After Fox declined to order any new episodes of long-running animated series King of the Hill last week, it was feared that the series might end, but it appears that ABC may pick up the series, according to the Hollywood trades.  ABC has already ordered another series, The Goode Family, from the KotH producers. 

King of the Hill, which has reached 260 episodes, is considered too expensive for a cable network. 

Despite Fox’s desire to move on, KotH is still getting ratings as good as shows considered strong on some of the broadcast networks, and recently booked its best ratings in a year.