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*[[Animated sitcom]]
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*[[Ava Zinn]]
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*[[Holly Everman]]}}
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*Ava Zinn
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| theme_music_composer = {{ubl|Mike Post|Jack Pinnacle|Christian Gari (seasons 7-11)|Stephen Arnold (season 6-)|Dave Gurshin}}
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*Holly Everman
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*[[Kathy Najimy]]
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| composer            = {{ubl|[[wikipedia:Stephen Arnold|Stephen Arnold]]|Jake Pinnacle|[[wikipedia:Mike Post|Mike Post]] (2019-)|[[wikipedia:Pete Carpenter|Pete Carpenter]] (2019-)}}
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*[[Pamela Adlon]]
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*[[Brittany Murphy]]
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*[[Johnny Hardwick]]
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| num_seasons          = 8
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*[[Stephen Root]]
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| num_episodes        = 204
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*[[Toby Huss]]
 
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| list_episodes        = List of Queen of the Willis episodes
 
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| producer            = {{ubl|Donna Doogan|Maribel Mort|Alexandra Moffitt|Season Atkins}}
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*Holly Everman
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| location            = {{ubl|Aeverine Zinn Holdings Digital Media Studios - Marion, Indiana {{small|(seasons 1-6)}}|Aeverine Zinn Digital Media Group Studios -Fort Wayne, Indiana {{small|(seasons 7-)}} }}
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| editor              = Marco Berger {{small|(entire run)}}
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*CBS Television Distribution
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| distributor          = [[wikipedia:CBS Television Distribution|CBS Television Distribution]]
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| budget              = $5,000 (pilot)
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| network              = {{ubl|'''First-run syndication''' (2006-12 and 2019-present)|ATE Media Indiana Network (2006)|NoSirGifts Fantasy Television Stations (2007-12 and 2019-)|United Broadcasting (2019-present)}}
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| first_aired          = <small>'''First series:'''</small><br />{{Start date|2006|8|12}}
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| last_aired          = {{End date|2012|05|31}}<br /><small>'''Revived series'''</small><br />{{Start date|2019|03|01}}{{ndash}}{{End date|2026|8|10}}
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'''''Queen of the Willis''''' is an American [[wikipedia:animated sitcom|animated sitcom]] created by [[Ava Zinn]] that ran from August 12, 2006 to May 31, 2012. It centers on the [[List of Queen of the Willis characters|Willis]] family, a middle-class [[wikipedia:United States|American]] LGBTQ family in the fictional city of [[#Setting|Quillsville, Indiana]]. It attempts to maintain a [[wikipedia:Realism (arts)|realistic]] approach, seeking humor in the conventional and mundane aspects of everyday life. The series centers on the [[Willis family (Queen of the Willis)|Willis family]], a family consisting of parents [[Ava Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Ava]] and [[Angela Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Angela]]; their children, [[Tom Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Tom]], [[Deanna Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Deanna]], and [[The Willis sextuplets|sextuplets Brian, Austen, Trent, Whitney, Darla, and Gianna]]; and their [[wikipedia:anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] pets: lobster [[Heather Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Heather]], dog, [[Tabby Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Tabby]], and cat [[Shushu Willis (Queen of the Willlis)|Shushu]].  
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'''''Queen of the Willis''''' is an American [[wikipedia:animated sitcom|animated sitcom]] created by [[Ava Zinn]] that ran from August 12, 2006 to May 31, 2012. It centers on the [[List of Queen of the Willis characters|Willis]] family, a middle-class [[wikipedia:United States|American]] LGBTQ family in the fictional city of [[#Setting|Quillsville, Indiana]]. It attempts to maintain a [[wikipedia:Realism (arts)|realistic]] approach, seeking humor in the conventional and mundane aspects of everyday life. The series centers on the [[Willis Family (Queen of the Willis)|Willis family]], a family consisting of parents [[Ava Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Ava]] and [[Angie Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Angie]]; their children, [[Tom Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Tom]], [[Deanna Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Deanna]], and [[The Willis sextuplets|sextuplets]] [[Stuart Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Stuart]], [[Ron Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Ron]], [[Brian Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Brian]], [[Luanne Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Luanne]], [[Emilie Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Emilie]], and [[Hillary Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Hillary]]; and their [[wikipedia:anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] pets: crab [[Heather Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Heather]], dog [[Tabby Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Tabby (formerly Rags)]], and cat [[Shushu Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Shushu]].  
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The family was conceived by Zinn after developing two animated comic strips, [[Frank's Life and Frank & Brittani|''Frank's Life'' and ''Frank & Brittani'']]. Zinn  redesigned the films' protagonist, Frank, and his wife, Brittani, and renamed them Ava (after sex reassignent surgery) and Angela, respectively. Zinn pitched a seven-minute pilot to ATE Media in 2004, and the show was greenlit and began production. Shortly after the sixth season of ''Queen of the Willis'' had aired in 2012, NoSirGifts canceled the series. However, favorable DVD sales and high ratings for syndicated reruns in Fort Wayne and Indianapolis convinced [[DakMedia|Fox Fantasy Television Stations]] to pick up the show in 2018 for a seventh season, which will begin airing in 2019. The seventh season and revival is scheduled to premiere on March 1, 2019.
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The series debuted in syndication mostly airing on the [[ATE Media Corporation]] owned stations in 2006 before moving to [[NoSirGifts Fantasy Television Stations]] in November 2007, quickly becoming a hit. The series' popularity led to nationwide [[wikipedia:Broadcast syndication|syndication]], and reruns formerly aired nightly on NoSirGifts-owned [[WIFX-FTV|My 50 (WIFX-FDT2)]] in Indianapolis and [[WXXC-FTV|INNCD 47 (WXXC)]] Fort Wayne from 2010 to 2018.
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A total of [[List of Queen of the Willis episodes|at least 200 episodes]] aired over the course of its 11 seasons.
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Many [[wikipedia:tie-in|tie-in]] media have been released, including ''[[RAGStory]]'', a [[wikipedia:direct-to-video|straight-to-DVD]] special released in 2010; and a [[Laugh It Up, Freezeball: The Queen of the Willis Trology|series of parodies]] of the [[wikipedia:Sleepaway Camp (franchise)|''Sleepaway Camp'']] film series.
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The family was conceived by Zinn after developing two animated comic strips, [[Frank's Llife|''Frank's Life'' and ''Frank & Brittani'']]. Zinn  redesigned the films' protagonist, Frank, and his wife, Brittani, and renamed them Ava (after sex reassignent surgery) and Angela, respectively. Zinn pitched a seven-minute pilot to ATE Media in 2004, and the show was greenlit and began production. Shortly after the sixth season of ''Queen of the Willis'' had aired in 2012, NoSirGifts canceled the series. However, favorable DVD sales and high ratings for syndicated reruns in Fort Wayne and Indianapolis convinced [[DakMedia|Fox Fantasy Television Stations]] to pick up the show in 2018 for a seventh season, which will begin airing in 2020.
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{{Aired episodes|2023|2|24|num=277|title=Queen of the Willis|airing=11}}
  
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==Series synopsis==
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''Queen of the Willis'' is set in the fictional large town of Quillsville, [[wikipedia:Indiana|Indiana]]. The show centers around the Willis family, whose head is the ever-responsible, hard-working, loyal, disciplined, and honest [[Ava Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Ava Willis]] (voiced by [[Ava Zinn]]). The pun title refers to Ava's wife, Angie, as Ava is the head of the family. Ava is employed as a manager (formerly assistant manager) at Craven Gifts, selling "[[wikipedia:retail|retail]] and retail accessories". She is very traditional and moral, and she takes exceptionally good care of her speaking anthropomorphic dog, [[Tabby Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Rags/Tabby Willis]]; cat [[Shushu Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Shushu]]; and crab [[Heather Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Heather]] (all also voiced by Ava Zinn), which she treats, more often than not, as a member of the family and as a human. Ava is married to [[Angie Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Angie Willis (née Donaldson)]] (voiced by [[Holly Everman]], later [[Karly Jameson]]), a native of [[wikipedia:Utah|Utah]], who is abumbling yet well-intentioned blue-collar worker; she has also found employment and avocation as a freelance author, [[wikipedia:notary public|notary]] and real estate agent. Her overconfidence and trusting nature often leads her into getting involved in complex schemes that Angie does not recognize as criminal or irresponsible until it is too late.
  
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The series debuted in syndication on the [[ATE Media Corporation]] owned stations in 2006 before moving to [[NoSirGifts Fantasy Television Stations]] in November 2007, quickly becoming a hit. The series' popularity led to nationwide [[wikipedia:Broadcast syndication|syndication]], and reruns formerly aired nightly on NoSirGifts-owned [[WIFX-FTV|My 50 (WIFX-FDT2)]] in Indianapolis and [[WXXC-FTV|INNCD 47 (WXXC)]] Fort Wayne from 2010 until 2018.  
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Tabby and Shushu are the respective diabolical dog and cat of ambiguous sexual orientation who have adult mannerisms and uses sterotypical archvillain phrases while Heather is teh witty, smoking, cocktail-swilling, sarcastic, English-speaking crab, though Tabby, Shushu, and Heather are still considered pets in many ways.
  
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A total of [[List of Queen of the Willis episodes|at least 200 episodes]] aired over the course of its 6 seasons.  
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Ava and Angie have nine children (eight are living): transgendered son [[Tom Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Tom Willis]] (voiced by [[wikipedia:Pauly Shore|Pauly Shore]], later [[Leonard Lai]]), [[Deanna Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Deanna Willis]] (voiced by [[wikipedia:Candis Cayne|Candis Cayne]], later [[Rachael Passalt]]), sextuplets (three sons [[Brian Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Brian Willis]], [[Ron Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Ron Willis]], and [[Stuart Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Stuart Willis]]; daughters [[Emilie Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Emilie Willis]], [[Hillary Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Hillary Willis]], and [[Luanne Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Luanne Willis]]), and daughter [[Brynn Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Brynn Willis]] (respectively voiced by [[Tim Doogan]], Ava Zinn, [[Alexandra Moffitt]], [[Jacqui Fountaine]], [[Andrea Coolranch]], [[Donna Doogan]] and [[Maribel Mort]]). Tom was an often-bullied teenage transgendered boy that was constantly ridiculed or ignored by the family until his death in the fifth season episode [[Quillsville Cold Case]]. Deanna, the transgendered daughter, is an awkward young adult who is generally friendly and well-liked, but not very bright, and often prone to making bad decisions, and in many respects is simply a younger version of her father. Brian, Emilie, Hillary, Luanne, Ron, and Stuart were born in the third season episode [[And Then There Were 13!]]. Brynn was born in the sixth season episode [[Moving On (Queen of the Willis)|Moving On]] after the marriage counselor Lynsay Gerardo got prenant by Ava in [[Therapist Hopping 2]]. Ava also has four children from three previous relationships: a daughter, Breeanna Sellars with [[Christiana Sellars]] (voiced by [[Marla McClinton]]), a son and a daughter, Stan and Dominique with [[Brittani Hicks]]; and a son Dylan Porter with [[wikipedia:Alisan Porter|Alisan Porter]]. Deanna later marries [[Brandi Sousa]] (voiced by [[wikipedia:Crystal Bowersox|Crystal Bowersox]], later Karly Jameson), a layabout who lives on the commissions she earns from real estate deals and gives Ava and Angie their first grandchild, Tessanne.
  
