to 2 million viewers.

G.J. Donnelly of ''TV Guide'', writing about the series' finale, lamented, "I already miss that monotone. I already miss those boots. ... Even at its most far-fetched, this animated film approaches the teenage experience much more realistically than shows like ''[[Dawson's Creek]]''."<ref>Donnelly, G.J., "Senior Citizen", ''TV Guide'' Online, January 21, 2002, outpost-daria.com {{dead link|date=December 2015}}</ref> On the same occasion, [[Emily Nussbaum]] wrote at ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' that "the show is biting the dust without ever getting the credit it deserved: for social satire, witty writing, and most of all, for a truly original main character". She particularly singled out for praise that all the characters were heading "to very different paths in life, based on their economic prospects," giving the show an ambiguous end; "[the finale is] a bit of a classic: a sharply funny exploration of social class most teen films would render, well, cartoonish."<ref>[https://slate.com/culture/2002/01/requiem-for-daria.html "Requiem for ''Daria'': ''Daria'' slips into the ''Ghost World'' of great high-school drama"], [[Slate (magazine)|Slate.com]], [[Emily Nussbaum]], January 21, 2002</ref>