King of the Hill may no longer have a future at Fox, but that doesn't mean the animated series can't rule elsewhere on TV.
Variety reports that ABC may be interested in picking up the recently-cancelled King to pair with its upcoming animated comedy The Goode Family, which just so happens to come from King of the Hill's executive producers Mike Judge, John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky.
ABC likely hopes an established animated hit like King would ...
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Fox is ready to take King of the Hill off its throne to give some of its new animated comedies a shot.
According to Variety, the staff of the series, which has produced nearly 260 episodes over 13 years, was informed by the network Thursday that it would not be picking up additional episodes.
But will this really be it for the Mike Judge and Greg Daniels-created series? Find out after the jump.
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DVD Tuesday Theres dumb theres dumber and then theres Idiocracy Mike Judge has seen the future and it really doesnt workI mentioned Idiocracy in an earlier column but now I think its time to give it its due Mike Judges dystopian-future comedy is flawed but I find myself quoting it all the time Worried that its a waste to let Americas best soldiers idle when theres no war for them to wage the military initiates a top-secret program to put them on ice literally until theyre needed Naturally the top brass isnt about to try out an experimental technology on the cream of the fighting crop so they choose low-level GI Joe Luke Wilson and smart-mouthed hooker Rita Maya Rudolph as guinea pigs The plan is to freeze them for a year but things happen regimes change and next thing you know no-one who knew about the hush-hush experiment is around to keep tabs on it500 years later Rita and Joe wake up in an America in which everyone with the brain
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DVD Tuesday Videodrome reality TV and the temple of the new flesh -- David Cronenberg saw it allAll hail Mike Judges Idiocracy 2006 Every time my mind is boggled by the depths to which some new reality TV show has sunk I cant help but remember the most popular show of Judges dystopian future Ow My Balls Really says it all doesnt it But much though Im amused by Idiocracy David Cronenbergs Videodrome 1983 really blows my mind pace Roxy Musics In Every Dream Home a Heartache The first time I saw it I was in college the product of a world in which there were no PCs no cell phones no IM no PDAs no social networking sites no games more sophisticated than Space Invaders and Pong and yet I knew that Videodrome wasnt just a freaky kick Id been following Cronenberg since his experimental shorts Stereo 1969 and Crimes of the Future 1970 and it was clear to me that he was on to something In some visceral way he got both the seductiveness and
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Hank Hill will be king for at least one more season. Fox has ordered a 13th season of King of the Hill (Sunday at 8:30 pm/ET, Fox), making the animated show one of the longest-running comedies currently in prime time.Mike Judge stars as the voice of Hank, who, along with his wife, Peggy (Kathy Najimy), live in the fictional town of Arlen, Texas, with their son Bobby (Pamela Adlon) and newly married niece Luanne (Brittany Murphy.) — J.R. Whalen
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