F Is for Family King of the Hill

American animated sitcom

King of the Loma
Genre	Animated sitcom Piece of life
Created by	Mike Approximate Greg Daniels
Voices of	Mike Judge Kathy Najimy Pamela Adlon Brittany Murphy Johnny Hardwick Stephen Root Toby Huss Tom Piffling
Theme music composer	The Refreshments
Opening theme	"Yahoos and Triangles"
Ending theme	"Yahoos and Triangles" (Reprise)
Composers	Roger Neill John O'Connor Greg Edmonson John Frizzell
State of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	13
No. of episodes	259 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Mike Judge Greg Daniels Richard Appel Jonathan Aibel Glenn Berger John Altschuler Dave Krinsky Jim Dauterive Garland Testa Howard Klein Michael Rotenberg
Producers	Marker McJimsey David Zuckerman
Editors	Lee Harting Kirk Benson Don Barrozo Marking Seymour Mark McJimsey Leo Papin Louis Russel Nick Gribble
Running time	20–22 minutes
Production companies	Deedle-Dee Productions Judgemental Films 3 Arts Entertainment 20th Century Fox Television Bandera Entertainment
Distributor	20th Television
Release
Original network	Fox
Picture format	NTSC (1997–2008) HDTV 720p (2009–2010)
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
Original release	January 12, 1997 (1997-01-12) – May 6, 2010 (2010-05-06)

King of the Colina is an American blithe sitcom created past Mike Judge and Greg Daniels for the Fox Broadcasting Company that aired from Jan 12, 1997, to May 6, 2010. It centers on the Hills, an American family unit in the fictional metropolis of Arlen, Texas, as well as their neighbors, co-workers, relatives, classmates, friends, and acquaintances. Serial protagonist, patriarch, and everyman Hank Hill works as assistant manager at Strickland Propane. He lives in a ranch-manner house with his wife Peggy, his son Bobby, his niece Luanne, and his pet bloodhound Ladybird. Hank's neighbors are his longtime friends Neb Dauterive, a divorced, bald, overweight military machine hairdresser and former high school football star; Dale Gribble, a paranoid, pro-gun, anti-government exterminator; and Jeff Boomhauer, a charismatic, soft-spoken, often unintelligible bachelor. The evidence'southward realistic approach seeks humor in the conventional and mundane aspects of everyday life, such every bit bluish-collar workers, substitute teachers, the trials of puberty, and political correctness.

Judge began creating King of the Colina during his fourth dimension making the MTV series Beavis and Butt-Head, which he too created and voiced. Later on pitching the airplane pilot to Fox, Judge was paired with Greg Daniels, an experienced writer who previously worked on The Simpsons. The serial debuted on the Pull a fast one on network as a mid-season replacement in 1997, chop-chop condign a success. The series' popularity led to worldwide syndication, and cable reruns currently air on FXX and Cartoon Network's belatedly night programming block, Adult Swim, having aired on FX and Comedy Central in the past. The show became one of Fox's longest-running series. A full of 259 episodes aired over the form of its xiii seasons. The final episode aired on Fox on September 13, 2009. Four episodes from the final flavor were planned to air on Fox, but later premiered in nightly syndication from May 3 to six, 2010.

In 2007, it was named by Time magazine equally i of the top 100 greatest television shows of all time.^[1] King of the Hill won ii Emmy Awards and was nominated for seven. The series' glory guest stars include Chuck Mangione (playing a fictionalized version of himself), Tom Petty (playing the recurring grapheme Lucky), Alan Rickman (playing a male monarch at a Renaissance fair), and numerous country music artists. A revival is in evolution.

Serial synopsis [edit]

Male monarch of the Colina is set in the fictional minor boondocks of Arlen, Texas. The testify centers around the Colina family, headed by the ever-responsible, hard-working, loyal, disciplined, and honest propane and propane accompaniment salesman Hank Colina (voiced by Mike Judge). The punning title refers to Hank as the head of the family as well as metaphorically to the children's game King of the Loma. Hank is employed as the assistant manager at Strickland Propane, selling "propane and propane accessories", a frequent catchphrase. He ofttimes finds his traditional conservative values challenged by the changing world around him, though his common decency ever sees him through. Hank typically serves every bit the de facto leader for his friends and family. His married woman Peggy Hill (née Platter) (voiced by Kathy Najimy), a native of Montana, is a substitute Spanish teacher, though she has a poor grasp of the language. Peggy also finds employment and avocation as a freelance paper columnist for The Arlen Bystander as well as a Boggle champion, a notary public, a softball pitcher, and a real estate agent. She is confident, sometimes to the point of lacking self-awareness. Hank and Peggy'southward only child, Bobby Hill (voiced by Pamela Adlon), is a student at Tom Landry Middle School. His characteristic lack of athleticism and interests in prop one-act and cooking are mystifying to his more than conventional male parent just are encouraged by his female parent.

