It’s a sad, sad Halloween. Fox has decided not to renew King of the Hill for a fourteenth season.

King of the Hill’s original creators Greg Daniels (who went on to create The Office and the upcoming Amy Pohler sitcom) and Mike Judge (launching a new animated series, The Goode Family, on ABC next year) have fled the creative portion of the show, so we’re not forced to see King of the Hill drastically re-invented with a new team of writers (like the recent years of lackluster Simpsons).

It’s just a show that we here at The Bad & Ugly will mourn, because it was consistent in it’s tone and comedy for an amazing 13 seasons, constantly living in the shadow of The Simpsons, the most prolific and longest running animated series ever. Just that a usually-under watched show managed to hold its own through both The Simpsons and Family Guy on FOX is astounding, and we’re going to miss Hank, Bobby and Peggy…

From THR:

After several previous brushes with cancellation, the network has opted not to renew the series beyond its current 13th season.

In April, Fox picked up 13 more episodes from the 20th Century Fox TV-produced show, which are wrapping production.

A lot has changed since “King of the Hill” premiered in 1997. Its creators Greg Daniels and Mike Judge have moved on to other projects — Daniels developed and is running NBC’s “The Office,” and Judge has a new animated series, “The Goode Family,” launching on ABC in midseason.

Judge had continued to voice the central character on the toon comedy, alongside voiceover cast members Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon, Brittany Murphy, Tom Petty, Johnny Hardwick and Stephen Root.

“Hill” has been exec produced by Judge, Daniels, John Altschuler, Dave Krinsky, Michael Rotenberg, Howard Klein, Jim Dauterive and Garland Testa.

Fox is introducing two new animated series in midseason, Mitch Hurwitz’s “Sit Down, Shut Up” and the “Family Guy” spinoff “The Cleveland Show.”