The thirteenth season of ''

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'' originally aired Sunday nights on the

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

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from May 3 to May 6, 2010. Actress

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, who voiced

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, died of pneumonia 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

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s for the season were

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and Dave Krinsky. 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 13 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 "

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". Both episodes aired as a special one-hour series finale 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 and later appeared on

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line-up as well as TV channels

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and

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and streaming platforms

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, and, as of 2021,

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. Despite this, "To Sirloin with Love" is considered the last episode produced and written for the series. At Comic-Con's 2011 panel discussion for the return of ''

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'', Mike Judge stated that, although no current plans exist to revive ''

'', he would not rule out the possibility of it returning. On August 8, 2017,

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CEO and chairperson

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revealed that Judge and Daniels had talked with Fox executives about a potential revival. On January 18, 2022, Judge and Daniels announced the forming of a new company called Bandera Entertainment, with a revival of King of the Hill being one of several series in development.

Episodes

References

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