Throughout the series, Peggy'due south naïve and emotional niece Luanne Platter (voiced by Brittany Spud), the daughter of Peggy'due south scheming brother Hoyt (voiced by Johnny Knoxville) and his alcoholic ex-wife, Leanne (voiced by Adlon), lives with the Loma family. Hank originally encourages her to move out, but over time accepts her every bit a member of the household. Luanne attends beauty schoolhouse and hosts a Christian-themed boob bear witness for a local cable admission TV station. Luanne later on engages in a relationship and later marries Elroy "Lucky" Kleinschmidt (voiced by Tom Petty), a snaggle-toothed layabout who lives on the settlements he has earned from a frivolous lawsuit.

Hank has a healthy relationship with his female parent, Tilly (voiced past Tammy Wynette, later by Beth Grant and Thousand Callan), a kind woman who lives in Arizona. Hank is, at first, uncomfortable with his mother dating Gary Kasner (voiced by Carl Reiner), a Jewish homo, but he warms upwards to Gary as their relationship progresses. Hank is dismayed by his mother's choice to intermission upwardly with Gary to marry a human being she has merely known for a few weeks, Chuck Garrison, simply eventually finds Chuck as likable as Gary. In dissimilarity, Hank has a strained relationship with his father, Cotton Loma (voiced by Toby Huss), a cantankerous Earth War Two veteran who lost his shins to machine gun fire in Nihon and who verbally abused Tilly during their union, leading to their divorce. Cotton fiber subsequently marries Didi (voiced by Ashley Gardner), a candy striper who attended kindergarten with Hank. Together, Cotton and Didi have a son, "M.H." ("Good Hank"), who bears a striking resemblance to Bobby.

Other main characters include Hank'south friends and their families. Dale Gribble (voiced by Johnny Hardwick) is the Hills' chain-smoking, balding, conspiracy-theorist next-door neighbor and Hank's all-time friend. As a result of his paranoia, Dale does not trust the regime or "the organisation". He owns his ain pest control business, Dale'due south Dead Problems, and is also a licensed bounty hunter and President of the Arlen Gun Society. Dale is married to Nancy Hicks-Gribble (voiced by Ashley Gardner), a weather condition reporter and subsequently an anchorwoman for the Channel 84 news. Dale and Nancy's only child, Joseph (voiced past Brittany Murphy and afterwards by Breckin Meyer), is best friends with Bobby Hill. He plays quarterback for the football squad, enjoys destructive activities like setting ants on fire, and becomes somewhat girl-crazy every bit he gets older. Unbeknownst to Dale, Joseph is not biologically his son, but was instead built-in from Nancy'south 14-yr-long and however-ongoing thing with John Redcorn (voiced past Victor Aaron; later Jonathan Joss), a Native American healer who has given Nancy therapeutic massages for her headaches for years; their matter has long been common noesis among Nancy'south neighbors, who have all seemingly agreed to continue it a secret from Dale.

Across the alley from the Hills lives Bill Dauterive (voiced by Stephen Root). Known every bit the "Billdozer" in his high school football game celebrity days, Bill is at present overweight, bald, and clinically depressed, still struggling to get over his divorce with his ex-wife Lenore. Neb is a Sergeant and barber in the U.s.a. Regular army who idolizes Hank. Bill'southward loneliness often results in him being hands taken advantage of by strangers until his friends come to his rescue. Throughout the series, he finds near-success with women, including former Texas Governor Ann Richards. He frequently expresses an unrequited allure to Peggy, which she occasionally uses to her reward.

Boomhauer (voiced by Mike Guess), who also lives in the Hill's neighborhood, is a slim womanizer whose fast, not-fluent, and jumbled speech can exist hard to empathize for the audience despite being easily understood by his friends and most other characters. He is shown to exist able to sing clearly and speak fluent Castilian and French. During a perspective flashback in the Flavour 3 episode "A Fire Fighting We Will Become", Boomhauer sees himself speaking commonly while everyone else speaks in Boomhauer's manner of speaking. Though his occupation is not explicitly stated, a single line early in the series indicates he is an electrician living on worker'southward comp. In a montage leading to the conclusion of the concluding episode, a Texas Ranger badge falls open on his dresser. His given name, Jeff, is not revealed until the 13th and final season.

