Comments on: ‘King of the Hill’ Death Greatly Exaggerated?

By: joey

joey — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:16:39 +0000

im ok with everything, i dont care what channel its on, as long as they dont cancel the show

By: R.G.

R.G. — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:15:49 +0000

…although I don’t watch “KING” – I find the comment funny that it’s run over 260 episodes and FOX thinks it’s ready for retirement because it’s on too long…

…and the TV show: “THE SIMPSONS”…that’s like approaching; a thousand episodes!!?

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:48:44 +0000

I think what would be a good idea is if FOX gives the show to ABC by midseason so they’ll have space to air The Cleveland Show. Then ABC would have something to air alongside The Goode Family. Of course this probably won’t happen as FOX will likely hold on to King until the 2009-2010 season because they havent officially dropped the show.

By: Nick C

Nick C — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:47:31 +0000

There is a lot going on with this. ABC is likely going to purchase scripts and move from there. The time it takes to get the shows animated is a real drawback. There is no way ABC right now could make a Mike Judge hour long block.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:08:03 +0000

Presumably either no one has the right to air King of the Hill until Fox is done with the episodes it has bought (which end sometime in 2009-10 according to the report we linked to earlier), or even if the contractual right does exist, no one would *want* to air them until Fox was finished with it. But perhaps Fox can be bought out.

By: Julia

Julia — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:11:28 +0000

Would they be able to pick it up and get a new season up and running before the end of this season? I would think they would want to before starting The Goode Family.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:07:01 +0000

This report goes to show what kind of shows do get resurrected: those that have been on at least a season or so, preferably longer, and still had decent ratings when canceled, ie Jericho, Scrubs and now KOTH.

Also, it helps if the network interested is struggling with new content :cough: ABC :cough:

Yet, does ABC want to set its identity as the network that picks up old shows?