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Summary
- THE
King of the Hill
The revival will bring back the original cast and crew, with some characters returning in older but unchanged form. - Creator Mike Judge focuses on reuniting with old friends and keeping the characters grounded that fans love.
- The next episodes will continue the daily adventures of Hank Hill, remaining faithful to the roots of the series.
The new King of the Hill episodes will bring some changes for the modern era, but many similarities remain. The show, which debuted in 1997, ended in 2010 after more than a decade of success. A King of the Hill revival is currently in production and is expected to take place nine years after the show ended. At the D23 Hulu Animayhem panel, where Screen outburst was present, creator Mike Judge talked about the changes.
While Judge didn’t share too many details about the upcoming episodes, he did share some insights. He sees the revival as an opportunity to reunite with old friends among the cast and crew. He also emphasized the idea of maintaining the show’s image and making sure it keeps its characters grounded. After so much time away, the the characters will be older but basically unchanged. Watch the video and quote below:
We’re working on it right now and it feels great…
We have the original cast returning
and a couple of them are here for Futurama, actually. No, that’s great. King of the Hill, when we first did that, we were making up taglines. It was like, “Andy Griffith is back, and he’s pissed.” We didn’t use that. There’s a little bit of, like, ”
Hank is back, and he’s pissed again
”. Since we’ve talked about how it’s rooted and everyday Americans, I think there’s something to be said for that. I won’t go into too much detail about how we’re doing it, but it’s going to be… We’ve been gone for a long time, and we’re back. Maybe a little older. It’s all about revenge, that’s what I’m saying.
In development…
King of the Hill
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From the creator of Beavis and Butthead comes King of the Hill, an animated comedy series that follows the misadventures of Texas native propane salesman Hank Hill and his family and friends. Between struggling to understand his son Bobby, making his wife happy, and finding enough time to drink beer and mow his lawn, Hank will realize that simple American life is a little harder to understand than he thought, as everyone around him is every bit as eccentric as you’d expect. From a womanizer who speaks a million words a minute to a paranoid conspiracy theorist, Hank’s friends make his life more than a little interesting.
- Launch
- Mike Giudice
- Release date
- January 12, 1997
- Seasons
- 13
- Net
- FOX
- Streaming service(s)
- Hulu, Disney+
- Writers
- Greg Daniels, Mike Giudice
- Directors
- Greg Daniels, Mike Giudice
- Showman
- Daniel Gregory
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