Early on in the series, the Souphanousinphones, a Laotian family, motility in next-door to the Hills. The family unit consists of the materialistic Kahn (voiced by Toby Huss), his class-conscious wife Minh (voiced by Lauren Tom), and their teenage girl, Kahn, Jr., who goes by the name "Connie" (voiced by Lauren Tom). Kahn—who fled poverty in Lao people's democratic republic to become a successful businessman in America—is often at odds with his neighbors, believing them to exist hillbillies and rednecks due to their lower socioeconomic status (despite evidence to the reverse). Minh often becomes involved in activities with Peggy and Nancy, whom she looks down on as uncivilized and ignorant, despite withal considering them her best friends. Connie has been pushed by her father to become a child prodigy and excels at a diversity of things from academics to music, though she rejects her father'due south materialism and judgmental nature. She develops a relationship with Bobby that blossoms into romance over the first half of the series before the two decide to remain friends. Connie often accompanies Bobby and Joseph on their adventures.

Other modest characters include Buck Strickland (voiced by Stephen Root), Hank's licentious boss at Strickland Propane; Joe Jack (voiced by Toby Huss) and Enrique (Danny Trejo), Hank's co-workers at Strickland; Carl Moss (voiced past Dennis Burkley), Bobby'due south primary at Tom Landry Middle School; and Reverend Karen Stroup (voiced by Mary Tyler Moore and after by Ashley Gardner), the female minister of Arlen Showtime Methodist.

Post-obit the evidence's piece of life format, which is consistently present throughout its run, the show presents itself as existence more downward-to-earth than other competing animated comedies, eastward.k., Family Guy, due to the fashion the testify applies realism and often derives its plots and humor from mundane topics. Critics also note the groovy bargain of humanity shown throughout the show.^[ii]

History [edit]

Conception [edit]

The design of Rex of the Loma was based on Texas suburbs from the 1950s such as Arlington.

In early on 1995, during the successful beginning run of Beavis and Butt-Head on MTV, Mike Estimate decided to create another animated series, this one set in a small Texas town based on an affiliation of Dallas suburbs, including Garland, where he had lived, and Richardson.^{[3] [4]} Judge conceived the idea for the show, drew the main characters, and wrote a pilot script.

The Fox Broadcasting Company was uncertain of the viability of Estimate'southward concept for an blithe one-act based in reality and set in the American South, so the network teamed the animator with Greg Daniels, an experienced prime-time Boob tube writer who had previously worked on The Simpsons.^{[5] [3]} Daniels rewrote the airplane pilot script and created of import characters who did not appear in Judge's commencement draft, including Luanne and Cotton. Daniels likewise reworked some of the supporting characters (whom the pair characterized as originally having been generic, "snaggle-toothed hillbillies"), such as making Dale Gribble a conspiracy theorist.^[six] While Judge'south writing tended to emphasize political humor, specifically the disharmonism of Hank Hill's social conservatism and interlopers' liberalism, Daniels focused on character development to provide an emotional context for the serial' numerous cultural conflicts. Judge was ultimately and then pleased with Daniels' contributions, he chose to credit him equally a co-creator, rather than requite him the "developer" credit normally reserved for individuals brought onto a pilot written by someone else.^[half-dozen]

Initial success [edit]

After its debut, the serial became a large success for Fox and was named one of the best television series of the yr by diverse publications, including Amusement Weekly, Time, and Tv Guide.^[7] For the 1997–1998 season, the serial became i of Fox'southward highest-rated programs and even outperformed The Simpsons in the ratings that season, ranking 15th with an boilerplate of 16.three million viewers per episode.^[eight] During the fifth and sixth seasons, Mike Judge and Greg Daniels became less involved with the show.^[six] They eventually refocused on information technology, even while Daniels became involved with more than and more than projects.^[6]

Format change [edit]

Over time, series co-creator Mike Judge took a reduced role in the production of episodes.

