Overview
- Patterson renewed his overall pact with 20th Television and 20th Television Animation, extending his tenure with the studio.
- He remains executive producer and showrunner of Hulu’s King of the Hill revival, which he co-developed with Mike Judge and Greg Daniels.
- The agreement includes developing original live-action and animated projects for Disney Entertainment Television platforms.
- Season 14 delivered a No. 2 Nielsen streaming debut, 1.21 billion U.S. minutes with most from new episodes, a 98% Rotten Tomatoes score, and the franchise has surpassed 1 billion global hours streamed since 2018.
- Season 15 is set for 2026 on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+, with Seasons 16 and 17 already ordered, while production now uses a fully digital pipeline, tighter language standards apply, and a permanent replacement for the late Johnny Hardwick has not been announced.