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The Wonderful World of Disney
Disneyland-Logo.jpg
Premiere October 27, 1954
Creator Walt Disney
Network/Provider ABC (seasons 1-7)
NBC (seasons 8-27)
CBS (seasons 28-29)
Style 60-minute anthology
Company Walt Disney Productions
Seasons 29
Episodes 649
Origin USA

The Wonderful World of Disney is a family anthology that aired on ABC for seven seasons, NBC for twenty seasons and CBS for two seasons.

Over the years, the show went by many names. The show was known as Disneyland for its first four seasons. From season five to season seven, the name was Walt Disney Presents. The show was moved to NBC for the eighth season so it could be broadcast in color. The name was changed to Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color. Beginning with season sixteen, and continuing for twelve seasons, the name was The Wonderful World of Disney. The show was aired on CBS for its final two seasons and was renamed simply Walt Disney.

In Canada, the show has also been a staple on CBC Television for decades, running concurrently with the American telecasts and continuing after its original American network run ended. CBC continues to air The Wonderful World of Disney to the present, but now uses the show name as an umbrella title for Disney-produced movies aired on the network on Sunday nights.

Contents

Seasons

Season  Premiere Finale #
ABC - Disneyland
Season One October 27, 1954 July 13, 1955 21
Season Two September 14, 1955 May 30, 1956 27
Season Three September 12, 1956 June 5, 1957 26
Season Four September 11, 1957 May 14, 1958 26
ABC - Walt Disney Presents
Season Five October 3, 1958 May 29, 1959 26
Season Six October 2, 1959 April 1, 1960 26
Season Seven October 16, 1960 June 11, 1961 31
NBC - Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
Season Eight September 24, 1961 April 15, 1962 26
Season Nine September 23, 1962 March 24, 1963 25
Season Ten September 29, 1963 May 17, 1964 27
Season Eleven September 20, 1964 April 4, 1965 25
Season Twelve September 19, 1965 April 10, 1966 24
Season Thirteen September 11, 1966 April 2, 1967 25
Season Fourteen September 10, 1967 April 28, 1968 27
Season Fifteen September 15, 1968 March 23, 1969 22
NBC - The Wonderful World of Disney
Season Sixteen September 14, 1969 March 29, 1970 21
Season Seventeen September 13, 1970 March 14, 1971 21
Season Eighteen September 19, 1971 April 9, 1972 19
Season Nineteen September 17, 1972 April 1, 1973 20
Season Twenty September 16, 1973 March 31, 1974 21
Season Twenty-One September 15, 1974 March 23, 1975 17
Season Twenty-Two September 14, 1975 July 25, 1976 19
Season Twenty-Three September 26, 1976 May 22, 1977 21
Season Twenty-Four September 18, 1977 June 4, 1978 18
Season Twenty-Five September 17, 1978 May 13, 1979 20
NBC - Disney's Wonderful World
Season Twenty-Six September 9, 1979 July 27, 1980 17
Season Twenty-Seven September 14, 1980 August 16, 1981 9
CBS - Walt Disney
Season Twenty-Eight September 26, 1981 July 31, 1982 24
Season Twenty-Nine August 25, 1982 May 3, 1983 18
ABC - The Disney Sunday Movie
Season Thirty February 2, 1986 May 25, 1986 15
Season Thirty-One September 21, 1986 August 30, 1987 29
Season Thirty-Two October 4, 1987 May 22, 1988 20
NBC- The Magical World of Disney
Season Thirty-Three October 9, 1988 July 23, 1989 30
Season Thirty-Four October 1, 1989 August 26, 1990 26
ABC - The Wonderful World of Disney
Season Thirty-Five September 7, 1990 October 1, 1991

In-Depth

DVD Releases

Title Release Discs
Episode Collections  (Region 1)
Walt Disney Treasures: Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh November 11, 2008 purchase 2

External Sites