Gauge and Daniels' reduced involvement with the show resulted in the series' format turning more episodic and formulaic.^[6] Offset in season seven, John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky, who had worked on the serial since flavor 2, took it over completely, tending to emphasize Gauge'southward concept that the series was built around sociopolitical sense of humor rather than character-driven humor.^[6] Although Fob insisted that the series lack grapheme development or story arcs (a demand made of the network's other animated series, so that they tin can be shown out of order in syndication),^[six] Judge and Daniels had managed to develop minor arcs and story elements throughout the early years of the serial, such every bit Luanne's becoming more than contained and educated after Buckley'due south decease, and the crumbling of characters being acknowledged (a rare narrative occurrence for an animated series).^[6] Lacking Estimate and Daniels' supervision, the series ceased aging its characters and even began retconning character backstories; in the episode "A Rover Runs Through It", Peggy's mother was abruptly changed from a neurotic housewife with whom Peggy shared a competitive relationship to a bitter rancher from whom Peggy had been estranged for years. The format change also resulted in at least one minor character—Laoma, Kahn's mother—existence written out of the prove completely, and her relationship with Nib ignored in all futurity episodes.

Facing cancellation [edit]

Considering it was scheduled to lead off Fox's Lord's day-night animated programming lineup, portions of Male monarch of the Loma episodes were often pre-empted by sporting events that ran into overtime; in season nine peculiarly, whole episodes were pre-empted. Ultimately, enough episodes were pre-empted that the bulk of the series' tenth season—initially intended to be the final season,^[nine] consisted of unaired ninth-season episodes.

The 13th-flavour episode "Lucky Encounter, Monkey Practice" became the offset episode of the series to be produced in widescreen loftier definition when it aired on February viii, 2009.^[10]

Cancellation [edit]

Although ratings remained consistent throughout the 10th, 11th, and twelfth seasons and had begun to rise in the overall Nielsen ratings (up to the 105th most watched series on television, from 118th in season 8), Trick abruptly announced in 2009 that King of the Hill had been cancelled. The cancellation coincided with the announcement that Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy and American Dad!, would be creating a Family Guy spin-off called The Cleveland Show, which would take over King of the Hill's time slot.^[xi]

Hopes to proceed the testify adrift surfaced as sources indicated that ABC (which was already airing Guess's new animated comedy, The Goode Family) was interested in securing the rights to the prove,^[12] but in January 2009, ABC president Steve McPherson said he had "no plans to pick up the animated comedy."^[13]

On April 30, 2009, information technology was appear that Fox ordered at least 2 more than episodes to give the show a finale.^[14] The bear witness'due south 14th season was originally supposed to air erstwhile in the 2009–2010 season,^[15] just Fob after announced that information technology would not air the episodes, opting instead for syndication.^[sixteen] On August 10, 2009, nonetheless, Fox released a argument that the network would air a series finale on September xiii, 2009.^[17]

During the panel discussion for the return of Beavis and Butt-Head at Comic-Con 2011, Mike Judge said that no electric current plans be to revive King of the Hill, although he would not rule out the possibility of it returning.^[18]

Revival [edit]

On August 8, 2017, information technology was revealed that Estimate and Daniels had talked with Fox executives about a potential revival.^[19] In a March nineteen, 2018, interview with Rotten Tomatoes, Judge said he would want the revived series to include aged characters, such as an older Bobby.^[twenty] On March 20, 2020, Daniels revealed that he and Estimate had an idea for the reboot. Daniels stated, "We practise have a plan for it and information technology's pretty funny. So peradventure one day."^[21] On March 17, 2021, writer Brent Forrester stated that a reboot is currently underway, stating in a Tweet, "I am sure Greg Daniels and Mike Judge will murder me for sharing this just… HELL Yep. They are in hot negotiations to bring back King of the Colina." The reboot will possibly feature "anile-upward characters".^[22]

On January 18, 2022, Judge and Daniels appear the forming of a new company called Bandera Amusement, with a revival of King of the Hill being one of several serial in development.^[23]

Television ratings [edit]

