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A straight-laced propane salesman in Arlen, Texas tries to deal with the wacky antics of his family and friends, while also trying to keep his son in line.
Start with the closest match, then check out two more shows with a similar feel, pace, mood, or theme.
Swedish comedy about families living in the upscale Stockholm suburb of Saltsjöbaden.
Solsidan keeps the same kind of deadpan patience, where everyday family friction and social awkwardness build jokes slowly. Like King of the Hill, it centers a grounded household in a comfortable neighborhood, but the humor leans more toward affluent manners and observational domestic chaos.
Bob Belcher runs a struggling burger shop with his wife and three children.
Bob's Burgers delivers warm, character-driven comedy with the same underreaction style as King of the Hill, where small daily problems turn into big family moments. The burger shop becomes a home base for workplace-family overlap and low-stakes money worries, keeping the tone affectionate and episodic, not frantic.
Neighbors Leo, a Canal Street bar owner, and Clive, an electrician with teen sons, find their lives unraveling as social tensions rise. Simple disagreements escalate into dangerous hostility in their Manchester suburb.
Tip Toe shares King of the Hill's focus on ordinary people under pressure, where mundane irritation escalates into real danger. It keeps the slow-burn escalation and dry neighborhood awkwardness, but the stakes get colder and sharper, trading cozy family friction for a more tense, thriller-leaning build.
