When Is the “King of the Hill” Coming Back? All About the Animated Sitcom’s New Season

Brush disconnected nan grill, because King of nan Hill is back.

The classical animated bid — co-created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels — followed nan mundane life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who was consistently confused by nan quirky antics of his family — including his wife, Peggy, and son, Bobby — and their friends successful nan suburbs of Texas.

The show primitively premiered successful January 1997 and concluded aft 13 seasons successful May 2010, but it didn't extremity there. News collapsed that nan animated sitcom was coming backmost arsenic a Hulu revival successful January 2023 and much recently, a first look astatine nan caller episodes was shared successful May 2025.

"I’ll show you what. The King is returning soon," nan poster for nan caller play was captioned on X.

Within weeks, nan streaming level revealed nan revival's merchandise day and plot.

Now that it's been 15 years since King of nan Hill past near nan airwaves, person Hank and his friends changed much? Here's everything to cognize astir nan King of nan Hill revival.

Is King of nan Hill coming back?

Yes, King of nan Hill is returning for different season. In January 2023, TVLine reported that a revival of King of nan Hill had been ordered. Fast guardant to May 2025, Hulu shared nan first image of nan characters now successful nan coming day.

Since nan 2025 King of nan Hill will prime up pinch nan aforesaid characters, only years later, it is simply a revival, not a reboot.

While speaking to Variety successful April 2025, Disney Television Group President Craig Erwich teased, "I deliberation group are going to emotion nan caller King of nan Hill. It is truthful cleanable for our times without trying excessively hard. You spot Hank Hill successful a full caller way."

When is nan King of nan Hill revival premiering?

The King of nan Hill revival will premiere Aug. 4 connected Hulu. The caller play will dwell of 10 episodes.

The streamer released nan caller opening in installments sequence for play 14, which quickly runs done important moments that happened during nan show's hiatus, group to nan show's classical taxable by The Refreshments.

Which King of nan Hill formed members are returning?

Judge, who co-created nan series, will beryllium backmost to sound Hank and his friend, Boomhauer, for illustration he did successful nan original run.

Other returning formed members see Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon, Stephen Root and Lauren Tom, per Variety.

Johnny Hardwick, who voiced Dale Gribble, died successful August 2023, but according to TVLine, he was capable to grounds “a couple” episodes of nan revival earlier his death.

What is nan crippled of nan King of nan Hill revival?

Time has passed for nan Hills and their friends.

"After years moving a propane occupation successful Saudi Arabia to gain their status nest egg, Hank and Peggy Hill return to a changed Arlen, Texas, to reconnect pinch aged friends Dale, Boomhauer and Bill," sounds Hulu's crippled explanation for nan caller season. "Meanwhile, Bobby is surviving his dream arsenic a cook successful Dallas and enjoying his 20s pinch his erstwhile classmates Connie, Joseph and Chane."

The first image of nan revival shows that exertion has travel to Arlen. The poster features Hank and his buddies (Bill, Dale and Boomhauer), backmost successful their acquainted setting, sipping connected immoderate beers while opinionated successful beforehand of a vicinity fence.

Dale is wearing a VR headset, Boomhauer is holding a integer tablet and Bill is receiving an bid from Mega Lo Eats. Hank, pinch a distressed look connected his face, stands successful nan halfway while holding a beer, arsenic a drone hovers above, delivering a lawsuit of Alamo Beer.

In a January 2022 question and reply pinch Collider, Daniels confirmed that location would beryllium a clip jump, "So nan characters are a spot older," he revealed.

According to Adlon, who voiced Bobby Hill, her characteristic is now "a cook successful a fusion edifice successful Dallas."

"It's been incredible. It's conscionable been really fun. I deliberation it's been freakier for Mike and Greg to deliberation astir Bobby going from 12 to being 21 and having a narration and being a person," she told MovieWeb successful May 2024 astir nan revival.

Why did King of nan Hill end?

King of nan Hill primitively debuted connected Fox successful 1997 and ran for 13 seasons until 2010, pinch a full of 259 episodes.

While speaking to The New York Times successful April 2009, Judge discussed nan comedy's coming to an end, saying, "I really deliberation it’s astir apt a bully clip to stop."

"Then again, I benignant of wanted to extremity six aliases 7 years ago, and I felt for illustration it sewage really bully aft that," he continued. "At nan aforesaid clip I would for illustration to discontinue while we’re up alternatively than tally it into nan ground."

According to Comic Book Resources, King of nan Hill was intended to extremity pinch nan play 13 episode, "To Sirloin With Love," wherever Bobby joins nan nutrient introspection squad astatine a section inferior assemblage and bonds pinch Hank complete their emotion for barbecuing.

Four further episodes aired successful syndication aft "To Sirloin With Love," truthful "Just Another Manic Kahn-Day" was technically nan past caller section to air, but fans deliberation of "To Sirloin With Love" arsenic nan existent finale, since that's really it was primitively envisioned.

Where tin I watch King of nan Hill?

All 13 seasons of nan original King of nan Hill are streaming connected Hulu, which will besides beryllium nan location of nan upcoming revival.