First look images of the King of the Hill revealed 

Hulu recently announced a King of the Hill revival, which is all set to premiere with ten episodes on August 4. The revival will be set in present-day America as Hank and Peggy return from overseas after Hank's job took him to Saudi Arabia. The series finale for this series was all the way back in 2009, and a lot has changed in America since then.

Hulu has released a credit sequence for the upcoming revival, which gives us a first look at the show. Here's a look at the first look images and some updates about the August release.

First look at Hulu's King of the Hill revival

Since King of the Hill first concluded back in 2009, the Hill family had left Arlen, Texas, for Hank's new job in Saudi Arabia. In the upcoming season, the family is returning back to America, but a lot of changed in America since they were last here, from multiple presidencies to a global pandemic, there's a lot they have to catch up on, and a lot they have to learn about this cancel culture theat they've inadvertently stepped into.

Greg Daniels, a co-creator of the show, revealed the thought process behind this creative decision:

"We liked the idea that he had been gone for a while, and the most Mayberry kind of freezer that you could put the family in was an Aramco base, which is like an idealized kind of white-picket-fence America. They had gone to Saudi Arabia and they were just coming back and had missed out on a lot of recent, uh, cultural changes."

The other co-creator, Mike Judge, talks about how Hank's experience will be, stepping into America now:

"A lot has happened in the world since the original run of the show ended. There’s just a lot more for Hank to complain about. In present-day Arlen, Hank is thrown for a loop by electric scooters, drones, and ride-share etiquette, but while he’s baffled by some of these developments and a curmudgeon about others, he’s somehow still more rational than most of his neighbors."

Saladin K. Patterson, the new showrunner for King of the Hill, also comments on how the country that Hank is coming into is proportionately different:

"Hank always represented the sensible middle, the old show did a great job handling the extremes and kind of pushing people towards what the common-sense middle was. Well, Hank’s been gone, and while he’s gone, the country’s changed so much that where Hank stood in the middle isn’t really the middle anymore."

The majority of the original cast is reviving their roles for King of the Hill Season 14, with Judge returning as Hank Hill and his pal Boomhauer and Stephen Root as Bill Dauterive. Peggy will be voiced by Kathy Najimy, and Pamela Adlon returns as Bobby, who now works as a chef in a fusion restaurant. Johnny Hardwick, who voiced Dale Gribble, unfortunately, died back in 2023, but reportedly, he had voiced some stuff for the revival, so we might just get to hear him as Dale once again.

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