Mike Judge
Hank Hill
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Episode Guide
- 1. Pilot Jan 12, 1997
- The Hills live in suburban Texas, where people know everyone's business.
- 2. Square Peg Jan 12, 1997
- The school principal recruits Peg to teach human sexuality to Bobby's class.
- 3. The Order of the Straight Arrow Feb 2, 1997
- Hank gets in trouble when he takes Bobby and his Boy Scout troop on an adventure.
The series centers on the Hills, an American family in the fictional city of Arlen, Texas, as well as their neighbors, co-workers, relatives, classmates, friends, and acquaintances. Series protagonist, patriarch, and everyman Hank Hill works as assistant manager at Strickland Propane.
King of the Hill: Created by Greg Daniels, Mike Judge. With Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon, Johnny Hardwick. A straight-laced propane salesman in Arlen, Texas tries to deal with the wacky antics of his family and friends, while also trying to keep his son in line.
- (59K)
- 1997-01-12
- Animation, Comedy, Drama
- 30
Fox’s long- running animated series King of the Hill is the latest 1990s favorite to get the remake treatment. The original series, which ran for 13 seasons between 1997 and 2010, garnered...
- Mike Judge
- January 12, 1997
- Dia-Bill-ic Shock. Unwilling to change his eating habits, Bill resigns himself to life as a diabetic.
- Earthy Girls are Easy. Hank’s eco-skills impress the ladies of Arlen.
- Square-Footed Monster. Hank leads Arlen in a protest of the building of a “McMansion.”
- Lost In My Space. Hank is flabbergasted when Strickland Propane uses MySpace to attract customers; Dale hunts for truffles with some help from a pig and Ladybird.
- History
- Settings, Characters, and Themes
- Episodes
- Awards
Conception
In early 1995, after the successful run of Beavis and Butt-head on MTV, Mike Judge co-created King of the Hill with former Simpsons writer Greg Daniels. Judge was a former resident of Garland, a suburb of Dallas, Texas considered the basis for the setting of the series, the fictional Arlen. Mike Judge conceived the idea for the show, drew the main characters, and wrote a pilot script. Fox teamed the cartoonist with an experienced prime-time TV writer. Greg Daniels rewrote the pilot script and...
Initial success
After its debut, the series became a huge success for Fox and was named one of the best television series by various publications, including Entertainment Weekly, Time and TV Guide. For the 1997-1998 season, the series became one of Fox's highest rated programs and nearly outperformed The Simpsons in ratings. During the fifth and sixth seasons, Mike Judge and Greg Daniels became less involved with the show. They eventually focused on the show again, though Greg Daniels steadily became more in...
Facing cancellation
The series' tenth season was largely composed of episodes that did not air the previous season due to frequent sporting event preemptions. During the tenth season, in 2005, the show was scheduled to be canceled; however, it managed to attract high ratings and was renewed. Fox renewed the series for seasons eleven and twelve, making it the fourth longest-running animated television series on Fox after American Dad!, Family Guy, and The Simpsons. The thirteenth season episode "Lucky See, Monkey...
Setting
King of the Hill is set in the fictional town of Arlen, Texas. In a 1995 interview prior to the show's debut, Judge described the setting as "a town like Humble." In a more recent interview, Judge has cited Richardson, Texas, a Dallassuburb, as the specific inspiration for Arlen. Despite the fictitious locale, the show strives to portray the region accurately, going so far as to have annual research trips to Texas for the writing staff. Time magazine praised the authentic portrayal as the "mo...
Characters
King of the Hill depicts an average middle-class family and their lives in a typical American town. It documents the Hills' day-to-day-lives in the small Texas town of Arlen, exploring modern themes such as parent-child relationships, friendship, loyalty, and justice. As an animated sitcom, however, King of the Hill's scope is generally larger than that of a regular sitcom. The series also featured numerous celebrity guests during its run including, Troy Aikman, Heather Locklear, Sally Field,...
Main article Episode outlines Fox initially ordered 13 episodes with DABExx, but decided to keep the show in production for four additional episodes (DABE14-DABE17) bringing the actual amount of remaining unaired episodes to four, however the network nevertheless has yet to license those extra episodes. Fox later announced that they will not air th...
1998 BMI TV Music Award by Roger Neill, John O'Connor and Lance Rubin.1999 Emmy for Outstanding Animation lasting under an hour for episode "And They Call It Bobby Love".2001 Annie Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production by Kathy Najimy.2002 Emmy for Outstanding Voice Over by Pamela Adlonfor Bobby Hill.King of the Hill - watch online: streaming, buy or rent. Currently you are able to watch "King of the Hill" streaming on Hulu, fuboTV, FXNow, Adult Swim. Newest Episodes. S13 E24 - To Sirloin with Love.
Oct 26, 2021 · S12 E1 - Suite Smells of Excess Bobby develops an interest in football, much to Hank's delight. Complications arise, however, when Hank and the guys take Bobby to a Texas-Nebraska game. TV-PG | 10.26.2021. Watch full episodes of King of the Hill online. Get behind-the-scenes and extras all on FXX.
