Several of the characters are loosely based on characters from Disney's animated film version of The Jungle Book: in particular Baloo, the hot-shot pilot hero of the series Louie, the owner of Baloo's favorite bar and Shere Khan, a business tycoon who appears in many episodes. Afterward, it was moved into Disney Channel and later into Toon Disney. However, reruns continued to be shown on The Disney Afternoon through 1994. TaleSpin ended on its 65th episode which ran in 1994, later nominated for another Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (Entire Series) in the same year. The show was often seen either on its own as a half-hour show, or as part of the two-hour syndicated series The Disney Afternoon. The original concept was embodied in the introductory television movie Plunder and Lightning which was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (Prime Time for Programming One Hour or More) in 1991 and was later re-edited into four half-hour episodes for reruns. After a preview of The Disney Afternoon that aired on the Disney Channel in May 1990, the series began its run in September of the same year.

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