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Time of India
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
King of the Hill Season 14 OTT release: Now streaming on Hulu, here's what to expect as Hank and Bobby return after 15 years for the iconic reboot
The propane-powered gang from Arlen, Texas, has returned, and it is not just a nostalgic fever dream. King of the Hill Season 14 is now streaming exclusively on Hulu, officially marking the show's revival 15 years after it aired what fans thought was its finale. Surprise, Hank Hill is still mumbling about propane, and we are 100% here for it. King of the Hill OTT release All ten episodes of the new season landed on Hulu on August 4, turning the once-Fox classic into a full-on Hulu original. If you have been wondering where Hank, Peggy, Bobby, and the boys have been, well, you are in for a wild ride. What to expect from King of the Hill? Turns out, quite a bit. Hank and Peggy Hill return to their Texas roots after spending time working in the Middle East, yes, you read that right. While their Arlen crew (Dale, Boomhauer, and Bill) has mostly stayed the same, the world around them definitely has not. And Bobby? Our boy is thriving. He is now the head chef at Robata Chane, a German-Japanese fusion restaurant. That is right, the same Bobby who once snacked through awkward pre-teen moments is now plating up international cuisine. Who's voicing who? The OG voices are back and better than ever, mostly. We will again see Mike Judge return as Hank Hill and Boomhauer. And Kathy Najimy obviously continues to crush it as Peggy. Pamela Adlon reprises her iconic role as Bobby, and sadly Johnny Hardwick (Dale) recorded part of the season before his tragic passing in 2023, while Toby Huss steps in as well. Stephen Root, Jonathan Joss (before his 2025 passing), and Ronny Chieng round out the all-star voice cast. Where to watch King of the Hill for free? If you are new to Hulu, you can score a 30-day free trial of their ad-supported plan, plenty of time to binge the entire season. Post-trial, it is $9.99/month. Fancy going ad-free? That will cost $18.99/month. Or grab the Disney+ bundle starting at $10.99/month to stream even more. King of the Hill trailer
Eater
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Eater
‘King of the Hill' Was Always a Food Show, Dang It
There is, truly, no show like King of the Hill. Thanks to its somehow impossibly realistic depiction of life in the Texas suburbs, Mike Judge's animated series, which follows the Hill family throughout their life in the fictional town of Arlen, has evolved into a cult classic in the decade-plus after its shockingly abrupt 2009 cancellation. But now King of the Hill is back, and so is its obsession with food. It's been 15 years since we last saw the Hill family, who moved away from their home in Arlen after Bobby graduated high school. Peggy (Kathy Najimy) and Hank (Judge) went off to Saudi Arabia, where Hank worked in — what else? — propane, and Bobby (Pamela Adlon) headed off to the big city of Dallas, where he became a chef and opened Robata Chane, a Japanese restaurant that also boasts German influences inspired by the history of the Texas Hill Country. Now, Hank and Peggy have returned to Arlen, and reunited with their kooky cast of neighbors, including conspiracy nut Dale Gribble (Johnny Hardwick and Toby Huss) and his wife Nancy (Ashley Gardner), and Kahn (Ronny Chieng) and Minh Soupanousinphone (Lauren Tom), a couple of Lao immigrants who moved to Arlen with their daughter Connie (Tom), who's Bobby's childhood friend and on-again, off-again girlfriend. In the show's original run, it explored a broad range of themes, from goofy Texana storylines with Willie Nelson cameos to more serious subjects, like bullying and LGBTQ acceptance. Even as it explored these bigger themes, though, King of the Hill was, at its heart, always a food show. If there's one thing you know about Hank Hill, it's that he's a salesman of propane and propane accessories, and his belief in the supremacy of that fuel for grilling steaks is practically religious. But it's Bobby who's the true gourmand — a noted fruit pie enthusiast and culinary risk-taker who also enjoys lutefisk. In the Season 7 episode 'Goodbye Normal Jeans,' we see the first glimpse of Bobby's kitchen skills when he starts learning how to cook and clean in his new homemaking class. He's so good, in fact, that Hank starts to prefer his cooking to Peggy's, a development that irks her so much that she tries to sabotage the roasted turkey that Bobby wants to prepare for the family's Thanksgiving dinner. In the final episode of Season 13, aired in 2009, Hank and Bobby finally get their moment of bonding over grilled meats. In the Season 14 premiere, King of the Hill easily settles back into a familiar rhythm. Even as Hank and Peggy navigate a new world in which everyone shares their pronouns and all-gender bathrooms exist inside Texas barbecue restaurants, it doesn't feel like 15 years have passed since the last time we saw them. Hank attempts to adjust to the boredom of retirement, leading him to take up homebrewing his own beer, which devolves into a competition with Bobby, pitting the son's chef expertise against Hank's 40 years of drinking beer. The two end up in a Dallas homebrewing competition, where both learn that winning isn't as important as spending time with your family. Bobby and Hank go head-to-head at a Dallas homebrewing competition Hulu As Hank and Peggy readjust to life in Arlen, Bobby's busy trying to make his restaurant a success. He's passionately trying to make German Japanese fusion happen — grilling yuzu sausages over binchotan charcoals, frying up herring tempura — and hoping to impress his stodgy parents with his skills. It's the charcoal, of course, that becomes a source of conflict between Bobby and his father, who eventually comes around to understanding that Bobby has to use binchotan in order