FOX just can’t seem to decide if they want King of the Hill or not.
Back in 2005, the show was set to be cancelled but execs changed their minds when the ratings went up and the Hill family stuck around for a few more seasons.
Last October, FOX announced that they were officially cancelling the animated sitcom. Though there were still several new episodes left, the April 12th episode was initially described as the animated sitcom’s series finale. Several original episodes aired after that.
It was later confirmed that there were still six original episodes left. FOX had already licensed two of them and the network had the option to license the remaining four. FOX pulled the show completely in late July, an indication that it was gone for good.
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Last week, at the Television Critic’s Summer Press Tour, FOX’s network president, Kevin Reilly, said that it was unlikely that the network would be airing any more new episodes of King of the Hill.
Today, FOX announced that they were going to be running two original episodes together and calling them the series finale. Titled “The Boy Can’t Help It” and “The Honeymooners,” the stories revolve around Bobby being considered a ladies’ man at school and Hank’s mother’s sudden plans to remarry. The so-called “Texas-size” series finale is set to air on September 13th.
That will presumably finish off the number of episodes that FOX has licensed. So, what happens to the remaining four installments?
They’ll surely surface at some point so it’s just a question of when. The show is currently airing in syndication on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim and the last batch of episodes should be available to the cable channel soon. If Cartoon Network picks them up, they’ll be aired and could be promoted as “world premieres.”
The last four episodes are titled “Bill Gathers Moss,” “When Joseph Met Lori, and Made Out with Her in the Janitor’s Closet,” “Just Another Manic Kahn-Day,” and “To Sirloin with Love.”
It’s unclear if the actual last episode, “To Sirloin with Love,” will give any more closure to the sitcom than FOX’s so-called series finale. However, it was registered with the copyright office in December 2008, two months after FOX announced the cancellation.
What do you think? Would you rather have seen the final handful of episodes on FOX or are you just as happy to see them show up elsewhere?
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King of the Hill has been my all time favorite TV show since the year 2000 and the fact that the people at FOX are willing to cancel a show with such a huge fan base is personally an insult. Although I enjoy some of the networks other shows (mainly Family Guy), I will be boycotting this network for the far foreseeable future. For the FOX executives to cancel KotH to make room for crappy animated spinoffs like “Cleveland” (A show that if it makes it to the year 2010 would be a huge statement to how sad our society has become) makes me want to vomit.
wow, Fox doesn’t know what to do…I agree with some other posts – let it go to CN. BTW, I still don’t understand why Fox stopped with Season Six of the DVD releases. There’s plenty of good episodes following that season, although it did start to go down in quality around Season Ten, but man they need more seasons on DVD. I know I would continue to buy them, as I have bought seasons 1-6 already.
Who cares if there’s closure when this show goes of the air “It’ll be a day long remembered”
I love King of the hill, I dont see why you would cancel the show. Its funny and has tact unlike Family guy (which is racist and has no tact) . I would like to see King of the Hill continue another season.
I for one am upset tht Fox would cancel King of the Hill which general has a good message & keep Family Guy & American Dad, which over all has now redeeming value. Haven’t seen the Cleavland show yet, but I pretty much know what it’s content is going to be – crap. I am going to exercise my right to tune out – Fox you suck!
THis is awful.King of the Hill is a great show.Its sad to see it go.
I never watched cartoon based shows, My 11 year old son turned me on to this program
and i felt there were Valued family life lessons of caring and compassion ,Relationships between Son and Father,Forgivness and placing one self own needs aside to help another, It desplayed friend ship,Light hearted comedy, Work ethics I hade to go to bed @ 10 pm so on adult swim it was hard. I fell very sad it is lost, we feel betrayed what is replacing it?
Season finale seemed a little sneakey as most dont know it is off the air>
I MISS YOU HANK AND FRIENDS !
The last episode sucked!!! It wasn’t even set up as a finale, it just like any other episode. We didn’t get any closer, or find out where the lives of the characters went. Very disappointing…
Adult swim just isn’t enough! Can’t another network buy the series? I want them prime time! Or at least in the late afternoon. Fox is running mostly trash now, no one I know watches it.
Please don’t take king of the hill because i have just stared watching it for the last season to be my first and then i got some of the DVDs to catch up on the pasted episodes and watching it on cartoon network . but that could give them a chance because if you look at what happen to family guy they were cancelled and then started on CN and fox saw how good they was doing on there and then fox came begging Seth to come back so i will keep hope alive because we all need propane and propane accessories
My seventeen year old son got me hooked this spring. Never had seen the show before and he and i started watching regularly. Received seasons 1 and 2 for my birthday this september and love the show. I have been recording and watching past episodes on swim. Boomhower rules.
I love King of the Hill, and will be sad to see it go! why is it that all the good things leave so soon. This is better than American Dad! talk about a stupid show, com on.
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