The Little Mermaid (franchise) as good a villain as Ursula. Disney's The Little Mermaid is an animated television series featuring the adventures of Ariel as a mermaid prior to the events of the first film. This series is the first Disney television series to be spun off from a major animated film. "The Little Mermaid" premiered in the fall of 1992 with the animated prime time special called "A Whale of a Tale", then moved to Saturday mornings. This series originally appeared on CBS, with an original run from 1992 to 1994. It was later shown in reruns on The Disney Channel and Toon
The Little Mermaid (1989 film) final performance also featured special appearances by Brad Kane (the singing voice of the title character of "Aladdin") and Susan Egan (who played Belle in the stage adaptation of "Beauty and the Beast"), who sang songs from their respective films, and a duet of "A Whole New World". On May 16, 2017, ABC announced that it planned to air a special broadcast of the film, "The Wonderful World of Disney: The Little Mermaid Live", on October 3, 2017. The special was to feature a presentation of the film intertwined with live performances of its songs by guest musicians, in a