Aladdin is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation that aired from February 6, 1994, to November 25, 1995, concluding exactly three years to the day from the release of the original 1992 Disney film of the same name on which it was based.[1] Despite the animated television series premiering four months before the first movie sequel The Return of Jafar, it takes place afterward.[2] The second and final animated movie sequel was the 1996 direct-to-video film, Aladdin and the King of Thieves. The TV series was produced by Alan Zaslove and Tad Stones, who were already renowned for their work on Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers and Darkwing Duck.[3] Many of the films' stars provided the voices of their TV counterparts, with the notable exceptions of Dan Castellaneta filling in for Robin Williams in The Genie role (like in The Return of Jafar), and Val Bettin as the Sultan (who replaced Douglas Seale after the original film). The TV series originally aired as a preview on The Disney Channel in early 1994,[4] and in September of that year it began airing concurrently on the syndicated The Disney Afternoon block[3] and on Saturday mornings on CBS (prior to Disney's purchase of rival ABC). Disney Channel reran the series from 1997 until 2000. The show was shown on Toon Disney from April 1998 until December 2008.