producer Howard Gottfried. One day Gottfried asked Altschuler, "What do you want to be." Upon learning that Altschuler was a writer, Gottfried asked to see his work. Eventually, Alschuler and Krinksy sold two movie scripts, and Altschuler was hired to adapt a short story by Somerset Maugham into a film for a Paris studio. Television Altschuler and Krinsky's break in television came in 1996 when they were hired as assistant producers for the HBO series The High Life. King of the Hill In 1997, the duo became writers for Fox’s King of the Hill, working there for thirteen years and serving as executive producer for its final seven seasons. Created by Mike Judge (Beavis and Butt-Head), King of the Hill was known for its satirical examination of social issues. Of the animated show, Altschuler said, "You can't find an issue that is bedeviling our society that we haven't dealt with." North Carolina's Governor Mike Easley said, "This [King of the Hill] is the first show about the South since Andy Griffith that didn't make fun of the South." Regardless, Fox frequently bumped the show for athletic events and canceled it for a short period in its 10th season. Altschuler said,. "It used to be very frustrating, until we realized we do a show with great writers and great actors about really interesting subject matter, so let's just keep doing it and hope for the best." The Goode Family In 2008, Altschuler, Krinsky, and Judge formed Ternion Productions, a film and television production company. In 2009, Ternion created The Goode Family, an animated show about left-wing vegans, for ABC. Altschuler said, "It's not about knocking it [the Green Movement] down. The idea for the show came from us all having these similar experiences where we're trying so hard to be good, and they keep changing the playing field. One of the epiphanies was the paper-or-plastic debate. Then I got a reusable bag, and I looked at it. It was made in China." After one season, The Goode Family was dropped by ABC, but picked up by Comedy Central. Altschuler indicated that Comedy Central was a better fit for the show than the more mainstream ABC because "The censorship standards at ABC are very tight…The Goode Family would have been a much better show if we didn't have to pussyfoot around neo-Nazi sensibilities." This show was generally disliked by critics from the