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The Wonderful World of Disney

1954 · 34 seasons · Action & Adventure, Animation, Documentary, Kids, Family

Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.

Seasons

• Season 1 — 22 episodes (October 27, 1954)
• Season 2 — 26 episodes (September 14, 1955)
• Season 3 — 26 episodes (September 12, 1956)
• Season 4 — 26 episodes (September 11, 1957)
• Season 5 — 27 episodes (October 3, 1958)
• Season 6 — 26 episodes (October 2, 1959)
• Season 7 — 31 episodes (October 16, 1960)
• Season 8 — 26 episodes (September 24, 1961)
• Season 9 — 25 episodes (September 23, 1962)
• Season 10 — 27 episodes (September 29, 1963)
• Season 11 — 25 episodes (September 20, 1964)
• Season 12 — 24 episodes (September 19, 1965)
• Season 13 — 25 episodes (September 11, 1966)
• Season 14 — 27 episodes (September 10, 1967)
• Season 15 — 22 episodes (September 15, 1968)
• Season 16 — 21 episodes (September 14, 1969)
• Season 17 — 21 episodes (September 13, 1970)
• Season 18 — 20 episodes (September 19, 1971)
• Season 19 — 20 episodes (September 17, 1972)
• Season 20 — 21 episodes (September 16, 1973)
• Season 21 — 17 episodes (September 15, 1974)
• Season 22 — 19 episodes (September 14, 1975)
• Season 23 — 21 episodes (September 26, 1976)
• Season 24 — 18 episodes (September 18, 1977)
• Season 25 — 20 episodes (September 17, 1978)
• Season 26 — 17 episodes (September 9, 1979)
• Season 27 — 10 episodes (September 14, 1980)
• Season 28 — 24 episodes (September 26, 1981)
• Season 29 — 18 episodes (September 25, 1982)
• Season 30 — 18 episodes (February 2, 1986)
• Season 31 — 29 episodes (September 21, 1986)
• Season 32 — 20 episodes (October 4, 1987)
• Season 33 — 28 episodes (October 9, 1988)
• Season 34 — 26 episodes (October 1, 1989)

Cast

• Michael Eisner as Self - Host

Details

First aired

October 27, 1954

Episodes

773

Genres

Action & Adventure, Animation, Documentary, Kids, Family

Network

ABC, NBC and CBS

Status

Returning Series

TMDB score

7.9 / 10 from 36 votes