Mermaids: The New Evidence May 2026

The program included a brief disclaimer in the end credits identifying it as a work of fiction, though critics argued it was too brief and easily missed by viewers.

: The show heavily relied on the Aquatic Ape Theory , a real but controversial evolutionary hypothesis, to provide a sense of "intellectual possibility" for the existence of mermaids. Mermaids: The New Evidence

While the storytelling in was convincing enough to break ratings records, the "evidence" it presented was entirely fictional. The program included a brief disclaimer in the