View Full Version : Mission Hill was supposed to represent the future, but it died before getting the cha


TMC
09-07-2017, 01:25 PM
https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/2017/9/6/16256458/mission-hill-simpsons-bill-oakley-josh-weinstein-matt-groening

If Mission Hill co-creator Bill Oakley were to guess, there are probably less than 5,000 people who remember his short-lived animated series. The series ran on The WB from Sept. 24, 1999 to July 16, 2000. Created by Oakley and Josh Weinstein, who were just coming off a very successful run of The Simpsons, Mission Hill seemed like it was poised to be the next great American hit. It followed two brothers, Andy and Kevin French, who didn’t get along but were forced to live with one another. Set in an undefined metropolis akin to Boston, New York City or San Francisco, Mission Hill was a show about the struggles of compromise. Kevin hates living with his brother and is a social outcast who tries ...

robyrob
09-07-2017, 01:31 PM
this was a great show - more adult-themed than the Simpsons, without being offensive like Family Guy, and actually funny

they show reruns on Adult Swim occasionally - it is definitely worth checking out if you've never seen it.

king of comedy
09-07-2017, 05:31 PM
It deserves to be revived.