To capitalize on the success of the series, a spin-off animated series was produced, airing Saturday mornings on NBC. "ALF: The Animated Series", set on ALF's home planet of Melmac, ran from 1987 to 1988 and was produced by DIC Entertainment. This was a prequel series, set on Melmac before the planet exploded. The show focused on ALF, his family, his friends, and girlfriend Rhonda and their various exploits. Each episode was book-ended by a live-action sequence involving ALF talking to the television viewers, setting up the episode and commenting on it afterward. When the cartoon entered its second season, it was paired in a one-hour block with its own spin-off "ALF Tales", which took Gordon and the cast of characters from season one, and recast them as characters from assorted classic fairy tales.