‘King Of The Hill’ Revival Ordered By Hulu; Mike Judge, Greg Daniels And Original Cast Set To Return - Deadline

Hulu is laying retired the invited mat for the Hill family: the streamer is reviving King of the Hill from 20th Television Animation, with co-creators Mike Judge and Greg Daniels acceptable to return, arsenic good arsenic the beloved erstwhile cast.

Judge volition reprise his relation arsenic Hank Hill, portion Kathy Najimy volition beryllium backmost arsenic his woman Peggy, Stephen Root arsenic Bill, Pamela Adlon arsenic Bobby Hill, Johnny Hardwick arsenic Dale and Lauren Tom arsenic Minh. The reboot has been successful the works since the 2017 San Francisco Sketchfest, wherever Judge and Daniels reconnected with the formed and celebrated the 20th anniversary of the aged Fox animated show.

Saladin Patterson (The Wonder Years, The Last O.G.) volition articulation the accumulation arsenic enforcement shaper and showrunner. 3 Arts’ Michael Rotenberg and Howard Klein, and Bandera Entertainment’s Dustin Davis volition service arsenic enforcement producers.  

“We are each truthful excited to invited backmost Hank, Peggy and Bobby, and to spot what they person to accidental astir the satellite we unrecorded successful and proceed the conversations we began years ago,” said Craig Erwich, president, ABC Entertainment, Hulu and Disney Branded Television Streaming Originals, successful a statement. “This amusement has each of the cleanable ingredients to conscionable this infinitesimal successful animation astatine Hulu, and we’re truthful thankful to beryllium having those conversations alongside this talented group.”

The show, acceptable successful the fictional Arlen, Texas, follows the beingness of Hank Hill, an enthusiastic seller of propane and propane accessories; his wife, Peggy, the section Boggle champ and substitute teacher; and their 13-year-old son, Bobby, who defies immoderate anticipation his begetter had for a son. Hank’s friends — conspiracy theorist Dale, subject barber Bill and chill but inarticulate Boomhauer (Judge) — on with Peggy’s friends Minh and meteorologist Nancy (Ashley Gardner), and Bobby’s person Connie (Tom), assistance the Hills navigate a changing world.

“Yeah, antheral I archer you whot man, that dang Ol’ Greg, talking astir O.G. and past that Mike Judge … Inspirations, antheral … the archetypal show, dang ol’ classical … Got my kids, man, walking astir talking astir ‘That’s my purse! I don’t cognize you!’ Feeling blessed, man, I archer you whot Feel truthful Good is simply a large song, I don’t attraction what no-dang-body says …” added Patterson successful an due statement.

The Emmy-winning bid ran for 13 seasons connected Fox and is simply a apical animated performer connected Hulu.

“I’m truthful fortunate to person been a portion of this amusement from the precise opening and couldn’t beryllium much excited to sojourn Arlen, Texas, erstwhile again with Mike, Greg and Saladin, who unneurotic are bringing a full caller position to the archetypal series,” said Marci Proietto, enforcement vice president, 20th Television Animation. “We each privation to convey the fans for their overwhelming enactment due to the fact that they helped marque this happen, and I can’t hold to stock this caller iteration done the lens of 2023 America. In the words of our beloved Peggy Hill, Ho yeah!”

This isn’t the archetypal Fox animated amusement that the streamer is dusting disconnected for caller audiences; there’s a Futurama revival successful the works at Hulu, too.