It seems that the long-running animated comedy “King of the Hill" is over the hill at Fox, the media reported.

The Fox Broadcasting Company took the decision to stop picking up any more episodes of the series, thus making room for “The Cleveland Show” and “Sit Down, Shut Up,” two animated comedies that will definitely have a broad audience.

Created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, “King of the Hill," which focuses on a suburban crazy Methodist family, has been on the verge of cancellation in the past but only now the network will actually cancel the show.

The 250-episode mark will be reached in May and the last episodes of the series, now in its 13th year, are likely to be shown in the summer of 2009. Ratings for the animated comedy have been quite flat during this season.

One of the two new-entries at Fox, “The Cleveland Show,” is the follow-up of the popular animated American television sitcom “Family Guy.” Created by Seth MacFarlane, the series centers around the character of Cleveland Brown and his family.

“Sit Down, Shut Up” is written and executive-produced by Mitchell Hurwitz (the creator of the sitcom “Arrested Development”) and executive-produced by Eric and Kim Tannenbaum (spouses and business partners), and Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein (known for the animated series Mission Hill, The Simpsons and Futurama). Both series (“Sit Down, Shut Up” and “The Cleveland Show”) are due to start being broadcasted in early 2009.