Synopsis: From deep in the heart of Texas comes a fourth season of the half-hour comedy KING OF THE HILL. This Emmy-nominated and multi-award-winning animated series, which was voted the Best Television Show of the Year by TV Guide, Entertainment Weekly and Time Magazine, depicts the life and times of Hank Hill, his family and their neighbors in the fictional suburb of Arlen, Texas, the heartland of America.

A hard-working, loyal family man and proud Texan, Hank is assistant manager of Strickland Propane. He's a blue-collar Everyman who sees himself as the voice of common sense and reason in a world of incompetent sales clerks, meddling bureaucrats and do-good liberals.

Hank's Rock of Gibraltar is his wife Peggy. Peggy is Arlen's version of Susan Sontag: substitute Spanish teacher, fast-pitch softball hurler, local Boggle champion and notary public. Hank and Peggy's pride and joy is their 12-year-old son, Bobby. They would have liked a bigger family, but Hank has a narrow urethra. The household is completed by Hank's nubile 18-year-old niece, Luanne, a "C" student at the local beauty academy.

Hank is the undisputed alpha male among his neighborhood buddies, Dale, Bill and Boomhauer. Dale's an exterminator who never met a conspiracy he didn't like, but is ironically unaware that his wife has been cheating on him for 12 years. Bill's a lonely-hearted Army barber with low self-esteem. And Boomhauer is a cool, rockabilly, muscle-car-driving ladies' man who speaks unintelligible English.

Most episodes, you'll find Hank and the boys drinking beer around the barbecue. Chances are, what's on the grill is a sacred cow.

In addition to the regular cast, KING OF THE HILL has featured special guest appearances by the likes of Chris Rock, Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Willie Nelson, Carl Reiner, John Ritter, Stockard Channing, William H. Macy, Mary Tyler Moore, James Carville, the alternative band Green Day and jazz musician Chuck Mangione.

This season, Meryl Streep, Heather Locklear, Drew Carey, the Dixie Chicks, Clint Black, Mac Davis, Kathleen Turner and football legend Don Meredith will be added to the list.

The Cast:
Mike Judge as Hank Hill and Boomhauer
Kathy Najimy as Peggy Hill
Pamela Segall as Bobby Hill
Brittany Murphy as Luanne Platter
Johnny Hardwick as Dale Gribble
Stephen Root as Bill Dauterive

Production Credits:
PRODUCED BY: 20th Century Fox Television Production in association with 3 Arts Entertainment and Film Roman.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Mike Judge, Greg Daniels, Howard Klein, Michael Rotenberg and Richard Appel

CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: John Collier

CO-CREATORS: Mike Judge and Greg Daniels

SUPERVISING PRODUCERS: Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Alan Cohen and Alan Freedland.

CONSULTING PRODUCERS: Richard Raynis, Jon Vitti

PRODUCERS: Joe Boucher, Johnny Hardwick, Norm Hiscock and Paul Lieberstein

CO-PRODUCER: Mark McJimsey

EXECUTIVE STORY EDITORS: Jim Dauterive, John Altschuler, Dave Krinsky and Garland Testa

CONSULTANT: Joe Stillman

SUPERVISING DIRECTOR: Wes Archer

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