Season		No. of episodes	Originally aired			Nielsen ratings
			Fourth dimension slot (ET)	Season premiere	Flavor finale	Ranking	Viewers (in millions)
1st	1996–97	12	Sundays eight:30 pm	January 12, 1997	May xi, 1997	#43[24]	8.6
2nd	1997–98	23		September 21, 1997	May 17, 1998	#15[25]	16.three[25]
3rd	1998–99	25	Tuesdays at 8:00 pm	September 15, 1998	May xviii, 1999	#110[24]	7.9[24]
4th	1999–2000	24	Sundays at seven:30 pm	September 26, 1999	May 21, 2000	#77[26]	8.seven[26]
5th	2000–01	20		Oct i, 2000	May xiii, 2001	#68[27]	9.5[27]
6th	2001–02	22	Sunday at vii:30 pm (Episodes one-ii, four-twenty, 22) Midweek at 7:00 pm (Episode 3) Dominicus at seven:00 pm (Episode 21)	November xi, 2001	May 12, 2002	#90[28]	7.seven[28]
7th	2002–03	23	Sunday at 8:xxx pm (Episodes 1-3, half dozen-8, 10) Sun at 7:30 pm (Episodes 4-v, 9, 11-12, xiv-21, 23) Sunday at seven:00 pm (Episodes 13, 22)	November three, 2002	May 18, 2003	#68[29]	ix.5[29]
8th	2003–04	22	Dominicus at vii:xxx pm (Episodes i-9, 15-22) Lord's day at seven:00 pm (Episodes 10-14)	November 2, 2003	May 23, 2004	#118[30]	6.iv[30]
9th	2004–05	15	Sunday at 7:00 pm (Episode ane, iii-half dozen, eight-15) Sun at 9:30 pm (Episodes two, seven)	Nov seven, 2004	May 15, 2005	#110[31]	4.8[31]
10th	2005–06	15	Sun at 7:xxx pm	September 18, 2005	May 14, 2006	#111[32]	5.2[32]
11th	2006–07	12	Dominicus at viii:xxx pm (Episodes one-v) Sunday at 7:30 pm (Episodes 6, 8-x, 12) Sunday at 7:00 pm (Episodes vii, 11)	January 28, 2007	May xx, 2007	#109[33]	5.5[33]
12th	2007–08	22	Dominicus at viii:xxx pm (Episodes 1-half dozen, 8-22) Sunday at 7:00 pm (Episode 7)	September 23, 2007	May 18, 2008	#105[34]	half dozen.vi[34]
13th	2008–09	24	Sunday at 8:xxx pm (Episodes ane-9, xi-thirteen, 16-18, 20) Dominicus at nine:00 pm (Episode 10) Dominicus at 7:xxx pm (Episodes 14-15) Sunday at 8:00 pm (Episode xix)	September 28, 2008	September thirteen, 2009	#95[35]	6.0[35]

Setting and characters [edit]

Opening sequence [edit]

In the opening sequence, Hank joins Dale, Bill, and Boomhauer in the alley behind his house. When he opens his can of beer, the playback speed increases profoundly and depicts other primary and secondary characters conveying out various daily activities around them in a time-lapse. Meanwhile, the four continue drinking beer and a nearby recycling bin fills with their empty cans. When Peggy brings a bag of garbage out to Hank, the other three leave and the playback returns to normal speed as he takes information technology to the trash can and gathers with Peggy and Bobby.

The opening theme, "Yahoos and Triangles", is performed by the Arizona rock band The Refreshments. Variations of the theme are used for special episodes, including season finales and Christmas episodes.

Setting [edit]

The Hill family. From the left: Peggy (back), Bobby, Hank, and their domestic dog, Ladybird.

King of the Hill is set in the fictional boondocks of Arlen, Texas, an amalgamation of numerous Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs including Garland, Richardson, Arlington and Allen.^{[36] [37]} In addition to cartoon inspiration from the DFW Metroplex, Approximate has described Arlen every bit "a town similar Humble" (a suburb of Houston).^[38] Time magazine praised the authentic portrayal as the "most acutely observed, realistic sitcom most regional American life bar none".^[1] As seen in the episode "Hank'southward Cowboy Movie," the town has a population of 145,300 people.

Though the location is based on suburbs of the DFW Metroplex, the physical location of Arlen is never specified in the serial, other than that it is in Texas. Like to the location of Springfield on The Simpsons, the location of Arlen within Texas is capricious based on the needs of a detail episode'south plot, and multiple episodes give conflicting data equally to Arlen'southward geographic location inside the country. For example, one episode indicates that information technology is just north of the Brazos River in central Texas.^[5] Other episodes place it nearly Houston or Dallas, while others feature trips to Mexico and back taking place within a matter of hours. In "Harlottown", the location is revealed to be somewhere on the Chisholm Trail.

