Beginning in 1954, Walt Disney was the first major film producer to enter head-long into the new medium of television with a new anthology of content made exclusively for television. Originally made to help fund the construction of Walt's new park and airing on ABC, the show was known as "Walt Disney's Disneyland". It was broken up into various segments that showed animated shorts, behind-the-scenes looks at Disney films, and TV mini-series shows such as "Davey Crockett". In 1958 the show would change to "Walt Disney Presents" where it removed the park segments, but was the first show to simulcast its audio via TV, AM radio, and FM radio.
In 1961, the series would move to NBC and change its name to "The Wonderful World of Color" where it would show in full color. In 1969, it would become "The Wonderful World of Disney". It changed again to "Disney's Wonderful World" in 1979, change again simply to "Walt Disney" in 1981, and then become "The DIsney Sunday Movie" in 1986 where it would show made-for-TV films. In 1988, it moved back to NBC and became "The Magic World of Disney". After low ratings it would be fully cancelled. In 1997 ABC returned "The Wonderful World of Disney" to the air where it would show a Disney movie on Sunday nights, with a few made-for-TV films. The show sometimes airs a Disney+ exclusive film as a "special event".