A Little Mermaid’s Not-So-Happily-Ever-After Will Be the Focus of a New Comedy at NBC’s Peacock

As NBCprepares to roll out its newfangled Peacockstreaming service tothe wide-eyed world , the net ’s adding on even more … interesting … programme to its coming lineup . If Battlestar Galactica isn’tquite your matter , then perhaps a comedic slip under the sea might be able-bodied to convince you to signal on .

Deadlinereports that wash Up , a “ sequel ” inspire by theLittle Mermaid fairy tale — generalise by Disney but unrelated to the picture completely , of course — is coming to Peacock . The series , created by Jane the Virgin author Gracie Glassmeyer , tells the story of a mermaid princess - turn - homo who earn after 15 year of being conjoin on the surface humanity that she ’s deep unhappy with her wedding and in need of a change of tread . When the mermaid ’s father accidentally dies , however , she realizes that it ’s up to her to figure how to bring peace to their underwater kingdom and in doing so , economize the humanity .

Between NBC’slive musicalLittle Mermaidand Disney ’s upcominglive - military action adaptationof its original pic , we ’re living in a fourth dimension that’s — excuse — a bite oversaturated with mermaid at the instant . On the one hand , a show have a few punches at the happily - ever - afters we ’ve all been sell could be something worth watching . On the other paw , Washed Up could just as well be something kin to Married With Children , only with talking Pisces the Fishes , mermaids , and a execution mystery , which … well , honestly , that would n’t be half bad ?

A mermaid who is little.