The Hills and other major characters reside on the fictional Rainey Street in Arlen. Hank'due south friend and neighbor Bill Dauterive is a barber at Fort Blanda, an army post (similar to Fort Hood) near Arlen. Most of the children in the show attend the fictional Tom Landry Middle School. Early in the series, the schoolhouse is referred to every bit being in the Heimlich County School Commune (according to markings on the school buses), though in afterwards seasons this is changed to Arlen Independent Schoolhouse Commune. The school'due south mascot is a longhorn steer.

The episode "Harlottown" recounts the town's history as a watering hole on the Chisholm Trail.

Characters [edit]

Male monarch of the Hill depicts an "average" family and their lives in a typical American town. It documents the Hills' day-to-twenty-four hour period-lives in the minor Texas town of Arlen, exploring themes such as parent-child relationships, friendship, loyalty, and justice.^[5]

Episodes [edit]

1. ^ Season 13 officially concluded on September 13, 2009. Four episodes were syndicated during the week of May three, 2010.

Home media [edit]

The first half-dozen seasons were released on DVD by 20th Century Play a trick on Abode Amusement from 2003 to 2006. The seventh season was originally planned to be released in tardily 2006, simply however, it was delayed, most likely due to poor sales of the DVDs, the release was cancelled. However, in 2014, Olive Films caused the sub-license to release future seasons of the show, and seasons seven and eight were released on November eighteen, of that same twelvemonth, with ix and ten released on April 7, 2015,^{[39] [40]} xi released on Baronial 25, 2015, twelve released on September 22, 2015, and thirteen released (also Blu-ray) on Oct xx, 2015.

Netflix and Play a joke on streamed all episodes, merely stopped streaming on October i, 2013, and in early 2017, the series was removed from iTunes and Google Play, though it returned to the latter afterward that year. As of May 2018, all episodes were again removed from Google Play and iTunes.

On Nov one, 2018, all episodes became bachelor for streaming on Hulu.^[41]

Title	Episodes	DVD release date			Blu-ray release date (Region A)
		Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
The Complete Showtime Flavour	12	July 1, 2003	March 13, 2006	March fifteen, 2006	TBA
The Complete 2d Season	23	November 11, 2003	March 13, 2006	May 23, 2006	TBA
The Complete Tertiary Flavor	25	December 28, 2004	August 28, 2006	September 26, 2006	TBA
The Complete Quaternary Season	24	May three, 2005	Jan fifteen, 2007	June 19, 2007	TBA
The Consummate Fifth Flavour	20	November 22, 2005	Feb 26, 2007	April 23, 2008	TBA
The Complete Sixth Flavour	22	May 2, 2006	July 27, 2015	TBA	TBA
The Complete Seventh Season	23	Nov 18, 2014	July 27, 2015	TBA	TBA
The Consummate Eighth Flavor	22	November 18, 2014	August 24, 2015	TBA	TBA
The Complete 9th Season	fifteen	April 7, 2015	Baronial 24, 2015	TBA	TBA
The Complete Tenth Season	15	April 7, 2015	February 29, 2016	TBA	TBA
The Complete Eleventh Season	12	August 25, 2015	February 29, 2016	TBA	TBA
The Consummate Twelfth Season	22	September 22, 2015	March 28, 2016	TBA	TBA
The Consummate Thirteenth Flavour	24	Oct 20, 2015	April iv, 2016	TBA	Oct xx, 2015

The show aired in circulate syndication from 2004 to 2020. From September 2004 to Jan 2009, FX aired the series daily nationwide. The prove later aired on Cartoon Network'due south belatedly-nighttime programming block Adult Swim from January 1, 2009 to June 29, 2018. The series then aired short-lived reruns on Comedy Primal from July 24, 2018 until November 2019, when the series was pulled from the lineup. All traces of the show were removed from Comedy Primal's website too. However, the series joined FXX'southward lineup on September 20, 2021; shortly thereafter, Developed Swim regained partial syndication, and then FXX and Adult Swim share the syndication rights as of November 22, 2021.^{[42] [43]}

Video game [edit]

A video game based on the series was released on November 13, 2000 for the PC.^[44] The player goes on a hunting trip with Hank and the gang where the actor must chase for various animals. The game received mixed to negative reviews.^[45]

Reception [edit]

