"King of the Hill" received critical acclaim over its 13-year run. Early reviews of the show were positive. Diane Holloway at the "Chicago Tribune" considered it the "most Texan television series since "Dallas"", and praised the show's "sly sense of humor and subversive sensibility." At the "Los Angeles Times", writer Howard Rosenberg suggested that the show "totes a few smiles, but [there's] little to bowl you over, and it takes a spell getting used to." the shows first season received an approval rating of 81% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on sixteen reviews. Its consensus reads, "King of the Hill's mild yet extremely funny depiction of small-town Texas life is refreshingly worlds away from conventional prime-time animation." While the fifth and thirteenth seasons received more critical praise with a 100% approval rating.