King of the Hill season 15 review: the revival hits its stride

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Then it debuted, and at first it seemed like my fears were confirmed. The first episode of the revival was rough. It had a lot of housekeeping to take care of to catch the audience up on Hank and Peggy’s lives. But after that, the show pretty quickly settled in, and the characters began to feel just like they did in the original series. Returning executive producers Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, along with new showrunner Saladin Patterson, quickly rediscovered the grounded level of humor that defined the original show. So while there was a little bit of an adjustment period, the new King of the Hill ended up feeling just like the original in a deeply comforting way, with just enough changes to give Hank new cultural issues to explore.