King of the Hill is an American animated sitcom created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels that initially aired on Fox from January 12, 1997, to September 13, 2009, with four more episodes airing in syndication from May 3 to 6, 2010. The series centers on the Hills, an American family in the fictional city of Arlen, Texas, as well as their neighbors, co-workers, relatives, classmates, friends, and acquaintances. Series protagonist, patriarch, and everyman Hank Hill works as assistant manager at Strickland Propane. He lives in a ranch-style house with his wife Peggy, his son Bobby, his niece Luanne, and his pet bloodhound Ladybird. Hank's neighbors are his longtime friends Bill Dauterive, a divorced, bald, overweight military barber and former high school football star; Dale Gribble, a paranoid, pro-gun, anti-government pest exterminator; and Jeff Boomhauer, a charismatic, soft-spoken, often unintelligible bachelor whose occupation is revealed in the final episode of the series. The show's realistic approach seeks humor in the conventional and mundane aspects of everyday life, such as blue-collar workers, substitute teachers, and the trials of puberty.
The design of King of the Hill was based on Texas suburbs from the 1950s such as Arlington.
Over time, series co-creator Mike Judge took a more reduced role in the production of episodes.
An animated sitcom is a subgenre of the sitcom that is animated instead of live-action and is generally made or created for adult audiences in most cases. The Simpsons, SpongeBob SquarePants, South Park, and Family Guy are four of the longest-running animated sitcoms.
Photo of Bill Hanna (right) and Joseph Barbera (left) in 1965; Hanna and Barbera were the co-creators of The Flintstones.
The Simpsons cast and crew at a stamp unveiling in Los Angeles, California, in May 2009
Dan Harmon, one of the creators of Rick and Morty, in July 2016
Street-art of Luci, a character from Disenchantment, seen at Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne in November 2018