  
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Many [[wikipedia:tie-in|tie-in]] media have been released, including ''[[RAGStory]]'', a [[wikipedia:direct-to-video|straight-to-DVD]] special released in 2010; and a series of parodies of the [[wikipedia:Sleepaway Camp|original ''Sleepaway Camp'' trilogy]].  
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Throughout the series, Ava's nephew [[Austen Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Austen Willis]], the son of her brother Albert Willis and his alcoholic and scheming ex-wife Julie Crawford, and their dog, [[Bianca Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Baxter/Bianca]], lives with the Willis family. Naive and very eal, Bianca was orginally encouraged to move out by her Aunt Ava, but over time, he accepts her and Austen as a member of the family. Bianca and Austen later respectively marries an unnamed transguy and girl in the eighth season.
  
  
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==Series synopsis==
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Ava has a healthy relationship with her father, [[Harry Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Harry Willis]] (voiced by [[wikipedia:David Caruso|David Caruso]]), a kind man who lives in [[wikipedia:Iowa|Iowa]]. Ava is, at first, uncomfortable with her father being gay after he begins dating Clyde Claussen (voiced by Lai, later [[Phil Allen]]), a Muslim transman, but she is more reasonable when he marries Finola Atkinson (voiced by [[wikipedia:Finola Hughes|Finola Hughes]]). In contrast, Ava has a love/hate relationship with her neck-less mother, [[Peggy Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Master Educator Peggy Willis]] (voiced by Zinn), a hateful middle school and high school teacher who verbally abused Harry and Albert, and unapproving of Ava's gender transition during their marriage, leading to their divorce. Peggy, who spends most of her time at strip joints, later marries the much younger Charlie Harvey (voiced by Ted Shields, later Hunter Diaz), a candy striper who attended kindergarten when Ava was already an adult. Together, Peggy and Charlie have a daughter, "A.A." ("Amazing Ava"), who bears a striking resemblance to Deanna.
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''King of the Hill'' is set in the fictional small town of Arlen, [[Texas]]. The show centers around the Hill family, whose head is the ever-responsible, hard-working, loyal, disciplined, and honest [[Hank Hill]] (voiced by [[Mike Judge]]). The pun title refers to Hank as the head of the family as well as metaphorically to the children's game [[King of the Hill (game)|King of the Hill]]. Hank is employed as an assistant manager at Strickland Propane, selling "[[propane]] and propane accessories". He is very traditional and moral, and he takes exceptionally good care of his dog, Ladybird, which he treats, more often than not, as a member of the family and as a human. Hank is married to [[Peggy Hill|Peggy Hill (née Platter)]] (voiced by [[Kathy Najimy]]), a native of [[Montana]], who is a substitute [[Spanish (language)|Spanish]] teacher, although she has little grasp of the language; she has also found employment and avocation as a freelance author, [[Boggle]] champion, [[notary public]], softball pitcher and real estate agent. Her overconfidence and trusting nature often leads her into getting involved in complex schemes that Peggy does not recognize as criminal or irresponsible until it is too late.
 
  
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Hank and Peggy's only child, [[Bobby Hill (King of the Hill)|Bobby Hill]] (voiced by [[Pamela Adlon]]), is a husky pre-pubescent boy who is generally friendly and well-liked, but not very bright, and often prone to making bad decisions. Throughout the series, Peggy's niece, Luanne Platter (voiced by [[Brittany Murphy]]), the daughter of her scheming brother Hoyt (guest voiced by [[Johnny Knoxville]] in "Life: A Loser's Manual", the 12th season finale) and his alcoholic ex-wife Leanne (voiced by Adlon in "Leanne's Saga"), lives with the Hill family. Naïve and very eal, Luanne was originally encouraged to move out by her Uncle Hank, but over time, he accepts her as a member of the family. Over the course of the series, Luanne works as a beauty technician and puppeteer at a local cable access TV station. Luanne later marries Elroy "Lucky" Kleinschmidt (voiced by [[Tom Petty]]), a snaggle-toothed layabout who lives on the settlements he earns from frivolous lawsuits.
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Angie, meanwhile had a love/hate relationship with her stepfather, Ned Shanks, over the religous views. In contrast, she has a healthy relationship with her mother Lisa Shanks, a kind woman who lives in {{city-state|Marion|Indiana}}. She divorces Ned in the fourth season episode "Sexist Father". Angie discovers in the fourth season episode [[Revenge of the Male Anchors 2]] that longtime Indianapolis news anchor [[Bob Donaldson (Queen of the Willis)|Bob Donaldson]] is the biological father of Angie Willis, and accepts him, his wife Skye, and his three children, Laura, Drew, and Sarah. Donaldson and Ava's cousin [[Diane Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Diane Willis]] co anchor at Fox 11 Quillsville.
  
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Hank has a healthy relationship with his mother, Tillie (voiced by [[Tammy Wynette]], later [[Beth Grant]] and [[K Callan]]), a kind woman who lives in [[Arizona]]. Hank is, at first, uncomfortable with his mother dating Gary (voiced by [[Carl Reiner]]), a [[Jewish]] man, but he is more reasonable when she marries Chuck (voiced by [[William Devane]]). In contrast, Hank has a love/hate relationship with his shin-less father, [[Cotton Hill|Col. Cotton Hill]] (voiced by [[Toby Huss]]), a hateful veteran of [[World War II]] who verbally abused Tillie during their marriage, leading to their divorce. Cotton, who spends most of his time at strip joints, later marries the much younger Didi (voiced by [[Ashley Gardner]]), a [[candy striper]] who attended kindergarten when Hank was already an adult. Together, Cotton and Didi have a son, "G.H." ("Good Hank"), who bears a striking resemblance to Bobby.
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Other main characters include Ava's friends and their families. [[Melissa Rose (Queen of the Willis)|Melissa Rose]] (voiced by [[wikipedia:Alexis Arquette|Alexis Arquette]], later [[Kendra Ray]]) is the Willis' paranoid next-door neighbor and Ava's best friend. As a result of her paranoia, she does not trust the government or "the system".  She owns her own medical practice performing sex reassignment surgeries on both humans and animals, and she is also a licensed bounty hunter and president of the Quillsville Mace Club. Melissa is married to [[Stephanie Rose (Queen of the Willis)|Stephanie Rose (nee Dawson)]] (voiced by [[Robyn Hurd]], later [[Kylie Dwyar]]), a weather girl—and later anchor woman—for the Channel 24 news and since season 8, at the new CBS 40. The only Rose child, [[Connie Rose (Queen of the Willis)|Connie]] (voiced by Nichole Birky; later Karly Jameson and Alexandra Moffitt) is the result of Stephanie's 15-year-long affair with [[Reginald John]] (voiced by Luka Runecraft), a [[wikipedia:Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] healer. Their affair is obvious to everyone except Melissa and Angie, who suspects nothing, idealizing her philandering wife and considering Reginald John one of her best friends. Stephanie does break it off with Reginald John in the sixth season episode [[Stephanie Does Michiana]]. Melissa is so utterly oblivious that when someone finally tells her the truth, she denies it. She decides instead that the reason Connie looks so very un-Melissa-like is because aliens genetically modified the sperm which they had stolen from her (prior to her own gender transition) in order to secretly impregnate Stephanie. Connie's personality definitely resembles Melissa's: naive and not too bright, Connie likewise believes that Melissa is her biological father (though unlike Melissa, she eventually finds out). Whenever she has a problem, she seeks advice from her best friend, Deanna, and together they get into trouble as a result of their combined enthusiasm and naivety.  
  
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Other main characters include Hank's friends and their families. [[Dale Gribble]] (voiced by [[Johnny Hardwick]]) is the Hills' chain-smoking and paranoid next-door neighbor and Hank's best friend. As a result of his paranoia, he does not trust the government or "the system".  He owns his own pest control business, Dale's Dead Bug, and he is also a licensed [[bounty hunter]] and president of the Arlen Gun Club. Dale is married to Nancy Hicks-Gribble (voiced by Ashley Gardner), a weather girl—and later anchor woman—for the Channel 84 news. The only Gribble child, Joseph (voiced by [[Brittany Murphy]]; later [[Breckin Meyer]]) is the result of Nancy's 14-year-long affair with [[John Redcorn]] (voiced by [[Victor Aaron]]; later [[Jonathan Joss]]), a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] healer. Their affair is obvious to everyone except Dale and Peggy, who suspects nothing, idealizing his philandering wife and considering John Redcorn one of his best friends. Only once does Nancy break it off with John Redcorn, after which her hair starts to fall out, and when she learns that a satisfying extra-marital relationship is the only way to reverse it, she immediately resumes the affair. Dale is so utterly oblivious that when someone finally tells him the truth, he denies it. He decides instead that the reason Joseph looks so very un-Dale-like is because aliens genetically modified the sperm which they had stolen from him in order to secretly impregnate Nancy. Joseph's personality definitely resembles Dale's: naive and not too bright, Joseph likewise believes that Dale is his biological father (though unlike Dale, he eventually finds out). Whenever he has a problem, he seeks advice from his best friend, Bobby, and together they get into trouble as a result of their combined enthusiasm and naivety
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Living across from the Willis family was [[Tiffani Donovan (Queen of the Willis)|Quillsville Police Seargeant Tiffani Donovan]] (voiced by Alexandra Moffitt), an anorexic underweight, divorced, and clinically depressed woman. Tiffani was unlucky in love, though she finds near-success with several men and women, including the fictionalised daughter of former [[wikipedia:Governor of Indiana|Indiana Governor]] [[wikipedia:Joseph E. Kernan|Joe Kernan]]. The series briefly depicted her entering into a long-term relationship with Lando's father, though later format changes would retcon this. Throughout the series, she often expresses an unrequited attraction to Angie, which she occasionally uses to rope Tiffani into her schemes. Despite her popularity in high school, she was seen as a loser. Tiffani was a former a Sergeant in the United States Marines, where she gave haircuts to soldiers and currently to police officers.
  
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Living across from the Hills is [[Bill Dauterive]] (voiced by [[Stephen Root]]), an overweight, divorced, and clinically depressed man. Bill is unlucky in love, though he finds near-success with several women, including former [[Governor of Texas|Texas Governor]] [[Ann Richards]]. The series briefly depicts him entering into a long-term relationship with Kahn's mother, though later format changes would [[retcon]] this. Throughout the series, he often expresses an unrequited attraction to Peggy, which she occasionally uses to rope him into her schemes. Despite his popularity in high school, he is now seen as a loser. Bill is a [[Sergeant]] in the [[United States Army]], where he gives haircuts to soldiers.  
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[[Anna Pamhouser]] (voiced by [[Ava Zinn]]), known simply as "Pamhouser", also lived across from the Willis. Pamhouser was a slim chauvanist whose mutterings are hard to understand to the audience, but easily understood by her friends and most other characters. Despite her gibberish speech, she sang clearly; she also spoke fluent French. Her occupation was not explicitly stated; a single line early in the series indicates she was an electrician living on worker's comp. The sixth season finale revealed that she was a [[wikipedia:Indiana State Police|Indiana State Trooper]]. Her given name, "Anna", was not revealed until the fifth season.
  