to most accurately approximate true robata-style cooking. And as with all restaurants, there are more than a few problems for Bobby to solve. His business partner and former middle school bully Chane Wassanasong (Ki Hong Lee) is too busy partying with his frat bros to really help with any of the actual work, but he's always around to take the credit for Bobby's successes, as when he caters a 30th wedding anniversary party for Kahn and Minh. He's also trying to figure out how to make peace with the fact that Connie, who he still very clearly has feelings for, is in an 'ethical non-monogamous' relationship with Chane. Across these 10 new episodes, Judge and showrunner Saladin K. Patterson present a King of the Hill that feels endlessly familiar to anyone who's spent countless hours rewatching reruns of the show in syndication, or on Hulu. It's true to the original formula without feeling stale or stuck in a bygone era. It isn't overly obsessed with how much has changed since its cancellation in 2009, but does comment occasionally on the ways in which society has moved forward — and backward. When Hank attends a 'male empowerment' seminar with his younger brother, he's quick to dispel the toxic masculinity that's on offer, and that's what we've come to expect from a guy like Hank. He might be a little stuck in his ways with regard to Ronald Reagan and propane, but he's not willing to cosign hateful behavior. It's also refreshing to see that Hank has fully embraced grown-up Bobby, even if he's still confused by many of his son's choices. 'That boy ain't right' may still be his most common refrain about Bobby's behavior, but it's always obvious that he's trying, that it comes from a place of love. He might not understand why Bobby wants to be a chef instead of a propane salesman, but he always supports his son eventually. Ultimately, it just feels really nice to be back across the virtual table from the Hill family once again. Watching Hank and Peggy stumble through an awkward dinner with Bobby's vegan girlfriend is both nostalgic and of the moment, the kind of wholesome escapist television that makes you want to keep coming back for more. If anything, I'm mostly bummed that there aren't more new episodes to keep me distracted from the horrors of the world, and I'm starting to think that now is the perfect time to rewatch King of the Hill's entire run from start to finish. Sign up for Eater's newsletter The freshest news from the food world every day Email (required) Sign Up By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Eater
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Eater
We've Finally Got a First Glimpse at Chef Bobby Hill
After waiting 15 years for the return of King of the Hill, Mike Judge's legendary animated series centered around a Texas family, its arrival is finally nigh. New episodes are set to make their debut on Hulu on August 4, and I'm struggling to patiently wait that long to catch up with my favorite characters after all that time. But I'm surviving thanks to the reboot's first trailer, in which we get our first glimpse of grown-up Bobby Hill working as a big-city chef. For those who are unfamiliar with King of the Hill, the series follows Hank and Peggy Hill, a couple living in the fictional Texas suburb of Arlen with their son Bobby, a kid who pretty obviously marches to the beat of his own drummer. Peggy's a substitute teacher and Hank's a propane salesman who regularly preaches the gospel of what he views as the purest possible grilling fuel. In their Arlen neighborhood, the Hills live alongside a diverse cast of neighbors and friends, which range from Dale Gribble, the conspiracy theorist and proprietor of Dale's Dead Bug, to the prickly 'Kahn' Souphanousinphone, a Lao immigrant who moved to Texas after falling out with his neighbors in California. In the show's initial 13-season run, Bobby was a kid, but now he's all grown up and working as a chef in Dallas. Fans keeping track have known for a long while that Bobby would work as an 'up-and-coming chef' in the reboot, but now we've finally got some details on what that will actually look like. In the first trailer for the series, we learn that Bobby is working at a Japanese restaurant called Robata Chane. This update makes total sense for Bobby, a man who always displayed his love for food and cooking throughout the show's 13-season run. Even as a kid, Bobby was always experimenting in the kitchen and, of course, eating. Remember, this is the kid who once ate so many cured deli meats that he ended up with gout, and downed an entire 72-ounce steak just to spite his ex. In the show's final episode before its cancellation in 2009, titled 'To Sirloin With Love,' we see Bobby and Hank finally begin to understand each other as Bobby throws himself into elaborately cooking a hibachi meal for his friends and neighbors. Of course, this lifelong fruit pie fan ended up in a kitchen, especially a robata grill, where he can marry his love of food — and the love of grilling that he learned in part from his father — in the same place. Grown-up Bobby is also a beer enthusiast, crafting his own brews and trying to convince Hank to try some good stuff instead of continuing to swill his cans of Alamo. He tries to explain that beer can be so much more — it can be complex, interesting, even fruity. 'I have been drinking beer for 40 years, and I never wished once that it tasted more like fruit,' Hank says in response, offering the most Hank Hill reaction to microbrewing imaginable. I really can't wait to see Bobby explain the concept of yakitori to his parents, and watch them try to support his career choices in the way that only a couple of worried Texas parents can. (That is, awkwardly and definitely with a few hilarious bumbles along the way.) Sign up for Eater's newsletter The freshest news from the food world every day Email (required) Sign Up By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
