Why King Of The Hill Was Cancelled After Season 13
The animated series King of the Hill finally said goodbye in 2010 after a whopping thirteen seasons; here's why FOX decided to end things when it did. Premiering back in 1997, Mike Judge's creation stands as one of the longest-running primetime animated programs in TV history. It spent much of its existence as part of FOX's famous Sunday night Animation Domination programming block, alongside other long-runners like The Simpsons and Family Guy. While those two shows are often compared, King of the Hill stood out by going a different route.
Unlike Simpsons or Family Guy, which revel in over-the-top gags and taking refuge in audacity, King of the Hill is more of a realistic animated sitcom. That's not to say things didn't get wacky or weird at times, as this was still a sitcom. Overall though, the triumphs and struggles of the King of the Hill main cast, Hank Hill, his wife Peggy, their son Bobby, and Peggy's niece Luanne, as they go through their fairly average lives in the small Texas town of Arlen, proved a lot easier for most to relate to than the craziness found in other adult animated series.
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King of the Hill's long-term success made it all the stranger when FOX abruptly decided to cancel the show in 2008, prior to the already producedKing of the Hill season 13 premiering. Reports now suggest a King of the Hill revival is in the works, but here's why King of the Hill ended, and why its original ending was so sudden.
Most of the time when a broadcast TV show gets canceled by its network, poor or declining ratings are the primary reason. If enough people in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 viewer demographic aren't tuning in, the show's value is
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