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[[Boomhauer|Jeff Boomhauer]] (voiced by [[Mike Judge]]), known simply as "Boomhauer", also lives across from the Hills. Boomhauer is a slim womanizer whose mutterings are hard to understand to the audience, but easily understood by his friends and most other characters. Despite his gibberish speech, he can sing clearly; he can also speak fluent Spanish and French. His occupation is not explicitly stated; a single line early in the series indicates he is an electrician living on worker's comp. The series finale reveals that he is a [[Texas Ranger Division|Texas Ranger]]. His given name, "Jeff", was not revealed until the 13th and final season.
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Early in the series, the Abhrams, an upper-middle class [[wikipedia:Lao people|Laotian]] family, move in next-door to the Willis. The family consists of the materialistic transman Lando (voiced by Leonard Lai), his social-climber wife Lilly (voiced by [[Karly Jameson]]), and their teenage daughter, Jen, Jr., or "Trevelle" (voiced by Candis Cayne; later Rachael Passalt). Lando, born female and transitioned to male—fled poverty in Laos to become a successful businessman in America—was often at odds with his neighbors, believing them to be hillbillies and rednecks due to their lower socioeconomic status. Lilly often became involved in activities with Angie, Stephanie, and later Jennifer and Christiana, whom she looks down on as uncivilized and ignorant, despite still considering them her best friends. Trevelle had been pushed by her father to become a child prodigy and excels at a variety of things from academics to music, though she rejects her father's materialism and judgmental nature. She developed a relationship with Tom that blossoms into romance over the the series before Tom's death. Trevelle often accompanied Deanna and Connie on their misadventures as a neglected voice of reason. Tiffani, Pamhouser, Lando, Lilly, and Trevelle die in the season 7 four-part episode "[[The Rape of Heather Willis]]."
  
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Early in the series, the Souphanousinphones, an [[upper-middle class]] [[Lao people|Laotian]] family, move in next-door to the Hills. The family consists of the materialistic Kahn (voiced by Toby Huss), his social-climber wife Minh (voiced by [[Lauren Tom]]), and their teenage daughter, Kahn, Jr., or "Connie" (voiced by Lauren Tom). Kahn—who fled poverty in Laos to become a successful businessman in America—is often at odds with his neighbors, believing them to be hillbillies and rednecks due to their lower [[socioeconomic status]]. Minh often becomes involved in activities with Peggy and Nancy, whom she looks down on as uncivilized and ignorant, despite still considering them her best friends. Connie has been pushed by her father to become a child prodigy and excels at a variety of things from academics to music, though she rejects her father's materialism and judgmental nature. She develops a relationship with Bobby that blossoms into romance over the first half of the series before the two decide to remain friends. Connie often accompanies Bobby and Joseph on their misadventures as a neglected voice of reason.
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In season 8, [[Kendra Kendall (Hoosier Anchorwoman!)|Kendra Kendall]] (Zinn) and her transgendered husband, [[Miles Kendall (Hoosier Anchorwoman!)|Miles]] (Luka Runecraft) from ''Hoosier Anchorwoman!'', Alisan Porter (herself), and Karly Jameson (herself) move in next door to the Willis. Kendra moves back to Quillsville from Michiana Falls while Alisan Porter moved back to Quillsville from Worchester, Massachuttess and Karly Jameson moves from Speedway to Quillsville.  
  
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Other minor characters include Buck Strickland (voiced by Stephen Root), Hank's licentious boss at Strickland Propane; Joe Jack (voiced by Toby Huss) and Enrique ([[Danny Trejo]]), Hank's co-workers at Strickland; Carl Moss (voiced by [[Dennis Burkley]]), Bobby's principal at Tom Landry Middle School; and Reverend Karen Stroup (voiced by [[Mary Tyler Moore]], later [[Ashley Gardner]]), the female minister of Arlen First Methodist.
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Other minor characters include former Quillsville mayor [[Lee Kelso (Queen of the Willis)|Lee Kelso]]; Tina Craven (voiced by Alexandra Moffitt), Ava's licentious boss at Craven Gifts until the end of season 7; Jane Jill (voiced by Alexandra Moffitt) and Adrienne Fansler ([[Breeanna Sorensen]]), Ava's co-workers at Craven; Principal Eric Halvorson (voiced by himself), Tom and Deanna's principal at Kennth "Babyface" Edmonds Regional High School; Lynsay Gerardo (voiced by [[wikipedia:Ashley Gardner|Ashley Gardner]]). Additional minor characters include [[Nicole Pence (Queen of the Willis)|Nicole Pence]], who becomes Quillsville's mayor after Lee Kelso resigns, Quillsville police officers.
  
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Following the show's [[slice of life]] format, which was consistently present throughout its run, the show presented itself as being more down to earth than other competing animated sitcoms, e.g. ''[[The Simpsons]]'', due to the way the show applied [[realism (international relations)|realism]] and often derived its plots and humor from mundane topics. Critics also noted the great deal of humanity shown throughout the show.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.avclub.com/article/10-episodes-that-made-iking-of-the-hilli-one-of-th-99687 | title='10 episodes that made King Of The Hill one of the most human cartoons ever' | date=July 3, 2013 | accessdate=July 22, 2016}}</ref>
 
  
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==History==
 
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In late 1999, Ava Zinn (then as Frank Zinn) decided to create another animated series, this one set in an Indiana town based on an amalgamation of Indianapolis.<ref name="productionhistory">{{cite news|archivedate=October 8, 2017|title=Milestone: 'Queen of the Willis'|date=May 11, 2016|accessdate=2019-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=It Was Good to Be 'Queen,' but What Now?|accessdate=July 29, 2026|date=April 26, 2024}}</ref> Zinn conceived the idea for the show, drew the main characters, and wrote a pilot script.
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In early 1995, after the successful first run of ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head]]'' on [[MTV]], Mike Judge decided to create another animated series, this one set in a small Texas town based on an amalgamation of [[Dallas]] suburbs, including [[Garland, Texas]], where he had lived, and [[Richardson, Texas|Richardson]].<ref name="productionhistory">{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002501636|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008120722/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002501636|archivedate=October 8, 2007|title=Milestone: 'King of the Hill'|work=hollywoodreporter.com|date=May 11, 2006|accessdate=2009-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Shattuck|first=Kathryn|title=It Was Good to Be 'King,' but What Now?|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/arts/television/26shat.html|work=The New York Times|accessdate=July 29, 2011|date=April 26, 2009}}</ref> Judge conceived the idea for the show, drew the main characters, and wrote a pilot script.
 
  
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[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] was uncertain of the viability of Judge's concept for an animated sitcom based in reality and set in the American South, so the network teamed the animator with [[Greg Daniels]], an experienced prime-time TV writer who had previously worked on ''The Simpsons''.<ref name="kotharchives">{{cite web|url=http://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/research/a-z/dauterive.html|title=The Wittliff Collections: King of the Hill|accessdate=2013-02-18}}</ref><ref name="productionhistory" /> Daniels rewrote the pilot script and created several important characters who did not appear in Judge's first draft, including Luanne and Cotton. Daniels also reworked some of the supporting characters (whom the pair characterized as originally having been generic, "snaggle-toothed hillbillies"), such as making Dale Gribble a [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theorist]].<ref name="briefhistory">{{cite web|url=http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/31/a-brief-history-of-king-of-the-hill/|title=A Brief History of King of the Hill|work=Macleans.ca|date=October 31, 2008|accessdate=2009-03-30}}</ref> While Judge's writing tended to emphasize political humor, specifically the clash of Hank Hill's social conservatism and interlopers' liberalism, Daniels focused on character development to provide an eal context for the series' numerous cultural conflicts. Judge was ultimately so pleased with Daniels' contributions, he chose to credit him as a co-creator, rather than give him the "developer" credit usually reserved for individuals brought onto a pilot written by someone else.<ref name="briefhistory"/>
 
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===Initial success===
 
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===Format change===
 
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Judge and Daniels' reduced involvement with the show resulted in the series' format turning more episodic and formulaic.<ref name="briefhistory"/> Beginning in season seven, John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky, who had worked on the series since season two, took it over completely, tending to emphasize Judge's concept that the series was built around sociopolitical humor rather than character-driven humor.<ref name="briefhistory"/> Although Fox insisted that the series lack character development or story arcs (a demand made of the network's other animated series, so that they can be shown out of order in syndication),<ref name="briefhistory"/> Judge and Daniels had managed to develop several minor arcs and story elements throughout the early years of the series, such as Luanne's becoming more independent and educated after Buckley's death, and the aging of characters being acknowledged (a rare narrative occurrence for an animated series).<ref name="briefhistory"/> Lacking Judge and Daniels' supervision, the series ceased aging its characters and even began [[Retroactive continuity|retconning]] character backstories; in the episode "[[A Rover Runs Through It]]", Peggy's mother was abruptly changed from a neurotic housewife with whom Peggy shared a competitive relationship to a bitter rancher from whom Peggy had been estranged for several years. The format change also resulted in at least one minor character—Laoma, Kahn's mother—being written out of the show completely, and her relationship with Bill ignored in all future episodes.
 
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Because it was paired with ''Hoosier Millionaire'' on the ATE Media Network, portions of ''Queen of the Willis'' episodes were often pre-empted by sporting events that ran into overtime; in season one especially, whole episodes were pre-empted. Ultimately, enough episodes were pre-empted that the majority of the series' 5th season—initially intended to be the final season, consisted of unaired fourth-season episodes.
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Because it replaced  ''Hoosier Millionaire'' on the ATE Media Network, portions of ''Queen of the Willis'' episodes were often pre-empted by sporting events that ran into overtime; in season one especially, whole episodes were pre-empted. Ultimately, enough episodes were pre-empted that the majority of the series' 5th season—initially intended to be the final season, consisted of unaired fourth-season episodes. This lead to ATE Media canceling the show after its first season.
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The [[King of the Hill (season 13)|13th-season]] episode "[[Lucky See, Monkey Do]]" became the first episode of the series to be produced in [[widescreen]] [[High-definition television|high definition]] when it aired on February 8, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/king-of-the-hill/lucky-see-monkey-do-1250461/|title=Lucky See, Monkey Do|work=[[TV.com]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]}}</ref>
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In 2006, NoSirGifts acquired the rights to ''Queen of the Willis''. With the move to NoSirGifts, the second season premiere episode [[Therapist Hopping]] became the first episode of the series to be produced in widescreen [[wikipedia:High-definition television|high definition]] when it aired on November 26, 2007.
  
