Is Fox Looking to Revive ‘Bones’ and ‘King of the Hill’?

Marisa Roffman
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Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz in Bones

Bones has only been off the air for a few months, but Fox is already looking to potentially dip back into that world—at some point in the future.

“I think David Boreanaz would be upset, with his new show [SEAL Team] just premiering, if I said [we were reviving] any time soon,” Fox Chairman/CEO Dana Walden said after the network’s executive session panel at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour on Tuesday. “I would anticipate, ultimately, we would happily do something around Bones. That group was so close and that experience was so good with them, [but] I can say we’ve had no conversations, and they’re all pursuing different things right now.”

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A little closer to ending up back at Fox is King of the Hill, the 1997-2010 animated series from Greg Daniels and Mike Judge. “We have had preliminary conversations with Greg and Mike,” Walden said. “I would like to explore that. We had very preliminary conversations about what’s going on in the country and how those characters would respond. But again, it was one meeting, and I hope to revisit it.”

Complicating matters? “They’re both very busy, and it was really just an exploratory [conversation],” Walden continued. “They were both excited about it, they’re both working on a lot of things individually, and it’s about finding time.”

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    RedPalmtree

    NO more Bones let it gooooooooo.

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    GoldChilli

    I'd be happy to see bones back. However, I'll be freaking happy to see futurama back

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    BlueHelmet

    I can see how Bones might return at some point in a limited format. The writers actually left the series open-ended, with the lab being rebuilt and Hodgins left in charge of it, so as a fan, I'd welcome a return. But give the cast some time to breathe and do other things! They were playing the same characters for a long time.

    As for KOTH, I loved that show, but I'm not sure about a reboot. The cast would be a little different (especially because of the tragic, untimely death of Brittany Murphy), and it just wouldn't feel the same. If it DID come back, I'd check it out, but I'm not sure I'd like it.

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    GreenBowtie

    I have been a fan of Bones since the pilot and am sorry to say goodbye to it. 12 years has been a good run. I would like to see maybe a mini series in around 5 years from now 6 to 12 episodes. Until then I wish all cast well for future roles, I will watch out for them.

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    GreenRocket

    I miss King of the Hill. Great show.

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    BlueDice

    In a sense you only really need Emily to make a new Bones.That said it would be a very new dynamic but it is plausible.

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    GreenToast

    Here we go. Not a surprise about the Bones news because well FOX is rebooting everything. Yes DB has his new show and I anticipate it and his role lasting for awhile but I also can see in a couple of years DB and ED and the rest coming for 12 t to 18 episodes somewhere. Now some will think it is wishful thinking on my part but it all depends on how Seal Team goes with DB'S character. If he ends up being a clone of Booth I can see him leaving. And of course all of this is just talk I mean Bones just ended. But it is nice to see FOX, while involved in a lawsuit with said show, is acknowledging Bones had an audience and actually still has life to it even if it is two or three years down the line