>>88300578People point
>>88300644 out but when people say "popular" re: King of the Hill they don't mean "successful." No one's saying it should've gone on as long as Simpsons or anything, just they wish there was more attention paid to it in certain areas (this is a show that I think commentary for more than a handful of episodes and behind-the-scenes information would be cool). But the plus side to it being less popular than, again, Simpsons is that instead of pointless quote threads all over the internet, when people talk about KotH they usually actually discuss it.
But actually King of the Hill was briefly popular in its first and second seasons, actually beating out The Simpsons. Then Fox fucked it over in its third season, changing its airing schedule erratically and airing some episodes out of order, and it lost that popularity. Until the end of its run it was put in weird timeslots, preempted by football, etc. Even if you wanted to watch it you might end up missing it anyway.
Also people sometimes assume it's "redneck/hick" humor, hate the art style for some reason (I don't get this one, honestly), or just feel that as a cartoon it should be wackier or utilize the medium more or something. Not saying everyone who dislikes it feels that way, but this is what I've heard from some people who say they hate it without really having seen it.
Also, for /co/ at least, some anons here might've been too young to really get into it when it was on. I never hated it but it was years before I got into it and really liked it; guess I thought everything should be like Simpsons then.
