Various print and online periodicals covered MTV's 20th anniversary, with Daria mentioned in several:

USA Today: Daria is mentioned in their "what's cool and what isn't" sidebar, noted as being cool for "[giving] animated exposure to the attitude and intelligence of alienated teenage girls."

The Detroit Free Press: The premiere of Daria on January 27, 1997, is listed in TV critic Mike Duffy's evolution of MTV timeline.