The thirteenth and final season of ''

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'' originally aired at the 8:30–9:00 p.m. ( EST) on Sunday nights on the

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from September 28, 2008, to September 13, 2009. Four episodes from this final season originally premiered in

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during the first week of May 2010. Actress

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, who voiced Luanne Platter, died on December 20, 2009, five months before the final four episodes aired. It is the final season of the show's initial run and the last to air on Fox.

Production

The showrunners for the season were

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and

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. Beginning with the episode "Lucky See, Monkey Do", ''King of the Hill'' started being produced in

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16:9 high-definition. 20th Century Fox Television initially ordered thirteen production episodes, but decided to keep the show in production for four additional episodes. Like the previous season, because Fox wanted to make room for new shows on their "Animation Domination" line-up, two of the final six episodes aired that aired on Fox were "The Boy Can't Help It" and " To Sirloin with Love". Both episodes aired as a special one-hour final on September 13, 2009. The other four episodes "The Honeymooners," "Bill Gathers Moss," "When Joseph Met Lori, and Made Out with Her in the Janitor's Closet," and "Just Another Manic Kahn-Day" premiered first on local syndication in May 2010, and later appeared on

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as well as TV channels

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and

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and various streaming platforms. Despite this, "To Sirloin with Love" is usually considered by fans as the last episode of the series, since it was written as such. On Olive Films' DVD and Blu-Ray release of this season, "To Sirloin with Love" is ordered as the last episode, with the four episodes that aired in syndication during the first week of May 2010 being presented in their production order, rather than in their airdate order. On streaming platform Hulu, these four episodes are presented in their airdate order, with "Just Another Manic Kahn-Day" appearing as the final episode of the series.https://www.hulu.com/series/king-of-the-hill-52b8dd8a-eff2-4ed2-9b8d-7c0039df1c53 Film and television databases such as

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also typically order them as the final episodes, due to their airdates.

Episodes

References

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