It’s hard not to treat a TV reboot without at least a little suspicion. Many series are products of a specific creative team working during a specific era of experience under specific circumstances, so the idea of "Well, we're just gonna bring it back, good as new!" reeks of hubris. However, if there's one classic show that might work for a TV comeback tour, it's King of the Hill. And that's mostly because the show was always dedicated to the idea that everything changes and that it's usually up to us to keep up with it all.
King of the Hill, the story of a family that lived in the suburbs of Arlen, Texas, could feel like an outlier in the landscape of adult animation. Its closest peer, The Simpsons, had its best years marked by not only pitch-perfect satire, but a delightful humanism that showed a real care for the struggles of the titular family. King of the Hill exhibited the same trait – Hank Hill, his wife Peggy, his son Bobby, and his niece Luanne, were all granted a kind of curious sympathy. They weren't just gag machines, but people capable of growth through introspection. Like the Simpsons, rarely do they initially seek out change for themselves, but change is often what they're called to perform.