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Queen of the Willis' fate was sealed on June 29, 2012 when srtong winds damaged NoSirGifts' productions and knocked production off schedule. Without enough money to rebuild the production suite, NoSirGifts on July 2, 2012 opted to cancel Queen of the Willis and focus on ''[[Vote for the Girls (United States)|Vote for the Girls]]''.
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Although ratings remained consistent through the 10th through 12th seasons and had begun to rise in the overall [[Nielsen ratings]] (up to the 105th most watched series on television, from 118 in season 8), Fox abruptly announced in 2008 that ''King of the Hill'' had been cancelled. The cancellation coincided with the announcement that [[Seth MacFarlane]], creator of ''[[Family Guy]]'' and ''[[American Dad!]]'', would be creating a ''Family Guy'' spin-off called ''[[The Cleveland Show]]'', which would take over ''King of the Hill's'' time slot.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.shakefire.com/news/2008/11/01/reign-ends-for-king-of-the-hill|title=Reign ends for 'King of the Hill', Replaced By 'Family Guy' Spin-Off|publisher=CNN|date=November 1, 2008|agency=Associated Press|accessdate=2008-11-30}}</ref>
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On May 24, 2018, in the wake of broadcast networks reviving their own popular classic series (''[[wikipedia:Will & Grace|Will & Grace]]'' on [[wikipedia:NBC|NBC]], ''[[wikipedia:Roseanne|Roseanne]]'' on [[wikipedia:American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[wikipedia:Murphy Brown|Murphy Brown]] on CBS and ''[[wikipedia:The X-Files|The X-Files]]'' for [[wikipedia:Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]), Fox Fantasy Televiision Stations announced it had given a series order to a thirteen episode revival of ''Queen of the Willis'' and ''Hoosier Anchorwoman!'' for the [[wikipedia:2019–20 United States network television schedule|2019–2020 season]].  [[Ava Zinn]] is set to return as executive producer.<ref name="Revival">??</ref> On August 27, 2018, it was announced that [[Season Atkins]] would direct the revival's pilot episode.<ref>??</ref>
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On July 16, 2018, it was announced during the upfronts presentation that the revival will have Ava becoming manager of Craven Gifts, Angie Willis working at the Mississinewa Cola Company, Deanna Willis and Heather Willis being unemployed, Rags undergoing a sex change and living as a female named Tabby, Shushu coming out as a bisexual, and the family struggling to support the Willis family as the Sextuplets turn 10, with Ava's old friends, co-workers at Craven Gifts adjust to Tina's retirement after marrying Mayor Lee Kelso.<ref>??</ref> On September 9, 2018, it was announced that the series would premiere in the fall of 2019.<ref>??</ref>
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Alongside the initial announcement of the revival, it was confirmed that Ava Zinn would reprise her role as the voices of Ava Willis, Tabby Willis, Shushu Willis, and Pamhouser.<ref name="Revival"/> On August 26, 2018, it was announced that [[Karly Jameson]] would take over the voice of Angie Willis and Brandi Sousa, and other roles formerly voiced by [[Holly Everman]] and [[Robyn Hurd]]; [[Rachael Passalt]] joining the cast and reprising her role as the voice of Deanna Willis, [[Kendra Ray]] joining the cast as the voice of Melissa Rose replacing [[wikipedia:Alexis Arquette|Alexis Arquette]]; Lee Kelso, Bob Donaldson, Diane Willis also joining the recurring castand reprising their roles from the  series' original run.
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Several original cast members had died in the interim between the original and revival series: [[Garfield Everman]] (who played most of the male characters) died in 2011, [[Robyn Hurd]] (who played Adrienne Fansler, Angela Stroup, and several older female characters) died in 2012, [[Leonard Lai]] (who played Tom Willis) died in 2015, and [[Holly Everman]] (who played Angie Willis and other young female characters) died in 2017.
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On November 19, 2018, Ava Zinn announced that she had brokered a deal with CBS Fantasy Television Distribution, ABC Fantasy Television Stations, DakMedia, United Broadcasting and NoSirGifts Broadcasting to see ''Queen of the Willis''. Stations that also carried the original program, such as
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Three United Broadcasting-owned stations: CW affiliates [[WEVI-FTV|WEVI]] (instead of ABC-owned [[WHOO-FTV|WHOO]] or NoSirGifts-owned CBS affiliate [[WIFX-FTV|WIFX]]), [[WMIA-FTV|WMIA]] (instead of NoSirGifts-owned CBS/independent duopoly [[WFSF-FTV]]/[[WAZN-FTV]] or ABC-owned [[WCBM-FTV]]) Miami and [[KIAA-FTV|KIAA]] (instead of NoSirGifts-owned NBC/Fox duopoly [[KZCO-FTV]]/[[KDNC-FTV]] or ABC-owned [[KTRJ-FTV]]) Denver) and Fox-owned stations [[WSBI-FTV]] in the Michiana area (instead of NoSirGifts-owned CBS affiliate [[WXSB-FTV]] or ABC-owned [[WTXI-FTV]]), [[WTTD-FTV]] in the Detroit area (instead of NoSirGifts-owned CBS/MyNetworkTV duopoly [[WDMI-FTV]]/[[WWJD-FTV]] or ABC-owned [[WDET-FTV]]), [[WKYI-FTV]] in the Kentuckiana area (instead of NoSirGifts-owned CBS/independent duopoly affiliate [[WKJM-FTV]]/[[WSDF-FTV]] or ABC-owned [[WLOU-FTV]]), picked up the revived series as well.<ref>??</ref>. ABC-owned stations in [[WAWZ-FTV|Chicago]], Philadelphia, San Franscisco, [[WGA (FTV)|Atlanta]], [[WEAE-FTV|Pittsburgh]], and NoSirGifts-owned stations airing ''QOTW'' include WFAN New York, KJLA in Los Angeles, KJTX in Dallas-Fort Worth, KWSH in Seattle, [[WNEI-FTV|WNEI]] in Evansville, [[WVTH-FDT|WVTH]] in Terre Haute, [[WLIN-FTV|WLIN]] in Lafayette, IN and [[WXXC-FDT|WXXC]] in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Fox-owned stations airing ''QOTW'' are WBX (Fox 2) Boston, WXDC (Fox 9) Washington, DC, (Fox 5) Phoenix, (Fox 32) Lexington, and WKGR (Fox 36) Grand Rapids.
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As part of the deal, [[WXXC-FTV|WXXC]] in Fort Wayne would be the first to air the one-hour telecast Fridays at 8:00 p.m. (ET) with CW affiliate [[WEVI-FTV|WEVI]] Indianapolis showing the telecast Saturdays at 5:00 p.m (ET) before the rest of the country.
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In the opening sequence of the first two seasons of the original series and the first season of the revival, Ava joins Melissa, Tiffani, and Pamhauser (later Melissa, Kendra, Karly and Alisan) at the curb outside her house in the morning. When she opens her can of soda pop, the playback speed increases greatly and depicts other main and secondary characters carrying out various daily activities around them. Meanwhile, the four (later five) continue drinking soda and a nearby recycling bin fills with their empty cans. When Angie brings a bag of garbage out to Ava, the other three (later four) leave and the playback returns to normal speed as she takes it to the trash can and gathers with Angie, Deanna, Tom, and the Willis sextuplets.
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Hopes to keep the show afloat surfaced as sources indicated that [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (which was already airing Judge's new animated comedy, ''[[The Goode Family]]'') was interested in securing the rights to the show,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hibberd|first=James|title="King of the Hill" could reign at ABC|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2008/11/04/us-kingofthehill-idUSTRE4A30KW20081104|publisher=Reuters|date=November 3, 2008|accessdate=2008-11-04}}</ref> but in January 2009, ABC president Steve McPherson said he had "no plans to pick up the animated comedy."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/news/abc-aiming-for-a-comedy-comeback-1117998684/|title=ABC Aiming for a Comedy Comeback|first=Michael|last=Schneider|date=January 16, 2009|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|accessdate=2009-01-17}}</ref>
 
  
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On April 30, 2009, it was announced that Fox ordered at least two more episodes to give the show a proper finale.<ref name="futon">{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=8068|title=King of the Hill Originals still on Tap for next Season|date=April 30, 2009|work=The Futon Critic|accessdate=2009-04-30}}</ref> The show's 14th season was supposed to air sometime in the [[2009–10 United States network television schedule|2009–2010 season]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/king-of-the-hill/|title=King of the Hill on Fox|work=The Futon Critic|accessdate=2013-05-21}}</ref> but Fox later announced that it would not air the episodes, opting instead for syndication.<ref name="ricemeetspress">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/news/rice-meets-the-press-1118006969/|title=Rice meets the press|first=Michael|last=Schneider|date=August 6, 2009|work=Variety|accessdate=2013-05-21}}</ref> On August 10, 2009, however, Fox released a statement that the network would air a one-hour [[series finale]] (which consisted of a regular 30-minute episode followed by a 30-minute finale) on September 13, 2009.<ref name="seriesfinale13">{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20090810fox01|title="King of the Hill" Serves Up Texas-size [sic] Series Finale Sunday, September 13, on Fox|date=August 10, 2009|work=The Futon Critic|accessdate=2009-09-07}}</ref>
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Starting with "[[The Steak Nazi]]", a new version of the ''Queen of the Willis'' intro was created in-house which first appeared on the [[Vote for the Girls (American season 7)|seventh season]] premiere of [[Vote for the Girls (United States)|''Vote for the Girls with Ava Zinn & Alexandra Moffitt'']]. The opening sequence begins with a shot of Quillsville that is meant to represent the site's home base and ends with the Flag of Quillsville, a tribute to the American soap operas [[wikipedia:One Life to Live|''One Life to Live'']] and [[wikipedia:All My Children|''All My Children'']]. Then, transparent “glamour shots” of each character is superimposed over shots of buildings, landmarks and sights of the city are shown on the screen. The opening sequence added the names to the opening to help newer viewers pick up quicker on who is who.
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On August 8, 2017, it was revealed that Judge and Daniels had talked with Fox executives about a potential revival.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/king-of-the-hill-fox-revival-talks-1202519401/|title=Fox in ‘Preliminary Conversations’ to Revive ‘King of the Hill’|last=Turchiano|first=Danielle|date=2017-08-08|work=Variety|access-date=2017-08-08|language=en-US}}</ref> On March 19, 2018, in an interview with [[Rotten Tomatoes]], Mike Judge said he would want the revived series to include aged characters, such as an older Bobby.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/mike-judge-might-bring-back-king-of-the-hill-with-an-older-bobby-and-do-another-beavis-and-butt-head-movie/|title=MIKE JUDGE MIGHT BRING BACK KING OF THE HILL WITH AN OLDER BOBBY AND DO ANOTHER BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD MOVIE|last=Topel|first=Fred|date=2018-03-19|work=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=2018-03-20|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
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''Queen of the Willis'' is set in the fictional town of [[Quillsville (Queen of the Willis)|Quillsville, Indiana]]. In addition to drawing inspiration from Indianapolis, Zinn has described Quillsville as "a town like New Haven" (a suburb of Fort Wayne).<ref name="remote">{{cite news|title=Remote control: Back home in Indiana, Ava Zinn keeps 'Amanda & Elisa' clicking|}}</ref> ''Indianapolis Monthly'' magazine praised the authentic portrayal as the "most acutely observed, realistic sitcom about regional American life bar none".<ref name="indymo"/> As seen in the episode, "Ava's Colt Movie" the town has a population of 290,600 people.
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Though the location is based on suburbs of the Indianapolis, the physical location of Quillsville id directly east of Indianapolis. The area s on the Craven Gifts delivery trucks was "765" and later "463," indicating a setting of Anderson or Muncie. Three episodes give conflicting ZIP codes for the Willis residence: In a Season 4 episode, Ava receives a letter with her [[wikipedia:ZIP code|zip code]] 46301 which in real life is the town of Beverly Shores, Indiana, while in another episode the ZIP code is 46104, indicating that the Willis live in Arlington, Indiana. In a Season 3 episode Tiffani Donovan writes Melissa a check for a million dollars. Tiffani Donovan's checks has her address with ZIP code 46304, the ZIP code of of Chesterton, Indiana. The address of the First National Bank of Quillsville is different but illegible (4?1?? possibly,  which would also be an unassigned Indiana ).
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Quillsville includes settings such as Evansville Road, where the Willis' and other major characters reside, and [[Tina Craven|Craven]] Gifts, Ava's employer until retiring at the end of season 7. Also included are parodies of well-known businesses, such as Aldi-Lo Mart (a parody of [[wikipedia:Aldi|Aldi]] and [[wikipedia:Walmart|Walmart]]), Bradidos (a parody of Bandidos), Karsh Supermarkets (a parody of [[wikipedia:Kroger|Kroger]] and [[wikipedia:Marsh Supermarkets|Marsh Supermarkets]]). Ava's friend and neighbor Tiffani Donovan was a hair stylist at  Fort Indianapolis an army post (similar to Grissom AFB) near Quillsville. Most of the children in the show attend Vivica A. Fox Elementary School, [[wikipedia:Bart Peterson|Bart Peterson]] Middle School (named after the former Indianapolis Mayor), Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds High School. Early in the series, the schools are referred to as being in the Marion County School District (according to markings on the school buses), though in later seasons this is changed to Quillsville Independent School District.
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===Opening sequence===
 
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In the opening sequence of the first six seasons, Ava joins Melissa, Tiffani D, and Pamhauser at the curb outside her house in the morning. When she opens his can of soda pop, the playback speed increases greatly and depicts other main and secondary characters carrying out various daily activities around them. Meanwhile, the four continue drinking soda and a nearby recycling bin fills with their empty cans. When Angie brings a bag of garbage out to Ava, the other three leave and the playback returns to normal speed as she takes it to the trash can and gathers with Angie, Deanna, Tom, and the Willis sextuplets.
 
