Summary

  • The King of the Hill revival will bring back the original cast and crew, with some characters returning older but unchanged.
  • Creator Mike Judge focuses on reuniting with old friends and maintaining the grounded characters that fans love.
  • The episodes will continue the everyday adventures of Hank Hill in a way that stays true to the show's roots.

The new D23 Hulu Animayhem , where Screen Rant was in attendance, creator Mike Judge spoke about the changes.

While Judge did not share too many details about the episodes, he did share some insights. He views the revival as an opportunity to reunite with old friends among the cast and crew. He also emphasized the idea of maintaining the image of the show and ensuring that it retains its grounded characters. After so long away, the characters will be older but fundamentally unchanged. Check out the video and quote below:

We’re working on it right now, and it feels great… We have the original cast back, and a couple of them are here for Futurama, actually. No, it’s great. King of the Hill, when we were first doing it, we were coming up with taglines. It was like “Andy Griffith is back, and he’s pissed off”. We didn’t use that. There’s a little bit of, like, “Hank’s back, and he’s pissed off again”.

Because we talked about it being grounded and everyday middle Americans, I think there’s something to be said about that. I won’t get too into 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.

King Of The Hill Will Not Fundamentally Change

The Characters Will Remain The Same At Their Core

Any revival represents a rare opportunity for an animated show to completely reinvent itself. Yet, while the opportunity exists, Judge is not interested in a complete change. Instead, the show will have the same grounded tone and will instead focus squarely on character development. With Bobby having aged from 12 years old to 21, it will have a focus on his new life. Having left the fictional town of Arlen, Bobby is now living in Dallas as a chef and is beginning to have adventures of his own.

Hank, Peggy, and Bobby by the fence in King of the Hill
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There will be more changes, as well. Much of King of the Hill's cast is returning, though there are a few who tragically ed before having the chance to reappear. Johnny Hardwick (Dale Gribble), Brittany Murphy (Luanne Platter), and Tom Petty (Lucky) all died before the revival could be produced, and the show will likely need to address those losses in its early episodes. Many details about the story and its characters remain mysterious, including how the show will acknowledge those losses. It may rely on recasting or cutting those characters entirely.

Despite these differences, the core of the show should remain fundamentally unchanged. With Judge's interest in retaining the middle American atmosphere, the characters will likely continue to be grounded in the lives of regular, everyday people living through absurd situations. The sitcom humor will remain, and many characters will be returning. Judge's Hank Hill, Kathy Najimy's Peggy, Pamela Adlon's Bobby, Stephen Root's Bill, and Lauren Tom's Connie have all been confirmed as returning cast . With so many reprised roles, King of the Hill should remain a recognizable show.

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King of the Hill
Sitcom
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8.8/10
Release Date
1997 - 2026-00-00
Network
FOX
Showrunner
Greg Daniels

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    Mike Judge

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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 Texan native propane salesman Hank Hill and his family and friends. Between struggling to understand his son, Bobby, keep his wife happy, and find enough time to drink beer and mow his lawn, Hank will realize the simple American life is a bit harder to grasp than he thought, as everyone around him is every bit as eccentric as one would expect. From a ladies' man who speaks a million words a minute to a paranoid conspiracy theorist, Hank's friends keep his life more than a little bit interesting.

Directors
Greg Daniels, Mike Judge
Writers
Greg Daniels, Mike Judge
Seasons
13
Streaming Service(s)
Hulu, Dis