Sunday night, FOX aired the series finale of their long-running animated sitcom, King of the Hill. The series has had a good long run on the network but it’s still hard to say goodbye to any characters and series that you’ve enjoyed.
When FOX cancelled the show last Spring, it didn’t look like King of the Hill fans would get a chance to see the last episode for quite awhile. Production of animated shows takes quite a long time and studios sometimes order larger-than-needed batches of episodes in the expectation that a network will order them.
According to Variety, the FOX network had purchased the rights to air 13 episodes of the series’ final season. The 20th Century Fox studio however had produced 17 episodes, with the last one being the series finale.
The network didn’t own the rights to air the last episode so Sunday night’s pair of installments were originally scheduled to be general episodes. The finale looked destined to air for the first time in syndication.
But, in the end, 20th Century stepped up and renegotiated the deal with the network. FOX still paid for the rights to air 13 installments but one of the regular episodes was traded out for the finale. The other four will debut in syndication at some point.
The last episode, titled “To Sirloin, with Love,” revolves around Hank (Mike Judge) and Bobby (Pamela Adlon) finding a common interest. It seems that young Bobby has a real talent for judging the quality of beef. He joins a local “meat examination team,” they compete, and make it all the way to the state championship.
While the finale doesn’t include any big changes for the Hill clan, it was written with closure in mind and does have some sentimental moments. The episode performed well for the network, attracting over six million viewers and performing well above average. Take a look…
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Why do they always take off some the best shows on telivision. All other shows on fox sundays are dirty and filled with filth and should not be allowed to be watched by annyone let alone little kids. children should not watch some of the crap that they put on fox sunday. King of The Hill and The Simpsons are the best shows on fox sundays . I think they should make more episodes of King of The Hill. i loved that show and still do.
waaah go cry, its entertainment and if you are going to try to be a big parent for every american that watches family guy or other crap like that, you should just bury yourself and hope you grow into a flower.
i don’t really think it’s a question of playing parent to america. it just shows how much more talent Mike Judge’s and Matt Groening’s teams have than Macfarlane’s or others of the sort because they manage to portray the same kind of humor, and succeed, without having to rely on washed up toilet humor.
I OVE THIS SHOW….
How ad that you could care less about waht the people want. It is Sunday night I looked up where knig of the hill was and found out you cancled it. Brothers is on the tv right know and it not worth watch most of the shows aren’t Once again you made a mistake
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