Sir John Hurt loved working on this series, and wished it could've lasted for more than one season. Jim Henson also planned to use more detailed folktales and the Creature Shop to make more episodes, some possibly being hour-long specials. However, despite critical acclaim, low ratings due to parents feeling the series was too frightening for children led to the series being canceled after its first season. Some completed scripts included ones based on Petrosinella, an Italian version of Rapunzel; The Witch Baby, which was used in the 2011 Storyteller graphic novel anthology; and Vasilissa the Beautiful, which was adapted into four issue comic book miniseries "The Storyteller: Witches" in 2014 which was followed by more miniseries each year including "The Storyteller: Dragons" in 2015, "The Storyteller: Giants" in 2016, "The Storyteller: Fairies" in 2017, "The Storyteller: Sirens" in 2019, "The Storyteller: Ghosts" in 2020, "The Storyteller: Tricksters" in 2021 and "The Storyteller: Shapeshifters" in 2022. It is unknown if there will be further additions to the series.

A bird flies through various scenes, before emerging from the Storyteller's mouth and dropping a ring on a stone, which forms the O in the series title.

Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #3.1 (1990)