Hulu has set a date for its return to Arlen, Texas.
The Disney-owned streamer has set an Aug. 4 premiere date for its King of the Hill revival, which will come a little more than 2 1/2 years after Hulu announced the show’s return. The 10-episode season is considered a continuation of the original show, which ran for 13 seasons on Fox from 1997-2010.
The show will also acknowledge the passage of that time: The first still image from the show (at the top of this post) shows that Bobby Hill, a perpetual middle schooler during the original run, has grown up. The show’s opening credits feature the familiar alley setting and theme song by The Refreshments, but the time-lapse shows the passage of a number of years, including the Hill family moving out of and then back into their house. Watch the sequence below.
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