Kings of the Hill, Again: Greg Daniels, Mike Judge Discuss Their New Animation Company (Exclusive)
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Their company, Bandera, will exec produce ‘Bad Crimes,’ a comedy starring Nicole Byer and Lauren Lapkus, as its second show, with others — including a children’s show from Sacha Baron Cohen and Alison Bechdel’s ‘Dykes to Watch Out For’ — also in the works.

Mike Judge and Greg Daniels will be doing it, but I still don’t know how I feel about it. It’s one of my, if not my favorite show. I guess them being in charge gives me some reassurance that it’s not going to be complete trash. Sorry if this is the wrong comm, I wasn’t sure where to post this.

  • WELCOMETHRILLHO [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    This show (for the most part) has aged very well, but I don't know that a revival could be successful on any of the desired terms. I know people who like this show because they get what it is, but I know many MORE people who think it was that redneck show on FOX twenty years ago. So aside from the people who watched it on FOX AND on [Adult Swim], who is going to be excited for this? Probably not enough people for Hulu or whoever to check off the boxes that it was a "hit".

    MAYBE it would work if they weren't aging up the characters- keep it in present day, but Bobby is still a kid. The only thing worse than a grown-up Bobby is a grown-up Joseph.

    Also, not having Brittany Murphy and Tom Petty is going to be sad.

    • GnastyGnuts [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      imo the show effectively died with Brittany Murphy. It wasn't even that the show had no hope without the Lou-Anne character, but that's always what I look back on as the marker of things going bad.