Disney anthology television series

Disney anthology television series
Opening title for The Wonderful World of Disney used from 2022 onward (with the "Presented by Disney+" tagline from 2022 to 2023)
Also known as	Walt Disney's Disneyland (1954–58) Walt Disney Presents (1958–61) Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1961–69) Disney's Wonderful World (1979–81) Walt Disney (1981–83) The Disney Sunday Movie (1986–88) The Magical World of Disney (1988–90) The Wonderful World of Disney (1969–79, 1983–87, 1991–present)
Genre	Anthology series
Created by	Walt Disney
Presented by	Walt Disney (1954–66) Michael Eisner (1986–2002)
Narrated by	Dick Wesson (1954–79) Mark Elliot (1979–88, 2006-2007) Ernie Anderson (1986-88) Danny Dark (1988–91) Andy Geller (2000-2006)
Theme music composer	Leigh Harline Ned Washington
Opening theme	"When You Wish Upon a Star" (1954–61, 1968–2012 and 2012–present; various instrumental adaptations) "The Wonderful World of Color" (1961–68) "Heaven's Triumph" (2012–present)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	58
No. of episodes	2207 (list of episodes)
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera (hosted segments)
Running time	156–180 minutes
Original release
Network	ABC (1954–61, 1986–88, and 1997–present) NBC (1961–81 and 1988–91) CBS (1981–83, 1991–97) Disney+ (2020–2023)
Release	October 27, 1954 (1954-10-27) – present (present)
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The Walt Disney Company has produced an anthology television series since 1954 under several titles and formats. The program's current title, The Wonderful World of Disney, was used from 1969 to 1979 and again from 1991 onward. The program moved among the Big Three television networks in its first four decades, but has aired on ABC since 1997 and Disney+ from 2020 to 2023, but is still advertised during or after the program.

The original version of the series premiered on ABC in 1954. The show was broadcast weekly on one of the Big Three television networks until 1983. After a two-year hiatus it resumed, running regularly until 1991. From 1991 until 1997, the series aired infrequently.

The program resumed a regular schedule in 1997 on the ABC fall schedule, coinciding with Disney's purchase of the network in 1996. From 1997 to 2008, the program aired regularly on ABC. Since then, ABC has continued the series as an occasional special presentation from 2008 onward, the most recent being a holiday music special in 2019.^[1] In 2020, the series returned with movies from the Disney+ library.

The show has had only two hosts, founder and former president, Walt Disney, and former chairman and C.E.O., Michael Eisner.^[2]

The show is the second longest-running prime-time program on U.S. television, behind Hallmark Hall of Fame.