The seventh season of '' King of the Hill'' originally aired Sundays on the

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at 8:30–9:00 p.m. ( EST), 7:30–8:30 p.m. ( EST) and 7:00–7:30 p.m. ( EST) from November 3, 2002 to May 18, 2003. The Region 1 DVD was released on November 18, 2014.

Production

The

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s for the season were

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and Dave Krinsky.https://www.macleans.ca/authors/jaime-weinman/a-koth-kronology/ The wackier stories from recent years began to be phased out. Series creator

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described the episodes from this season as "small personal stories like we did in the second season." The episodes "Goodbye Normal Jeans" and "Pigmalion" were both produced and copyrighted in 2001. "Pigmalion" came from the 5ABE (

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) production line and was originally announced as a holdover episode for

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. It was delayed for unspecified reasons (presumably due to its disturbing content), eventually being shown as an "extra" episode in season 7. This was also the first season which did not include a

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episode, other than Season 1 which did not air any episodes during December.

Episodes

References

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