King Of The Hill

How did this show last over a decade?

"[email]" wrote in news:[email]:

cause it is the only fox sunday night show still worth watching.

Because it's been the best animated show on prime time TV since its inception.

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How have you lasted posting more than ten minutes?

[email] wrote:

Because it has subtle honest humour?

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I hated it at first--particularly the artwork. But it just grew on me. Guess the writing was clever. ...tonyC

I actually liked this show when it first debuted, but its become predictable and tiresome after what-10 seasons? Its a show that should've lasted, at best, 5 seasons. Its just too hokey..the Texas-type 'humor' just isn't funny-its queer. <apologies to Texans> I really can't believe Mike Judge would abandon a hit show like Beavis & Butthead (gotta love those classic videos) to produce tripe like this. B & B actually brought me back to watching MTV after their departure from actually showing music videos. Now they suck again and I don't see myself ever going back. Anyway, just my 2cents-KOTH sucks big time. Jay

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It's one of the better family sitcoms--period. Plus the parents are NOT terrified of their own kids.

-- Ken from Chicago

Ken from Chicago wrote:

The best explanation (and almost certainly the reason it didn't end last May, as had been announced the previous September) is, Fox doesn't have anything better to put into a half-hour slot (and there are only so many times you can show Simpsons and Family Guy reruns).

(There was a time when it got better ratings than The Simpsons - of course, the primary reason was that The Simpsons was up against 3rd Rock From The Sun on NBC, while at 8:30, KOTH was up against a one-season non-wonder called Boston Common, and as ABC and CBS ran hour-long shows from 8 to 9, there wasn't much to watch at 8:30 (not to mention the people who switched on Fox early for "The X-Files" at 9:00).)

Plus, unlike other family sitcoms, the kids don't get older, changing the concept of the show (look what happened to Leave It To Beaver, The Brady Bunch, and Diff'rent Strokes - and, to a lesser extent, Roseanne).

Dale's not terrified of Joseph? That's news to me.

My only problem with it: in just about every episode, Hank always has to be right - and when it's not Hank, it's Peggy. (Yes, just like House.)

-- Don

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 09:30:21 -0800, Don Del Grande wrote:

At this point it's been juggled around the schedule so much I bet most people aren't even aware it's still on. I know I was pretty shocked to hear an ad for the new season the other day, as I thought it had already been gone for at least one or two seasons.

I don't know why Fox didn't just keep 7:00-9:00 as an animation block (Simpsons/KotH/FG/AD) instead of disrupting the flow by sticking The War at Home in the middle of it all.

-lugnut

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I think they had pretty much figured they were canceled, shut down, and moved on, then found out they got renewed. It took awhile for them to get new episodes "in the can"

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You make it sound like Fox suddenly announced one day that the show had been renewed. In fact, the show had planned to make 2005-06 its last season, but Fox pretty much begged and pleaded the staff to return to make more episodes (but it took so long for Fox to make this decision and to get the people together that they knew they couldn't get any episodes ready before January 2007) - and I have heard one report that Fox wants new episodes for 2007-08 as well.

-- Don

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It's been on 6:30 PM Central on Sundays ever since Fox dumped FUTURAMA in the killzone of 6 PM Central Sundays--where it was constantly preempted by football games overflowing so FUTURAMA didn't keep an audience.

Idiocy.

-- Ken from Chicago

Ken from Chicago wrote:

Excuse me? 2001-02: 7:30 Eastern (6:30 Central) 2002-03: 8:30 2003-04: 7:30 2004-05: 7:00 2005-06: 7:30 2006-07: 8:30

-- Don

AMEN!

I have always enjoyed this show and never tire of it although I would like to see more of Grandpa Hill. I live in awe of bobby hill, as fat and chubby as he is he still had a hot girlfriend when he was 12.

all the characterizations are so good however and I enjoy them so much. Even the Tom Petty character that has developed in the last several years with his Fisting for CatFish and Dating Luanne...

How about Bill though? I wish he would have further exploits with Kan's mother.

It still all works for me... after a decade. But it sure doesn't seem like it has been that long...

I wouldn't mind seeing Peggy KILLED OFF though or at least written OUT and OFF for a while. I sure get tired of that woman and her narcissism... and all the rest... TIRED I SAY... TIRED...

Ned