King of the Colina received critical acclaim over its 13-yr run. Early on reviews of the testify were positive. Diane Holloway at the Chicago Tribune considered it the "most Texan television series since Dallas", and praised the show'south "sly sense of humor and subversive sensibility."^[46] At the Los Angeles Times, author Howard Rosenberg suggested that the show "totes a few smiles, but [there's] little to bowl yous over, and it takes a spell getting used to."^[47] the shows outset flavour received an approval rating of 81% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on sixteen reviews.^[48] Its consensus reads, "King of the Hill's mild yet extremely funny depiction of small-town Texas life is refreshingly worlds away from conventional prime-time animation."^[48] While the 5th and thirteenth seasons received more than critical praise with a 100% approval rating.^{[49] [50]}

At the show's conclusion, James Poniewozik at Time opined that it had "quietly been the best family one-act on Goggle box", calling the evidence's catastrophe "one of the nearly moving things I've seen on Television this year."^[51] Alan Sepinwall of The Star-Ledger described information technology every bit "sweeter and more human than the great majority of live-activity sitcoms that overlapped its run."^[52] Genevieve Koski of The A.5. Social club described the program as a "steadfast, down-to-earth series", while noting "the show saw its fair share of airheaded conceits and contrived setups—and got fairly repetitive in the final seasons."^[53]

Writers have examined the prove through a political lens. "Information technology'south not a political show", said Mike Approximate in 1997. "It's more a populist, common sense point of view."^[46] In 2005, Matt Bai of The New York Times Magazine called it "the most subtle and circuitous portrayal of small-scale-town voters on television."^[54] A 2016 reappraisal from The Atlantic dubbed it the "terminal bipartisan Television comedy", with writer Bert Clere noting the program "imbued all of its characters with a rich humanity that fabricated their foibles securely sympathetic. In this, Rex of the Hill was far alee of its fourth dimension, and the broader Goggle box landscape has yet to catch upwardly."^[55]

As of 2014, King of the Hill was ranked No. 27 on IGN's "Elevation 100 Animated Telly Series".^[56] In 2013, Tv Guide ranked King of the Hill as one of the acme 60 Greatest TV Cartoons of All Time.^[57]

Awards and nominations [edit]

