The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney (1954 — present)
Seasons: 34,
episodes: 773
Average rating:
8.2/10
3 347
Production
Status
Returning
Scenario
Arthur E. Orloff
Author
Producer
Jim Cruickshank
Actors
Michael Eisner
himself (host)
Walt Disney
himself (archive footage)
Johnny Cash
himself
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Heather
Tina Caspary
1st Girl
Émile Reynaud
himself
Michael Hordern
Squire Banks
Patrick McGoohan
Christopher Syn / Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
Short description
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 | Episodes | Release date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 1954-10-27 | 7.8 | |
| 26 | 1955-09-14 | 8 | |
| 26 | 1956-09-12 | 7 | |
| 26 | 1957-09-11 | 8.3 | |
| 27 | 1958-10-03 | 9 | |
| 26 | 1959-10-02 | 9 | |
| 31 | 1960-10-16 | 10 | |
| 26 | 1961-09-24 | 8.7 | |
| 25 | 1962-09-23 | 9 | |
| 27 | 1963-09-29 | 8.2 | |
| 25 | 1964-09-20 | 8.7 | |
| 24 | 1965-09-19 | 9 | |
| 25 | 1966-09-11 | — | |
| 27 | 1967-09-10 | 5.3 | |
| 22 | 1968-09-15 | 8.3 | |
| 21 | 1969-09-14 | — | |
| 21 | 1970-09-13 | 10 | |
| 20 | 1971-09-19 | — | |
| 20 | 1972-09-17 | — | |
| 21 | 1973-09-16 | 8 | |
| 17 | 1974-09-15 | 10 | |
| 19 | 1975-09-14 | — | |
| 21 | 1976-09-26 | 6.5 | |
| 18 | 1977-09-18 | — | |
| 20 | 1978-09-17 | 6 | |
| 17 | 1979-09-09 | 4 | |
| 10 | 1980-09-14 | — | |
| 24 | 1981-09-26 | 8 | |
| 18 | 1982-09-25 | — | |
| 18 | 1986-02-02 | 10 | |
| 29 | 1986-09-21 | 10 | |
| 20 | 1987-10-04 | 5.3 | |
| 28 | 1988-10-09 | — | |
| 26 | 1989-10-01 | — |
What's left behind the scenes
- The series aired under five different titles and, at various times, was broadcast on all three of the largest television networks of the era (ABC, NBC, CBS). It is the longest-running weekly prime-time series in television history. The 'Hallmark Hall of Fame' anthology has run longer, but not on a weekly basis.
- All episodes for the ABC network were filmed in color but broadcast in black and white. The network only switched to color broadcasting in the mid-1960s.
Similar series
1958–1963
US
8.3/10
1957–2002
XC
7.8/10
1952–1958
US
7.6/10
1955–1960
GB
7.7/10
1959–1963
US
7.5/10
1959–1973
US
7.3/10
1956–1968
US
7/10
1956–1957
GB
7.3/10
1954–1973
US
6.7/10
1959–1961
US
6.7/10
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