King of The Hill Dead After 13 Years

Oh Hank, say it ain't so!

It seems that after 13 seasons, Fox has decided to cancel it's King Of The Hill television program. But one more round of 13 episodes are still ahead, to be aired sometime during the 2009-2010 season.

King of the Hill is an American animated series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It centers around the Hills, a suburban Methodist family proud of its Texas heritage. Unlike many animated sitcoms of its type that generally tend to feature unusual or impossible events, King of the Hill attempts to retain a realistic approach, seeking humor in the otherwise conventional or sometimes even mundane.

Judge and Daniels conceived the series after a successful run with Judge's earlier Beavis and Butt-head on MTV, and the series debuted on the Fox Network on January 12, 1997, becoming an early hit. The series' popularity has also led to syndication by many local affiliates and the FX network as well as a number of international networks. The show has risen to become one of FOX's longest-running series, and the second longest-running American animated series, behind The Simpsons. In 2007, it was named by Time Magazine as one of the greatest television shows of all time.[1] The title theme was written and performed by The Refreshments. King of the Hill has won two Emmy Awards and has been nominated for seven since its inception.

The thirteenth season began airing on Sunday September 28, 2008. One month later Fox said its most recent 13-episode order would be its last; the final episodes are expected to air 2009-10 TV season.[3]

Hank Hill, the star of the animated series, is a propane salesman who just loves the Dallas Cowboys. His wife, Peggy, works as a substitute spanish teacher, a real estate agent, freelance writer and is also a Boggle champion. They have a son, Bobby, who is a chubby 13 year old with a wacky sense of humor. Peggy's niece, Luanne, was taken in by the Hills after her mom was sent to prison for "stabbing her husband [Luanne's father and Peggy's brother, with a fork.

King of the Hill uses the standard set-up of a situation comedy or "sitcom" as its premise, depicting a 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 ranging from parent-child relationships, to friendship and loyalty, to justice, envy, and hubris. As an animated sitcom, however, King of the Hill's scope is generally larger than that of a regular sitcom.

It will be sad to see King of the Hill go after all these years.