<P> The original version of the series premiered on ABC on Wednesday , October 27 , 1954 . The show was broadcast weekly on one of the Big Three television networks until 1990 , a 36 - year span with only a two - year hiatus from 1984 until 1985 . The series was broadcast on Sunday for 25 of those years . From 1991 until 1997 , the series aired infrequently . </P>
<P> The original version of the series premiered on ABC on Wednesday , October 27 , 1954 . The show was broadcast weekly on one of the Big Three television networks until 1990 , a 36 - year span with only a two - year hiatus from 1984 until 1985 . The series was broadcast on Sunday for 25 of those years . From 1991 until 1997 , the series aired infrequently . </P>
when did the wonderful world of disney air
when did the wonderful world of disney air
October 27 , 1954
October 27 , 1954