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The opening theme was "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis. For season finales there is a slight variation. Season one's finale added a "yahoo" to the beginning and the 2-6 finales accompanied the "yeehaw" with a dinner triangle.
 
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===Setting===
 
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''Queen of the Willis'' is set in the fictional town of [[Quillsville (Queen of the Willis)|Quillsville, Indiana]]. In addition to drawing inspiration from Indianapolis, Zinn has described Quillsville as "a town like New Haven" (a suburb of Fort Wayne).<ref name="remote">{{cite news|title=Remote control: Back home in Indiana, Ava Zinn keeps 'Amanda & Elisa' clicking|}}</ref> ''Indianapolis Monthly'' magazine praised the authentic portrayal as the "most acutely observed, realistic sitcom about regional American life bar none".<ref name="indymo"/> As seen in the episode, "Ava's Colt Movie" the town has a population of 290,600 people.
 
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Though the location is based on suburbs of the Indianapolis, the physical location of Quillsville id directly east of Indianapolis. The area s on the Craven Gifts delivery trucks was "765" and later "463," indicating a setting of Anderson or Muncie. Three episodes give conflicting  s for the Willis residence: In the Season 4 episode, Ava receives a letter with her [[wikipedia: | ]] 46301 which in real life is the town of Beverly Shores, Indiana, while in the episode "Hank's Choice" the  is 46104, indicating that the Willis live in Arlington, Indiana. In Season 3 episode Tiffani Donovan writes Melissa a check for a million dollars. Tiffani Donovan's checks has her address with  46304, the  of Chesterton, Indiana. The address of the First National Bank of Quillsville is different but illegible (4?1?? possibly,  which would also be an unassigned Indiana ).
 
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Quillsville includes settings such as Evansville Road, where the Willis' and other major characters reside, and [[Tina Craven|Craven]] Gifts, Ava's employer until retiring at the end of season 7. Also included are parodies of well-known businesses, such as Aldi-Lo Mart (a parody of [[wikipedia:Aldi|Aldi]] and [[wikipedia:Walmart|Walmart]]), Bradidos (a parody of Bandidos), Karsh Supermarkets (a parody of [[wikipedia:Kroger|Kroger]] and [[wikipedia:Marsh Supermarkets|Marsh Supermarkets]]). Ava's friend and neighbor Tiffani Donovan was a hair stylist at  Fort Indianapolis an army post (similar to Grissom AFB) near Quillsville. Most of the children in the show attend Vivica A. Fox Elementary School, [[wikipedia:Bart Peterson|Bart Peterson]] Middle School (named after the former Indianapolis Mayor), Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds High School. Early in the series, the schools are referred to as being in the Marion County School District (according to markings on the school buses), though in later seasons this is changed to Quillsville Independent School District.
 
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===Characters===
 
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{{Main|List of Queen of the Willis characters}}
 
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''Queen of the Willis'' depicts an average LGBTQ middle-class family and their lives in a typical Indiana town. It documents the Willis' day-to-day-lives in the small Indiana town of Quillsville, exploring modern themes such as parent-child relationships, [[wikipedia:friendship|friendship]], [[wikipedia:loyalty|loyalty]], and [[wikipedia:justice|justice]].<ref name="kotharchives"/><!--, [[envy]], and [[hubris]]. were in the list of themes but do not have a source--> As an animated sitcom, however, ''Queen of the Willis''{{'}}s scope is generally larger than that of a regular sitcom.
 
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{{Main|List of Queen of the Willis episodes}}
 
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The first six seasons were released on DVD by [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]] from 2003 to 2006. The seventh season was originally going to be released in late 2006, but, most likely due to poor sales of the DVDs, the release was cancelled. However, in 2014, Olive Films got the sub-license to release future seasons of the show, seasons seven and eight were released on November 18, 2014, with nine and ten released on April 7, 2015,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/King-Hill-Seasons-7-and-8/20245 |title=King of the Hill DVD news: Announcement for Complete 7th Season and Complete 8th Season |website=TVShowsOnDVD.com |date=2014-04-09 |accessdate=2017-03-07 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802112937/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/King-Hill-Seasons-7-and-8/20245 |archivedate=August 2, 2017 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/King-Hill-Seasons-9-and-10/20671 |title=King of the Hill DVD news: Release Date for Complete 9th Season and Complete 10th Season |website=TVShowsOnDVD.com |date=2015-01-21 |accessdate=2017-03-07 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906091359/http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/King-Hill-Seasons-9-and-10/20671 |archivedate=September 6, 2017 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> eleven released on August 25, 2015, twelve released on September 22, 2015, and thirteen released (also Blu-ray) on October 20, 2015.
 
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[[Netflix]] streamed all episodes, but stopped streaming on October 1, 2013 and in early 2017 the series was removed from [[iTunes]] and [[Google Play]] without explanation, though it returned to the latter later that year. As of May 2018, all episodes were again removed from Google Play without explanation.
 
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| July 1, 2003
 
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| March 13, 2006
 
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| March 15, 2006
 
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| {{N/a|TBA}}
 
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| ''The Complete Second Season''
 
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| November 11, 2003
 
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| March 13, 2006
 
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| May 23, 2006
 
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| {{N/a|TBA}}
 
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| ''The Complete Third Season''
 
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| December 28, 2004
 
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| August 28, 2006
 
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| September 26, 2006
 
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| {{N/a|TBA}}
 
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| ''The Complete Fourth Season''
 
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| May 3, 2005
 
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| January 15, 2007
 
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| June 19, 2007
 
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| {{N/a|TBA}}
 
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| ''The Complete Fifth Season''
 
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| November 22, 2005
 
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| February 26, 2007
 
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| April 23, 2008
 
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| {{N/a|TBA}}
 
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| ''The Complete Sixth Season''
 
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| <center>22</center>
 
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| May 2, 2006
 
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| July 27, 2015
 
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| {{N/a|TBA}}
 
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|-
 
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| ''The Complete Seventh Season''
 
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| November 18, 2014
 
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| July 27, 2015
 
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| {{N/a|TBA}}
 
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| ''The Complete Eighth Season''
 
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| <center>22</center>
 
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| November 18, 2014
 
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| August 24, 2015
 
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| {{N/a|TBA}}
 
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| {{N/a|TBA}}
 
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| ''The Complete Ninth Season''
 
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| <center>15</center>
 
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| April 7, 2015
 
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| August 24, 2015
 
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| {{N/a|TBA}}
 
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| ''The Complete Tenth Season''
 
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| April 7, 2015
 
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| February 29, 2016
 
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| {{N/a|TBA}}
 
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| ''The Complete Eleventh Season''
 
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| August 25, 2015
 
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| February 29, 2016
 
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| {{N/a|TBA}}
 
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| ''The Complete Twelfth Season''
 
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| <center>22</center>
 
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| September 22, 2015
 
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| March 28, 2016
 
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| {{N/a|TBA}}
 
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| ''The Complete Thirteenth Season''
 
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| <center>24</center>
 
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| October 20, 2015
 
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| April 4, 2016
 
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| {{N/a|TBA}}
 
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| October 20, 2015
 
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==Reception==
 
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''Queen of the Willis'' received critical acclaim over its 6-year run. Early reviews of the show were positive. The TV critic at the ''Chronicle-Tribune'' considered it the "most Hoosier television series since ''[[wikipedia:One Day at a Time (TV series)|One Day at a Time]]''," and praised the show's "sly sense of humor and subversive sensibility."<ref name="ct97">{{cite news|title=Ava Zinn's ''Queen of the Willis'' Has A Real Hoosier Air|date=February 8, 2007|accessdate=February 24, 2016}}</ref>
 
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At the show's sixth season conclusion, ''Indianapolis Monthly'' opined that it had "quietly been the best family comedy on TV," calling the show's ending "one of the most moving things I've seen on TV this year."<ref>{{cite news|title=TV Weekend: American Dad|author=[[James Poniewozik]]|url=http://entertainment.time.com/2009/09/11/tv-weekend-american-dad/|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=September 11, 2009|accessdate=February 24, 2016}}</ref> [[Alan Sepinwall]] of ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'' described it as "sweeter and more human than the great majority of live-action sitcoms that overlapped its run."<ref name=sepinwall>{{cite news|last1=Sepinwall|first1=Alan|title='King of the Hill' says goodbye - Sepinwall|url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2009/09/king_of_the_hill_says_goodbye.html|accessdate=9 December 2015|work=[[NJ.com]]|date=September 11, 2009}}</ref> Genevieve Koski of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' described the program as a "steadfast, down-to-earth series," while noting "the show saw its fair share of silly conceits and contrived setups—and got fairly repetitive in the final seasons."<ref>{{cite news|title=10 episodes that made King Of The Hill one of the most human cartoons ever|author=Genevieve Koski|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/10-episodes-that-made-iking-of-the-hilli-one-of-th-99687|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=July 3, 2013|accessdate=February 24, 2016}}</ref>
 
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Many writers have examined the show through a political lens. "It's not a political show," said Mike Judge in 1997. "It's more a populist, common sense point of view."<ref name="ct97"/> In 2005, Matt Bai of ''[[The New York Times Magazine]]'' called it "the most subtle and complex portrayal of small-town voters on television."<ref>{{cite news|title=King of the Hill Democrats|author=Bert Clere|work=[[The New York Times Magazine]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/26/magazine/king-of-the-hill-democrats.html|date=June 26, 2005|accessdate=February 24, 2016}}</ref> A 2016 reappraisal from ''[[The Atlantic]]'' dubbed it the "last bipartisan TV comedy," with writer Bert Clere noting the program "imbued all of its characters with a rich humanity that made their foibles deeply sympathetic. In this, ''King of the Hill'' was far ahead of its time, and the broader TV landscape has yet to catch up."<ref>{{cite news|title=King of the Hill: The Last Bipartisan TV Comedy|author=Bert Clere|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/02/king-of-the-hill-the-last-bipartisan-tv-comedy/470025/|work=[[The Atlantic]]|date=February 22, 2016|accessdate=February 24, 2016}}</ref>
 
