King of the Hill | |
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Genre |
Animated sitcom Comedy-drama Slice of life |
Created by |
Mike Judge Greg Daniels |
Voices of |
Mike Judge Kathy Najimy Pamela Segall Adlon Brittany Murphy Johnny Hardwick Stephen Root Toby Huss Chuck Mangione Tom Petty |
Opening theme | "Yahoos and Triangles" by The Refreshments |
Ending theme | "Yahoos and Triangles" (Reprise) |
Composer(s) | Roger Neill John O'Connor Greg Edmonson John Frizzel |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 13 |
No. of episodes | 259 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Mike Judge Greg Daniels Richard Appel Jonathan Aibel Glenn Berger John Altschuler Dave Krinsky |
Producer(s) | Mark McJimsey |
Editor(s) | Lee Harting Kirk Benson Don Barrozo Mark Seymour Mark McJimsey Leo Papin Louis Russel Nick Gribble |
Running time | 21–23 minutes |
Production company(s) |
Anivision Film Roman 3 Arts Entertainment Deedle-Dee Productions Judgmental Films 20th Century Fox Television |
Distributor | 20th Television |
Release | |
Original network | Fox |
Picture format |
480i (4:3 SDTV) (1997–2008) 720p (16:9 HDTV) (2009) |
Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound |
Original release | January 12, 1997 | – September 13, 2009
King of the Hill is an American animated sitcom created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels that ran from January 12, 1997 to September 13, 2009 on Fox. It centers on the Hills, a middle-class American family in the fictional city of Arlen, Texas. It attempts to maintain a realistic approach, seeking humor in the conventional and mundane aspects of everyday life.
The series debuted on the Fox network as a mid-season replacement on January 12, 1997, quickly becoming a hit. The series' popularity led to worldwide syndication, and reruns aired nightly on Adult Swim. The show became one of Fox's longest-running series (third-longest as an animated series, after The Simpsons and Family Guy), and briefly was the second longest running animated sitcom in history. In 2007, it was named by Time magazine as one of the top 100 greatest television shows of all time.King of the Hill won two Emmy Awards and was nominated for seven.
A total of 259 episodes aired over the course of its 13 seasons. The final episode aired on Fox on September 13, 2009. Four episodes from the final season were to have aired on Fox, but later premiered in nightly syndication from May 3 to 6, 2010.
King of the Hill is set in the fictional small town of Arlen, Texas. The show centers around the Hill family, whose head is the ever-responsible, hard-working, loyal, disciplined, and honest Hank Hill (voiced by Mike Judge). The pun title refers to Hank as the head of the family as well as metaphorically to the children's game King of the Hill. Hank is employed as an assistant manager at Strickland Propane, selling "propane and propane accessories". He is very traditional and moral, and he takes exceptionally good care of his dog, Ladybird, which he treats, more often than not, as a member of the family and as a human. Hank is married to Peggy Hill (née Platter) (voiced by Kathy Najimy), a native of Montana, who is a substitute Spanish teacher, although she has little grasp of the language; she has also found employment and avocation as a freelance author, Boggle champion, notary public, softball pitcher and real estate agent. Her overconfidence and trusting nature often leads her into getting involved in complex schemes that Peggy doesn't recognize as criminal or irresponsible until it's too late.