King of the Hill

[Avaitor]

I'd be lying if I said that I've caught it on the block recently, but I do think that it sucks that the show doesn't really have a home anymore. It's not airing anywhere else, it has no streaming since it left Netflix years ago, and the later season's DVDs are still a little pricey. For as good as the show is, it's not that easy to catch anymore.

[Daikun]

I'd be lying if I said that I've caught it on the block recently, but I do think that it sucks that the show doesn't really have a home anymore. It's not airing anywhere else, it has no streaming since it left Netflix years ago, and the later season's DVDs are still a little pricey. For as good as the show is, it's not that easy to catch anymore.

It will still air in syndication. KDOC, a local station by me, is still airing it.
You may need to check your local listings if you want to see KOTH anymore. It might not be on a major network, but it should still be there.

[Dr. Insomniac]

Yeah, it still airs on a local station here. It might not air on 4 different networks at one time like Family Guy does, but some places are still running it on syndication.

[Kiddington]

IIRC music rights was one given reason for the DVD sets stalling for as long as it did; could that have anything to do with KOTH's lack of a streaming home as well? It continues to defy me how a show like this hasn't been available on a legit streaming service (Netflix/Hulu, etc.) in nearly 5 years.

[Kiddington]

Double post but worth mentioning; KOTH is moving to Comedy Central starting July 24th.

So it looks like it will have a regular cable home after all. Pretty bad timeslot though.

[Dr. Insomniac]

I guess Comedy Central got tired of airing Chappelle's Show reruns at late night forever?

[Avaitor]

I don't think KOTH seems like a good fit for Comedy Central. Then again, neither does The Office, which is apparently a quarter of their schedule, so what do I know?

I also thought that Futurama wasn't the best fit, which probably explains why the episodes from that run went weirdly political.

[Dr. Insomniac]

A video in case you ever wanted to eat out Peggy's recipes.

[Kiddington]

IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING

Never made sense to me why it wasn't here to begin with given the Fox partnership, but whatever.

[Avaitor]

And now I get a Hulu account.

[Dr. Insomniac]

A Dale Gribble spin-off was hiding on YouTube this entire time.

[Daikun]

Hmmmm...

They're trying again.

[Dr. Insomniac]

I don't want KOTH to come back purely as a reaction to Trump. For one thing, the show was rarely about that. It definitely got political and was absolutely a reaction to the landscape at the time as plenty of the later seasons can attest, but it never focused on being a "Clinton" show or a "Bush" show. Even when Bush showed up in an episode, it never dwelled upon him as a person and was just about Hank's opinions on voting in general. And the other thing, we're in the Biden era now. Making Trump jokes now is like making Bush jokes in 2009 or 10. And unlike other topical shows like South Park, I don't want to see Hank Hill talk about the pandemic.

A 15-year timeskip's also a little concerning. I wouldn't mind a couple years just to explain away Luanne and Lucky's deaths, but not that far along.

[Avaitor]

So starting Monday, KOTH is coming back to [adult swim].

No, really.

[Daikun]

Well, I guess AS has a reason to hog the 8PM hour again.