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| rowspan="8"|1997 || rowspan="6"|[[Annie Awards]] || Best Animated TV Program<ref name="a97">{{cite web|title=25th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1997)|url=http://annieawards.org/25th-annie-awards|work=AnnieAwards.org|publisher=[[ASIFA-Hollywood]]|accessdate=2013-05-21}}</ref> || [[20th Century Fox]] and [[Film Roman Productions]] || {{nom}}
 
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| Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a TV Production<ref name="a97"/> || John Rice<br />{{small|for "Keeping Up with Our Jones"}} || {{nom}}
 
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| Best Individual Achievement: Voice Acting by a Female Performer in a TV Production<ref name="a97"/> || [[Brittany Murphy]]<br />{{small|as Luanne Platter}} || {{nom}}
 
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| Best Individual Achievement: Voice Acting by a Male Performer in a TV Production<ref name="a97"/> || [[Mike Judge]]<br />{{small|as Hank Hill}} || {{nom}}
 
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| rowspan="2"|Best Individual Achievement: Writing in a TV Production<ref name="a97"/> || [[Paul Lieberstein]]<br />{{small|for "[[Luanne's Saga]]"}} || {{nom}}
 
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| Alan R. Cohen and Alan Freedland<br />{{small|for "Shins of the Father"}} || {{nom}}
 
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| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)<ref name="emmys">{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/king-hill|title=King of the Hill|work=[[Emmys.com]]|publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|accessdate=2013-05-21}}</ref> || [[Greg Daniels]], [[Mike Judge]], [[Howard Klein (television producer)|Howard Klein]], Michael Rotenberg, et al.<br />{{small|for "[[Square Peg]]"}} || {{nom}}
 
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| [[TCA Awards]] || Outstanding Achievement in Comedy || ''King of the Hill'' || {{nom}}
 
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| rowspan="7"|1998 || rowspan="2"|[[Annie Awards]] || Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Primetime or Late Night Television Program<ref name="a98">{{cite web|title=26th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1998)|url=http://annieawards.org/26th-annie-awards|work=AnnieAwards.org|publisher=ASIFA-Hollywood|accessdate=2013-05-21}}</ref> || [[20th Century Fox Television]], [[Deedle-Dee Productions]], Judgemental Films, and 3 Arts Entertainment || {{nom}}
 
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| Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production<ref name="a98"/> || [[Kathy Najimy]]<br />{{small|as Peggy Hill}} || {{nom}}
 
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| [[Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI Film & TV Awards]] || BMI TV Music Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/533562|title=BMI Film/TV Awards: 1998|date=January 1, 1998|publisher=[[Broadcast Music, Inc.]]|accessdate=2013-05-21}}</ref> || [[John O'Connor (musician)|John O'Connor]], Roger Neill, and Lance Rubin || {{won}}
 
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| [[Kids' Choice Awards]] || Favorite Cartoon || ''King of the Hill'' || {{nom}}
 
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|-
 
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| rowspan="2"|[[Golden Reel Award]] || Best Sound Editing – Television Animated Specials<ref name="reel">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000452/1998|title= Picture Sound Editors, USA (1998)|publisher=[[IMDb]]|accessdate=2013-05-21}}</ref> || "The Unbearable Blindness of Laying" || {{nom}}
 
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| Best Sound Editing – Television Animation – Music<ref name="reel"/> || ''King of the Hill'' || {{nom}}
 
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|-
 
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| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)<ref name="emmys"/> || [[Greg Daniels]], [[Mike Judge]], [[Howard Klein (television producer)|Howard Klein]], Michael Rotenberg, et al.<br />{{small|for "Texas City Twister"}} || {{nom}}
 
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| rowspan="3"|1999 || rowspan="2"|[[Annie Awards]] || Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Program<ref name="a99">{{cite web|title=27th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1999)|url=http://annieawards.org/27th-annie-awards|work=AnnieAwards.org|publisher=ASIFA-Hollywood|accessdate=2013-05-21}}</ref> || [[20th Century Fox Television]] || {{nom}}
 
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| Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television Production<ref name="a99"/> || [[Jim Dauterive]]<br />{{small|for "Hank's Cowboy Movie}} || {{nom}}
 
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| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)<ref name="emmys"/> || [[Greg Daniels]], [[Mike Judge]], [[Howard Klein (television producer)|Howard Klein]], Michael Rotenberg, [[Richard Appel]], et al.<br />{{small|for "[[And They Call It Bobby Love]]"}} || {{won}}
 
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| rowspan="4"|2000 || rowspan="4"|[[Annie Awards]] || Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television Production<ref name="a00">{{cite web|title=28th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2000)|url=http://annieawards.org/28th-annie-awards|work=AnnieAwards.org|publisher=ASIFA-Hollywood|accessdate=2013-05-21}}</ref> || Kyoung Hee Lim and Boo Hwan Lim<br />{{small|for "[[Won't You Pimai Neighbor?]]"}} || {{nom}}
 
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| Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production<ref name="a00"/> || [[Brittany Murphy]]<br />{{small|as Luanne Platter in "Movin' on Up"}} || {{nom}}
 
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| Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Television Production<ref name="a00"/> || [[Mike Judge]]<br />{{small|as Hank Hill in "Hanky Panky"}} || {{nom}}
 
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| Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television Production<ref name="a00"/> || Garland Testa<br />{{small|for "Aisle 8A"}} || {{nom}}
 
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| rowspan="4"|2001 || [[American Comedy Awards]] || Funniest Television Series – Animated || ''King of the Hill'' || {{nom}}
 
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| rowspan="2"|[[Annie Awards]] || Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production<ref name="a01">{{cite web|title=29th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2001)|url=http://annieawards.org/29th-annie-awards|work=AnnieAwards.org|publisher=ASIFA-Hollywood|accessdate=2013-05-21}}</ref> || [[Kathy Najimy]]<br />{{small|as Peggy Hill in "Luanne Virgin 2.0"}} || {{won}}
 
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| Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television Production<ref name="a01"/> || Garland Testa<br />{{small|for "Chasing Bobby"}} || {{nom}}
 
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| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)<ref name="emmys"/> || [[Greg Daniels]], [[Mike Judge]], [[Richard Appel]], [[Howard Klein (television producer)|Howard Klein]], Michael Rotenberg, et al.<br />{{small|for "Chasing Bobby"}} || {{nom}}
 
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| rowspan="4"|2002 || rowspan="2"|[[Annie Awards]] || rowspan="2" |Outstanding Writing in an Animated Television Production<ref name="a02">{{cite web|title=30th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2002)|url=http://annieawards.org/30th-annie-awards|work=AnnieAwards.org|publisher=ASIFA-Hollywood|accessdate=2013-05-21}}</ref> || [[Norm Hiscock]]<br />{{small|for "[[Bobby Goes Nuts]]"}} || {{won}}
 
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| Kit Boss<br />{{small|for "A Man Without a Country Club"}} || {{nom}}
 
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| rowspan="2"|[[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || Outstanding Voice-Over Performance<ref name="emmys"/> || [[Pamela Adlon]]<br />{{small|as Bobby Hill, Clark Peters, and Chane Wassanasong in "[[Bobby Goes Nuts]]"}} || {{won}}
 
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| Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)<ref name="emmys"/> || [[Greg Daniels]], [[Mike Judge]], [[Richard Appel]], [[Howard Klein (television producer)|Howard Klein]], Michael Rotenberg, et al.<br />{{small|for "Bobby Goes Nuts"}} || {{nom}}
 
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| rowspan="3"|2003 || [[Annie Awards]] || Outstanding Writing in an Animated Television Production<ref>{{cite web|title=31st Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2003)|url=http://annieawards.org/31st-annie-awards|work=AnnieAwards.org|publisher=ASIFA-Hollywood|accessdate=2013-05-21}}</ref> || Tony Gama-Lobo and Rebecca May<br />{{small|for "Reborn to Be Wild"}} || {{nom}}
 
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| 2005 || [[Annie Awards]] || Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production<ref>{{cite web|title=33rd Annual Annie Nominations and Awards Recipients|url=http://annieawards.org/33rd-annie-awards|work=AnnieAwards.org|publisher=ASIFA-Hollywood|accessdate=2013-05-21}}</ref> || [[Johnny Hardwick]]<br />{{small|as Dale Gribble in "Smoking and the Bandit"}} || {{nom}}
 
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| rowspan="2"|2006 || [[Annie Awards]] || Best Animated Television Production<ref>{{cite web|title=34th Annual Annie Nominations and Awards Recipients|url=http://annieawards.org/34th-annie-awards|work=AnnieAwards.org|publisher=ASIFA-Hollywood|accessdate=2013-05-21}}</ref> || [[20th Century Fox Television]] || {{nom}}
 
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Queen of the Willis
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Series logo
Also known as Queen of the Willis: The Next Generation (seasons 7-)
Genre
Created by
Developed by
Written by see article
Directed by see article
Creative director(s) see article
Narrated by see article
Theme music composer
  • Mike Post
  • Jack Pinnacle
  • Christian Gari (seasons 7-11)
  • Stephen Arnold (season 6-)
  • Dave Gurshin
Opening theme
Ending theme
  • Theme from "Queen of the Willis" #1 (seasons 1-2 and 7)
  • "Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis (seasons 3-6)
  • Theme from Vote for the Girls (seasons 8-present)
Composer(s)
Country of origin United States
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 8
No. of episodes 204 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Ava Zinn
Producer(s)
  • Donna Doogan
  • Maribel Mort
  • Alexandra Moffitt
  • Season Atkins
Editor(s) Marco Berger (entire run)
Location(s)
  • Aeverine Zinn Holdings Digital Media Studios - Marion, Indiana (seasons 1-6)
  • Aeverine Zinn Digital Media Group Studios -Fort Wayne, Indiana (seasons 7-)
Camera setup
Running time
  • 21-23 minutes (seasons 1-6)
  • 44 minutes (seasons 7-)
Production company(s)
  • Aeverine Zinn Holdings (seasons 1-6)
  • Aeverine Zinn Digital Media Group (seasons 7-)
Distributor CBS Television Distribution
Broadcast
Original channel
  • First-run syndication (2006-12 and 2019-present)
  • ATE Media Indiana Network (2006)
  • NoSirGifts Fantasy Television Stations (2007-12 and 2019-)
  • United Broadcasting (2019-present)
Picture format
  • 480i (4:3 SDTV) (2006–2012)
  • 720p (16:9 HDTV) (2008-2012)
  • 1080i (16:9 HDTV) (2019–)
Audio format Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
First shown in United States<
Original run First series:
August 12, 2006 (2006-08-12) – May 31, 2012 (2012-05-31)
Revived series
March 1, 2019 (2019-03-01)–August 10, 2026 (2026-08-10)


Queen of the Willis is an American animated sitcom created by Ava Zinn that ran from August 12, 2006 to May 31, 2012. It centers on the Willis family, a middle-class American LGBTQ family in the fictional city of Quillsville, Indiana. It attempts to maintain a realistic approach, seeking humor in the conventional and mundane aspects of everyday life. The series centers on the Willis family, a family consisting of parents Ava and Angie; their children, Tom, Deanna, and sextuplets Stuart, Ron, Brian, Luanne, Emilie, and Hillary; and their anthropomorphic pets: crab Heather, dog Tabby (formerly Rags), and cat Shushu.

