King of the Hill Writer Says There Are “Hot Negotiations” on Revival, Set 15 Years Later
In the annals of American animated comedies, King of the Hill still stands out as an almost entirely unique concept. Few other series have dared to make their protagonists both blue collar and rigidly, politically conservative—a position that King of the Hill handled with the utmost of care in order to make Hank Hill’s outlook on life both amusing and sympathetic, despite him often being on what one might dub the wrong side of history. The key to Hank’s likeability was always an innate good-naturedness he possessed despite also harboring views that were often outdated or exaggeratedly close-minded. One gets the sense, observing the character, that he’s not a bad fellow—just one who was raised in a very cloistered environment, and has rarely ventured outside of his comfort zone.
But a return of King of the Hill in a modern setting? Now that would be a tricky proposition, but it’s one that could be on the horizon according to writer Brent Forrester. In a recent AMA on reddit, the writer for everything from The Office and The Simpsons to King of the Hill said that series creators Greg Daniels and Mike Judge were working hard to bring back a modern revival of the show, in “hot negotiations” with Fox to make it happen. That series would return to sleepy Arlen, TX, where all the characters would age up by about 15 years.
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