Year	Laurels	Category	Nominee(s)	Event
1997	Annie Awards	Best Animated TV Program[58]	20th Century Fox and Film Roman Productions	Nominated
		Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a TV Product[58]	John Rice for "Keeping Upward with Our Joneses"	Nominated
		Best Private Accomplishment: Voice Acting by a Female person Performer in a TV Product[58]	Brittany Spud as Luanne Platter	Nominated
		Best Individual Achievement: Vocalism Acting by a Male Performer in a TV Production[58]	Mike Gauge as Hank Hill	Nominated
		Best Private Achievement: Writing in a Television set Production[58]	Paul Lieberstein for "Luanne's Saga"	Nominated
			Alan R. Cohen and Alan Freedland for "Shins of the Father"	Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Blithe Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)[59]	Greg Daniels, Mike Gauge, Howard Klein, Michael Rotenberg, et al. for "Square Peg"	Nominated
	TCA Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Comedy	King of the Hill	Nominated
1998	Annie Awards	Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Primetime or Late Nighttime Tv Program[threescore]	20th Century Fob Television, Deedle-Dee Productions, Judgemental Films, and 3 Arts Entertainment	Nominated
		Outstanding Individual Accomplishment for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Tv Production[lx]	Kathy Najimy every bit Peggy Hill	Nominated
	BMI Film & TV Awards	BMI TV Music Accolade[61]	John O'Connor, Roger Neill, and Lance Rubin	Won
	Kids' Pick Awards	Favorite Cartoon	King of the Hill	Nominated
	Gold Reel Honour	Best Sound Editing – Television receiver Blithe Specials[62]	"The Unbearable Blindness of Laying"	Nominated
		Best Sound Editing – Television set Animation – Music[62]	King of the Loma	Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Animated Plan (For Programming I 60 minutes or Less)[59]	Greg Daniels, Mike Guess, Howard Klein, Michael Rotenberg, et al. for "Texas City Twister"	Nominated
1999	Annie Awards	Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Program[63]	20th Century Fox Television	Nominated
		Outstanding Private Accomplishment for Writing in an Animated Idiot box Production[63]	Jim Dauterive for "Hank's Cowboy Movie"	Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Ane Hour or Less)[59]	Greg Daniels, Mike Approximate, Howard Klein, Michael Rotenberg, Richard Appel, et al. for "And They Phone call It Bobby Love"	Won
2000	Annie Awards	Outstanding Individual Accomplishment for Directing in an Animated Television Production[64]	Kyoung Hee Lim and Boo Hwan Lim for "Won't You Pimai Neighbour?"	Nominated
		Outstanding Individual Accomplishment for Voice Interim by a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production[64]	Brittany Murphy as Luanne Platter in "Movin' on Upwards"	Nominated
		Outstanding Individual Accomplishment for Vocalisation Interim by a Male Performer in an Animated Television Production[64]	Mike Gauge as Hank Hill in "Hanky Panky"	Nominated
		Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Boob tube Production[64]	Garland Testa for "Aisle 8A"	Nominated
2001	American Comedy Awards	Funniest Television Series – Animated	Male monarch of the Loma	Nominated
	Annie Awards	Outstanding Private Accomplishment for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Blithe Television Production[65]	Kathy Najimy as Peggy Loma in "Luanne Virgin ii.0"	Won
		Outstanding Individual Accomplishment for Writing in an Animated Television Production[65]	Garland Testa for "Chasing Bobby"	Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Animated Plan (For Programming Less Than One Hour)[59]	Greg Daniels, Mike Approximate, Richard Appel, Howard Klein, Michael Rotenberg, et al. for "Chasing Bobby"	Nominated
2002	Annie Awards	Outstanding Writing in an Animated Television set Production[66]	Norm Hiscock for "Bobby Goes Nuts"	Won
			Kit Boss for "A Man Without a Country Gild"	Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Vocalism-Over Operation[59]	Pamela Adlon as Bobby Loma, Clark Peters, and Chane Wassanasong in "Bobby Goes Basics"	Won
		Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)[59]	Greg Daniels, Mike Judge, Richard Appel, Howard Klein, Michael Rotenberg, et al. for "Bobby Goes Basics"	Nominated
2003	Annie Awards	Outstanding Writing in an Animated Goggle box Production[67]	Tony Gama-Lobo and Rebecca May for "Reborn to Be Wild"	Nominated
	GLAAD Media Awards	Outstanding Individual Episode (In a Series Without a Regular Gay Character)[68]	"My Own Private Rodeo"	Nominated
	WGA Awards	Animation	Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck for "My Own Individual Rodeo"	Nominated
2004	Annie Awards	Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production[69]	Brittany Murphy equally Luanne Platter in "Girl, Y'all'll Be a Giant Before long"	Won
		Writing in an Animated Television Production	Etan Cohen for "Ceci Northward'est Pas Une Rex of the Hill"	Won
	WGA Awards	Animation	Tony Gama-Lobo and Rebecca May for "Reborn to Be Wild"	Nominated
2005	Annie Awards	Best Voice Acting in an Blithe Television Production[70]	Johnny Hardwick as Dale Gribble in "Smoking and the Bandit"	Nominated
2006	Annie Awards	Best Animated Television Production[71]	20th Century Play a trick on Television	Nominated
	Teen Pick Awards	TV – Pick Blithe Evidence	King of the Colina	Nominated
2007	People's Pick Awards	Favorite TV One-act – Blithe	King of the Hill	Nominated
	WGA Awards	Animation	Jim Dauterive for "Church Hopping"	Nominated
2008	Annie Awards	All-time Blithe Goggle box Product[72]	20th Century Fox Tv	Nominated
	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Animated TV Comedy	King of the Hill	Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Animated Programme (For Programming Less Than I Hour)[59]	Mike Judge, Greg Daniels, John Altschuler, Dave Krinsky, Jim Dauterive, Garland Testa, et al. for "Death Picks Cotton"	Nominated
	WGA Awards	Animation	Jim Dauterive for "Lucky's Nuptials Suit"	Nominated
			Tony Gama-Lobo and Rebecca May for "The Passion of the Dauterive"	Nominated
2009	Prism Awards	One-act Episode	"Dia-BILL-ic Shock"	Won
	WGA Awards	Blitheness	Jim Dauterive for "Strangeness on a Train"	Nominated
			Dan McGrath for "Life: A Loser's Transmission"	Nominated

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Archival sources [edit]

• The King of the Hill Production Archive 1995–2006 (75 linear ft) is housed at the Wittliff Collections, Texas State University in San Marcos.

External links [edit]

• Male monarch of the Hill at IMDb
• King of the Hill at epguides.com
• King of the Hill at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• King of the Hill on Comedy Key

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Hill

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