The family was conceived by Zinn after developing two animated comic strips, Frank's Life and Frank & Brittani. Zinn redesigned the films' protagonist, Frank, and his wife, Brittani, and renamed them Ava (after sex reassignent surgery) and Angela, respectively. Zinn pitched a seven-minute pilot to ATE Media in 2004, and the show was greenlit and began production. Shortly after the sixth season of Queen of the Willis had aired in 2012, NoSirGifts canceled the series. However, favorable DVD sales and high ratings for syndicated reruns in Fort Wayne and Indianapolis convinced Fox Fantasy Television Stations to pick up the show in 2018 for a seventh season, which will begin airing in 2019. The seventh season and revival is scheduled to premiere on March 1, 2019.

The series debuted in syndication mostly airing on the ATE Media Corporation owned stations in 2006 before moving to NoSirGifts Fantasy Television Stations in November 2007, quickly becoming a hit. The series' popularity led to nationwide syndication, and reruns formerly aired nightly on NoSirGifts-owned My 50 (WIFX-FDT2) in Indianapolis and INNCD 47 (WXXC) Fort Wayne from 2010 to 2018.

A total of at least 200 episodes aired over the course of its 11 seasons.

Many tie-in media have been released, including RAGStory, a straight-to-DVD special released in 2010; and a series of parodies of the Sleepaway Camp film series.


As of February 24, 2023, 277 episodes of Queen of the Willis have aired, currently in its eleventh season.

Series synopsis[edit]

Queen of the Willis is set in the fictional large town of Quillsville, Indiana. The show centers around the Willis family, whose head is the ever-responsible, hard-working, loyal, disciplined, and honest Ava Willis (voiced by Ava Zinn). The pun title refers to Ava's wife, Angie, as Ava is the head of the family. Ava is employed as a manager (formerly assistant manager) at Craven Gifts, selling "retail and retail accessories". She is very traditional and moral, and she takes exceptionally good care of her speaking anthropomorphic dog, Rags/Tabby Willis; cat Shushu; and crab Heather (all also voiced by Ava Zinn), which she treats, more often than not, as a member of the family and as a human. Ava is married to Angie Willis (née Donaldson) (voiced by Holly Everman, later Karly Jameson), a native of Utah, who is abumbling yet well-intentioned blue-collar worker; she has also found employment and avocation as a freelance author, notary and real estate agent. Her overconfidence and trusting nature often leads her into getting involved in complex schemes that Angie does not recognize as criminal or irresponsible until it is too late.

Tabby and Shushu are the respective diabolical dog and cat of ambiguous sexual orientation who have adult mannerisms and uses sterotypical archvillain phrases while Heather is teh witty, smoking, cocktail-swilling, sarcastic, English-speaking crab, though Tabby, Shushu, and Heather are still considered pets in many ways.

Ava and Angie have nine children (eight are living): transgendered son Tom Willis (voiced by Pauly Shore, later Leonard Lai), Deanna Willis (voiced by Candis Cayne, later Rachael Passalt), sextuplets (three sons Brian Willis, Ron Willis, and Stuart Willis; daughters Emilie Willis, Hillary Willis, and Luanne Willis), and daughter Brynn Willis (respectively voiced by Tim Doogan, Ava Zinn, Alexandra Moffitt, Jacqui Fountaine, Andrea Coolranch, Donna Doogan and Maribel Mort). Tom was an often-bullied teenage transgendered boy that was constantly ridiculed or ignored by the family until his death in the fifth season episode Quillsville Cold Case. Deanna, the transgendered daughter, is an awkward young adult who is generally friendly and well-liked, but not very bright, and often prone to making bad decisions, and in many respects is simply a younger version of her father. Brian, Emilie, Hillary, Luanne, Ron, and Stuart were born in the third season episode And Then There Were 13!. Brynn was born in the sixth season episode Moving On after the marriage counselor Lynsay Gerardo got prenant by Ava in Therapist Hopping 2. Ava also has four children from three previous relationships: a daughter, Breeanna Sellars with Christiana Sellars (voiced by Marla McClinton), a son and a daughter, Stan and Dominique with Brittani Hicks; and a son Dylan Porter with Alisan Porter. Deanna later marries Brandi Sousa (voiced by Crystal Bowersox, later Karly Jameson), a layabout who lives on the commissions she earns from real estate deals and gives Ava and Angie their first grandchild, Tessanne.


Throughout the series, Ava's nephew Austen Willis, the son of her brother Albert Willis and his alcoholic and scheming ex-wife Julie Crawford, and their dog, Baxter/Bianca, lives with the Willis family. Naive and very eal, Bianca was orginally encouraged to move out by her Aunt Ava, but over time, he accepts her and Austen as a member of the family. Bianca and Austen later respectively marries an unnamed transguy and girl in the eighth season.


Ava has a healthy relationship with her father, Harry Willis (voiced by David Caruso), a kind man who lives in Iowa. Ava is, at first, uncomfortable with her father being gay after he begins dating Clyde Claussen (voiced by Lai, later Phil Allen), a Muslim transman, but she is more reasonable when he marries Finola Atkinson (voiced by Finola Hughes). In contrast, Ava has a love/hate relationship with her neck-less mother, Master Educator Peggy Willis (voiced by Zinn), a hateful middle school and high school teacher who verbally abused Harry and Albert, and unapproving of Ava's gender transition during their marriage, leading to their divorce. Peggy, who spends most of her time at strip joints, later marries the much younger Charlie Harvey (voiced by Ted Shields, later Hunter Diaz), a candy striper who attended kindergarten when Ava was already an adult. Together, Peggy and Charlie have a daughter, "A.A." ("Amazing Ava"), who bears a striking resemblance to Deanna.

Angie, meanwhile had a love/hate relationship with her stepfather, Ned Shanks, over the religous views. In contrast, she has a healthy relationship with her mother Lisa Shanks, a kind woman who lives in Marion, Indiana. She divorces Ned in the fourth season episode "Sexist Father". Angie discovers in the fourth season episode Revenge of the Male Anchors 2 that longtime Indianapolis news anchor Bob Donaldson is the biological father of Angie Willis, and accepts him, his wife Skye, and his three children, Laura, Drew, and Sarah. Donaldson and Ava's cousin Diane Willis co anchor at Fox 11 Quillsville.

Other main characters include Ava's friends and their families. Melissa Rose (voiced by Alexis Arquette, later Kendra Ray) is the Willis' paranoid next-door neighbor and Ava's best friend. As a result of her paranoia, she does not trust the government or "the system". She owns her own medical practice performing sex reassignment surgeries on both humans and animals, and she is also a licensed bounty hunter and president of the Quillsville Mace Club. Melissa is married to Stephanie Rose (nee Dawson) (voiced by Robyn Hurd, later Kylie Dwyar), a weather girl—and later anchor woman—for the Channel 24 news and since season 8, at the new CBS 40. The only Rose child, Connie (voiced by Nichole Birky; later Karly Jameson and Alexandra Moffitt) is the result of Stephanie's 15-year-long affair with Reginald John (voiced by Luka Runecraft), a Native American healer. Their affair is obvious to everyone except Melissa and Angie, who suspects nothing, idealizing her philandering wife and considering Reginald John one of her best friends. Stephanie does break it off with Reginald John in the sixth season episode Stephanie Does Michiana. Melissa is so utterly oblivious that when someone finally tells her the truth, she denies it. She decides instead that the reason Connie looks so very un-Melissa-like is because aliens genetically modified the sperm which they had stolen from her (prior to her own gender transition) in order to secretly impregnate Stephanie. Connie's personality definitely resembles Melissa's: naive and not too bright, Connie likewise believes that Melissa is her biological father (though unlike Melissa, she eventually finds out). Whenever she has a problem, she seeks advice from her best friend, Deanna, and together they get into trouble as a result of their combined enthusiasm and naivety.

Living across from the Willis family was Quillsville Police Seargeant Tiffani Donovan (voiced by Alexandra Moffitt), an anorexic underweight, divorced, and clinically depressed woman. Tiffani was unlucky in love, though she finds near-success with several men and women, including the fictionalised daughter of former Indiana Governor Joe Kernan. The series briefly depicted her entering into a long-term relationship with Lando's father, though later format changes would retcon this. Throughout the series, she often expresses an unrequited attraction to Angie, which she occasionally uses to rope Tiffani into her schemes. Despite her popularity in high school, she was seen as a loser. Tiffani was a former a Sergeant in the United States Marines, where she gave haircuts to soldiers and currently to police officers.

Anna Pamhouser (voiced by Ava Zinn), known simply as "Pamhouser", also lived across from the Willis. Pamhouser was a slim chauvanist whose mutterings are hard to understand to the audience, but easily understood by her friends and most other characters. Despite her gibberish speech, she sang clearly; she also spoke fluent French. Her occupation was not explicitly stated; a single line early in the series indicates she was an electrician living on worker's comp. The sixth season finale revealed that she was a Indiana State Trooper. Her given name, "Anna", was not revealed until the fifth season.

Early in the series, the Abhrams, an upper-middle class Laotian family, move in next-door to the Willis. The family consists of the materialistic transman Lando (voiced by Leonard Lai), his social-climber wife Lilly (voiced by Karly Jameson), and their teenage daughter, Jen, Jr., or "Trevelle" (voiced by Candis Cayne; later Rachael Passalt). Lando, born female and transitioned to male—fled poverty in Laos to become a successful businessman in America—was often at odds with his neighbors, believing them to be hillbillies and rednecks due to their lower socioeconomic status. Lilly often became involved in activities with Angie, Stephanie, and later Jennifer and Christiana, whom she looks down on as uncivilized and ignorant, despite still considering them her best friends. Trevelle had been pushed by her father to become a child prodigy and excels at a variety of things from academics to music, though she rejects her father's materialism and judgmental nature. She developed a relationship with Tom that blossoms into romance over the the series before Tom's death. Trevelle often accompanied Deanna and Connie on their misadventures as a neglected voice of reason. Tiffani, Pamhouser, Lando, Lilly, and Trevelle die in the season 7 four-part episode "The Rape of Heather Willis."

In season 8, Kendra Kendall (Zinn) and her transgendered husband, Miles (Luka Runecraft) from Hoosier Anchorwoman!, Alisan Porter (herself), and Karly Jameson (herself) move in next door to the Willis. Kendra moves back to Quillsville from Michiana Falls while Alisan Porter moved back to Quillsville from Worchester, Massachuttess and Karly Jameson moves from Speedway to Quillsville.

Other minor characters include former Quillsville mayor Lee Kelso; Tina Craven (voiced by Alexandra Moffitt), Ava's licentious boss at Craven Gifts until the end of season 7; Jane Jill (voiced by Alexandra Moffitt) and Adrienne Fansler (Breeanna Sorensen), Ava's co-workers at Craven; Principal Eric Halvorson (voiced by himself), Tom and Deanna's principal at Kennth "Babyface" Edmonds Regional High School; Lynsay Gerardo (voiced by Ashley Gardner). Additional minor characters include Nicole Pence, who becomes Quillsville's mayor after Lee Kelso resigns, Quillsville police officers.


History[edit]

Main article: Frank's Life and Frank & Brittani

Conception[edit]

In late 1999, Ava Zinn (then as Frank Zinn) decided to create another animated series, this one set in an Indiana town based on an amalgamation of Indianapolis.[1][2] Zinn conceived the idea for the show, drew the main characters, and wrote a pilot script.

