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King of the Hill - Season 7

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Fox has always treated "King of the Hill" with contempt even though it was one of its outstanding shows. From arbitrary time slot rearrangements to pre-emptions due to football games, from DVD sets with paltry extras to an outright series cancellation followed by a grudging resurrection after more than a year, the network never seemed to fully appreciate a show that was witty and character-driven as opposed to its other prime-time animated series that were fueled by constant blasphemy and mindless vulgarity. Fox has not treated KOTH's large fan base with much respect either, as evidenced by the interminable delays between DVD releases. Come on, Fox! Now that the show is officially canceled, will you please put the rest of the series on DVD already?

Season 7 has some of the classic episodes - "Mega-Lo Dale", "The Miseducation of Bobby Hill", and "Night and Deity", to name a few - fans have been waiting for on DVD for 2 years. The episodes are witty and focus on a variety of Arlen characters. With 22 solid episodes, this season is a must have for all King of the Hill fans.

Some of the highlights include Bobby's foray into tarot card reading and spell casting in "Witches of East Arlen." One of my favorites from the entire seasons, the best part is Bobby's 30-ish friend Warren - he lives in his mom's basement, which he will continue doing for a few weeks after his mom's death, according to Hank.

Another spectacular episode is "Night and Deity", which many remember as the one Nancy got her comeuppance in for cheating on Dale. When a new, very attractive exterminator comes in to help with the neighborhood's pigeon problem, she and Dale begin to work very closely together, much to Nancy's horror. One of the awesome things about this episode is you never know what will happen - will he cheat on Nancy?

The most popular episode of the season is probably "Mega-Lo Dale" - Dale gets hired to get rid of Mega-Lo Mart's rat problem, but Hank has to step in when Dale becomes convinced the store has a baboon problem.

One thing Fox may want to think about before it delays another season or another show - these episodes are readily available on the internet, and while many super-fans such as myself want the collection on DVD, many others are just as satisfied with the downloads as with the DVD, particularly when forced to wait 2 years later than its scheduled release.

Why haven't they released season 7 yet? It's been 4 years since they released the last season of king of the hill. I mean other shows that were pathetic have been released quicker why not king of the hill? Come on FOX release more king of the hill!!

This just leaves me scratching my head. Okay, so the sales of 1-6 probably didn't bring in "Family Guy" or "Simpsons" numbers. Understandable -- since KOTH is an intelligent show whose humor does not rely on cartoony gags and vulgarity, its appeal is not as widespread as those shows. Still, I cannot see how releasing seasons 7-13 would not be profitable. Even if they (Fox) would deem it too costly to produce themselves, why not license the remaining seasons to a third party? I'll bet a company like Shout would be more than happy to produce them.

At the very least, I wish someone from Fox would give loyal KOTH fans some kind of an explanation from their business perspective. To us it just makes no sense at all. You've got people from all over the world with their wallets out shouting "please, PLEASE, sell me your product that I've been waiting four years for!" and you (with arms crossed) saying "um... NO!". It's utterly incomprehensible.

While I realize that I can download these shows on the net (torrents, etc.), I like many, would like to be able to buy a nice, professionally produced set (hopefully, with extras).

Shame on you, Fox! You really, truly suck, I tell you what!

Guess, I'm going to have to go the bootleg route after all (*sigh*).

I, like everyone else who has posted feedback here, have been waiting ANXIOUSLY for the release of Season 7. I truly don't know what the hold up would be?!?! Quit playing corporate politics and get the ball rolling!!!! I was on a "notify me" list for Season6 and purchased it within days of its release....and yes...that was quite a long time ago. The fan-base for this series is wide-spread and abundant which would insinuate that there a plethora of people out there chompin at the bit to see more of their beloved King of the Hill cast!!!! Hell, I'm sure at this point, the DVD's are extremely behind schedule however I have no doubt that if multiple series were released at the same time, consumers wuld snatch them up like hot cakes. *HINT!!!*

Sarra
Germany

Well it seems this will never now be released. Good job I invested the time and trouble to record seasons 7 - 13 from the UK TV transmissions and then to burn them to DVD for my own personal enjoyment.

as the title says, I refuse to watch any other Fox show airing on Fox. it is NOT fair for us loyal fans of the show that made them so much money while it was on .


I beg of you, fox, please bring all seasons of King of the Hill to Dvd!!! and I will be forever grateful.

Come on Fox whats the hold up with the rest of King of the Hill series,if it was those da---n Simpsons I bet they would have been released by now ,I think Fox should give us the fans of KOTH are truely deserved right and get your a---s on the ball and release the final seasons it was one of your greatest shows on Fox,its only fair to us millions of fans who sat and watched the show every night it was on,dont stop us short and hanging with 6 seasons,Bad Business............COME ON RELEASE THEM..............................

I am working on getting seasons 1-6 and I can't find the rest of the seasons anywhere. I think that they finally need to put the rest of them on dvd so that we can have the whole collection and not just half

what a bunch of nonsense does it really take this long to release a season on DVD the simpsons do 2 a year for crap sake. All the loyal king of the hill fans are growing inpatient and by the time Fox decides they want to release season 7 there gonna realize that this long wait has cost them some loyal fans. So Fox if your reading these stop being a bunch of giblet heads and just give us what we want.