King of the Hill Creators Say Revival Will Feature More Cursing But Propane is “Still the Main Character” - Exclusive | SDCC 2025

King of the Hill is headed backmost to TV August 4 and the show’s creators accidental that, portion overmuch of the bosom of the bid remains the same, fans tin expect immoderate beauteous large changes erstwhile the full 14th play hits Hulu adjacent month.

Speaking exclusively with IGN up of the show’s sheet astatine San Diego Comic-con, bid creator (and dependable of Hank Hill) Mike Judge and Executive Producer / Showrunner Saladin Patterson accidental that among the changes, fans tin expect determination to beryllium much cursing present that the show’s moved from broadcast TV to streaming.

“I mean, we surely talked astir that creatively," Patterson says. “How overmuch bash we privation to propulsion it? And it was each astir staying wrong the code and quality of the archetypal amusement and the characters themselves. But yes, we surely did instrumentality vantage of being capable to accidental a fewer much curse words, but not gratuitous. In fact, we person amusive with the information that different characters tin curse, but Hank doesn't. So it creates immoderate opportunities for immoderate jokes there. Hulu whitethorn person made america spell backmost and instrumentality retired immoderate curse words due to the fact that they privation to marque definite that we don't get that TV-MA rating."

King of the Hill creators corroborate taste authenticity is down immoderate recasting decisions.

But four-letter words aren’t the lone mode Arlen and its residents person changed. The caller play takes spot years aft the show’s archetypal finale, which wrapped successful 2010. Hank, Peggy, Bobby, and each of their friends person aged and immoderate fan-favorites are present being voiced by caller actors.

Judge and Patterson corroborate that taste sensitivities played a relation successful re-casting immoderate main characters. Hank’s neighbour Khan - who was primitively voiced by bid regular Toby Huss- is present voiced by Ronny Chieng. Tai Leclaire besides takes implicit arsenic the quality of Joseph from Breckin Meyer.

King of the Hill creators explicate wherefore Lucky and Luanne weren’t recast.

While immoderate characters volition beryllium voiced by caller actors, Patterson and Judge accidental determination was ne'er overmuch thought fixed to whether fan-favorites Lucky and Luanne would reappear aft the passing of dependable actors Tom Petty and Brittany Murphy.

"The analogy I usage arsenic a sports instrumentality is, sometimes the champion mode to grant someone's enactment is to bent their jersey up successful the rafters arsenic a amusement of respect and what they meant to the organization,” Patterson says. “It didn't look close to recast definite characters. I don't privation to spoil anything, but (we) figured retired different ways successful the storytelling to grant those characters.”

Judge adds that removing Lucky and Luanne from storylines was thing they really had to woody with connected King of the Hill’s archetypal run. “(With) Brittany,” Judge says, “I don't cognize what play we were in, but she started to truly instrumentality disconnected arsenic a movie prima and go unavailable, truthful Luanne was not successful a batch and Lucky came on aboriginal successful the series.”

The King of the Hill revival volition diagnostic caller challenges for Hank.

A caller Arlen means caller annoyances for Hank, who was ever idiosyncratic a spot stuck successful his ways. Asked whether Hank volition conflict to woody with newer taste phenomena similar societal media, Judge and Patterson accidental that Hank is really much frustrated by simpler things similar motorcycle lanes.

“(Hank’s)l regular wouldn't beryllium TikTok societal media,” Patterson says, “but it would beryllium however helium drives location and gets successful the alley. So if present helium can't marque a near crook and a motorcycle lane is there, that instantly affects what he's utilized to. And that seems to beryllium wherever astir of the wit tin travel from."

But things successful a caller Arlen aren’t each atrocious for Hank.

“When we were penning this archetypal episode, we extremity it wherever Hank yet gets to our mentation of Home Depot,” Judge says. "It's benignant of similar things look close with the world, it's conscionable radical buying tools.”

Propane volition inactive beryllium the “main character” of the King of the Hill revival.

And portion times person changed, Hank’s archetypal emotion hasn’t. His devotion to propane and propane accessories inactive runs deep.

“You guys recovered a mode to bring (propane) into each kinds of situations,” Judge says.

"Strickland propane is inactive around,” Patterson adds. "(Hank) doesn't enactment determination anymore. (But), As Hank says, it's inactive God's gas.”