Initial success[edit]

Format change[edit]

Facing cancellation[edit]

Because it replaced Hoosier Millionaire on the ATE Media Network, portions of Queen of the Willis episodes were often pre-empted by sporting events that ran into overtime; in season one especially, whole episodes were pre-empted. Ultimately, enough episodes were pre-empted that the majority of the series' 5th season—initially intended to be the final season, consisted of unaired fourth-season episodes. This lead to ATE Media canceling the show after its first season.

In 2006, NoSirGifts acquired the rights to Queen of the Willis. With the move to NoSirGifts, the second season premiere episode Therapist Hopping became the first episode of the series to be produced in widescreen high definition when it aired on November 26, 2007.

Cancellation[edit]

Queen of the Willis' fate was sealed on June 29, 2012 when srtong winds damaged NoSirGifts' productions and knocked production off schedule. Without enough money to rebuild the production suite, NoSirGifts on July 2, 2012 opted to cancel Queen of the Willis and focus on Vote for the Girls.

Revival[edit]

Development[edit]

On May 24, 2018, in the wake of broadcast networks reviving their own popular classic series (Will & Grace on NBC, Roseanne on ABC, Murphy Brown on CBS and The X-Files for Fox), Fox Fantasy Televiision Stations announced it had given a series order to a thirteen episode revival of Queen of the Willis and Hoosier Anchorwoman! for the 2019–2020 season. Ava Zinn is set to return as executive producer.[3] On August 27, 2018, it was announced that Season Atkins would direct the revival's pilot episode.[4]

On July 16, 2018, it was announced during the upfronts presentation that the revival will have Ava becoming manager of Craven Gifts, Angie Willis working at the Mississinewa Cola Company, Deanna Willis and Heather Willis being unemployed, Rags undergoing a sex change and living as a female named Tabby, Shushu coming out as a bisexual, and the family struggling to support the Willis family as the Sextuplets turn 10, with Ava's old friends, co-workers at Craven Gifts adjust to Tina's retirement after marrying Mayor Lee Kelso.[5] On September 9, 2018, it was announced that the series would premiere in the fall of 2019.[6]

Casting[edit]

Further information: List of Queen of the Willis cast members and List of Queen of the Willis guest stars

Alongside the initial announcement of the revival, it was confirmed that Ava Zinn would reprise her role as the voices of Ava Willis, Tabby Willis, Shushu Willis, and Pamhouser.[3] On August 26, 2018, it was announced that Karly Jameson would take over the voice of Angie Willis and Brandi Sousa, and other roles formerly voiced by Holly Everman and Robyn Hurd; Rachael Passalt joining the cast and reprising her role as the voice of Deanna Willis, Kendra Ray joining the cast as the voice of Melissa Rose replacing Alexis Arquette; Lee Kelso, Bob Donaldson, Diane Willis also joining the recurring castand reprising their roles from the series' original run.

Several original cast members had died in the interim between the original and revival series: Garfield Everman (who played most of the male characters) died in 2011, Robyn Hurd (who played Adrienne Fansler, Angela Stroup, and several older female characters) died in 2012, Leonard Lai (who played Tom Willis) died in 2015, and Holly Everman (who played Angie Willis and other young female characters) died in 2017.

Broadcast[edit]

On November 19, 2018, Ava Zinn announced that she had brokered a deal with CBS Fantasy Television Distribution, ABC Fantasy Television Stations, DakMedia, United Broadcasting and NoSirGifts Broadcasting to see Queen of the Willis. Stations that also carried the original program, such as

Three United Broadcasting-owned stations: CW affiliates WEVI (instead of ABC-owned WHOO or NoSirGifts-owned CBS affiliate WIFX), WMIA (instead of NoSirGifts-owned CBS/independent duopoly WFSF-FTV/WAZN-FTV or ABC-owned WCBM-FTV) Miami and KIAA (instead of NoSirGifts-owned NBC/Fox duopoly KZCO-FTV/KDNC-FTV or ABC-owned KTRJ-FTV) Denver) and Fox-owned stations WSBI-FTV in the Michiana area (instead of NoSirGifts-owned CBS affiliate WXSB-FTV or ABC-owned WTXI-FTV), WTTD-FTV in the Detroit area (instead of NoSirGifts-owned CBS/MyNetworkTV duopoly WDMI-FTV/WWJD-FTV or ABC-owned WDET-FTV), WKYI-FTV in the Kentuckiana area (instead of NoSirGifts-owned CBS/independent duopoly affiliate WKJM-FTV/WSDF-FTV or ABC-owned WLOU-FTV), picked up the revived series as well.[7]. ABC-owned stations in Chicago, Philadelphia, San Franscisco, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and NoSirGifts-owned stations airing QOTW include WFAN New York, KJLA in Los Angeles, KJTX in Dallas-Fort Worth, KWSH in Seattle, WNEI in Evansville, WVTH in Terre Haute, WLIN in Lafayette, IN and WXXC in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Fox-owned stations airing QOTW are WBX (Fox 2) Boston, WXDC (Fox 9) Washington, DC, (Fox 5) Phoenix, (Fox 32) Lexington, and WKGR (Fox 36) Grand Rapids.

As part of the deal, WXXC in Fort Wayne would be the first to air the one-hour telecast Fridays at 8:00 p.m. (ET) with CW affiliate WEVI Indianapolis showing the telecast Saturdays at 5:00 p.m (ET) before the rest of the country.

The Queen of the Willis reboot premiered on Friday, March 1, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. on WXXC; Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. on WEVI. The show will air Saturdays at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT)/8:00 p.m. (CT/MT) on CW and MNT affiliates; Saturdays at 12:00 a.m. (ET/PT)/11:00 p.m. (CT/MT) on ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox affiliates as part of their local schedules.


Setting and characters[edit]

Opening sequence[edit]

2006-08 and 2019[edit]

In the opening sequence of the first two seasons of the original series and the first season of the revival, Ava joins Melissa, Tiffani, and Pamhauser (later Melissa, Kendra, Karly and Alisan) at the curb outside her house in the morning. When she opens her can of soda pop, the playback speed increases greatly and depicts other main and secondary characters carrying out various daily activities around them. Meanwhile, the four (later five) continue drinking soda and a nearby recycling bin fills with their empty cans. When Angie brings a bag of garbage out to Ava, the other three (later four) leave and the playback returns to normal speed as she takes it to the trash can and gathers with Angie, Deanna, Tom, and the Willis sextuplets.


2008-12[edit]

The opening theme was "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis. For season finales there is a slight variation. Season one's finale added a "yahoo" to the beginning and the 2-6 finales accompanied the "yeehaw" with a dinner triangle.

2020-2026[edit]

Starting with "The Steak Nazi", a new version of the Queen of the Willis intro was created in-house which first appeared on the seventh season premiere of Vote for the Girls with Ava Zinn & Alexandra Moffitt. The opening sequence begins with a shot of Quillsville that is meant to represent the site's home base and ends with the Flag of Quillsville, a tribute to the American soap operas One Life to Live and All My Children. Then, transparent “glamour shots” of each character is superimposed over shots of buildings, landmarks and sights of the city are shown on the screen. The opening sequence added the names to the opening to help newer viewers pick up quicker on who is who.

Setting[edit]

Main article: Quillsville (Queen of the Willis)

Queen of the Willis is set in the fictional town of Quillsville, Indiana. In addition to drawing inspiration from Indianapolis, Zinn has described Quillsville as "a town like New Haven" (a suburb of Fort Wayne).[8] Indianapolis Monthly magazine praised the authentic portrayal as the "most acutely observed, realistic sitcom about regional American life bar none".[9] As seen in the episode, "Ava's Colt Movie" the town has a population of 290,600 people.

Though the location is based on suburbs of the Indianapolis, the physical location of Quillsville id directly east of Indianapolis. The area s on the Craven Gifts delivery trucks was "765" and later "463," indicating a setting of Anderson or Muncie. Three episodes give conflicting ZIP codes for the Willis residence: In a Season 4 episode, Ava receives a letter with her zip code 46301 which in real life is the town of Beverly Shores, Indiana, while in another episode the ZIP code is 46104, indicating that the Willis live in Arlington, Indiana. In a Season 3 episode Tiffani Donovan writes Melissa a check for a million dollars. Tiffani Donovan's checks has her address with ZIP code 46304, the ZIP code of of Chesterton, Indiana. The address of the First National Bank of Quillsville is different but illegible (4?1?? possibly, which would also be an unassigned Indiana ).

Quillsville includes settings such as Evansville Road, where the Willis' and other major characters reside, and Craven Gifts, Ava's employer until retiring at the end of season 7. Also included are parodies of well-known businesses, such as Aldi-Lo Mart (a parody of Aldi and Walmart), Bradidos (a parody of Bandidos), Karsh Supermarkets (a parody of Kroger and Marsh Supermarkets). Ava's friend and neighbor Tiffani Donovan was a hair stylist at Fort Indianapolis an army post (similar to Grissom AFB) near Quillsville. Most of the children in the show attend Vivica A. Fox Elementary School, Bart Peterson Middle School (named after the former Indianapolis Mayor), Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds High School. Early in the series, the schools are referred to as being in the Marion County School District (according to markings on the school buses), though in later seasons this is changed to Quillsville Independent School District.

Episodes[edit]

Main article: List of Queen of the Willis episodes
Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 12 August 12, 2006 November 11, 2006
2 23 November 26, 2007 March 24, 2008
3 24 September 5, 2008 May 8, 2009
4 45 August 14, 2009 April 9, 2010
5 38 August 20, 2010 April 22, 2011
6 16 January 27, 2012 May 11, 2012
7 (a)
7 (b) 		34 March 1, 2019
July 12, 2019 		May 17, 2019
November 22, 2019
8 13 January 17, 2020 May 15, 2020
9 30 October 2, 2020 May 7, 2021
10 22 September 17, 2021 May 13, 2022
11 22 September 2, 2022 February 24, 2023
12 22 August 18 2023 May 17,2024
13 12 August 16, 2024 November 29, 2024
14 22 February 2025 Summer 2025
15 40 Fall 2025 August 7, 2026

Reception[edit]

Television ratings[edit]

Season No. of
episodes 		Network Originally aired Nielsen ratings
Time slot (ET) Season premiere Season finale Ranking Viewers
(in millions)
1st 2005–06 12 ATE Media Corporation
ATE Media Indiana Network
First-run syndication 		Saturday at 7:30 pm August 12, 2006 September 30, 2006 #111 5.2
2nd 2006–07 23 NoSirGifts Fantasy Television Stations
First-run syndication 		Varies by station November 2006 May 20, 2007 #109 5.5
3rd 2007–08 24 September 22, 2007 May 17, 2008 #105 6.6
4th 2008–09 45 September 27, 2008 May 8, 2009 #95 6.0
5th 2009–10 38 August 14, 2009 April 9, 2010 #95 6.0
6th 2010–11 16 August 20, 2010 April 22, 2011 #95 6.0
7th 2018–19 12 First-run syndication March 1, 2019 May 17, 2019 TBD TBD
2019–20 22 July 12, 2019 November 22, 2019 TBD TBD
8th 13 January 2020 May 2020 TBD TBD


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References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Milestone: 'Queen of the Willis'". May 11, 2016. Archived on October 8, 2017. Template:Citation error. 
  2. ↑ "It Was Good to Be 'Queen,' but What Now?". April 26, 2024. 
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  8. ↑ "Remote control: Back home in Indiana, Ava Zinn keeps 'Amanda & Elisa' clicking". 
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