"King of the Hill" may have wrapped its original run before Netflix even released its first original series ("House of Cards" in 2013), but the long-running animated comedy has quietly continued to deliver real financial value for Hulu.

Despite the change to digital animation, fans are loving the revival. The return to Arlen, Texas, is the best-case scenario for this type of series revival that is so common now: bringing a beloved series to our current social climate while retaining what made the original so great.

King of the Hill aired the final episode of its original run on Sept. 13, 2009, when then-President Barack Obama still enjoyed a double-digit net approval rating, the BlackBerry was still the premier smart device,