• Air date: 16 Sep '01 27 episodes
      Walt Disney Productions (later The Walt Disney Company) has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. 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 1990, a 36-year span with only a two-year hiatus in 1984-85. The series was broadcast on Sunday for 25 of those years. 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 recent purchase of the network. From 1997 until 2008, the program aired regularly on ABC. Subsequently, ABC continued the series as an occasional special presentation.
  • List of Episodes (27)
    • 1. Walt - The Man Behind the Myth

      16 Sep '01
      Walt – The Man Behind the Myth is a biographical documentary on Walt Disney. It was narrated by Dick Van Dyke and directed by Jean-Pierre Isbouts. In 2012 the Walt Disney Family Museum re-released this out of print film on DVD, it's available for purchase on their online store or inside the museum located in San Francisco, California.
    • 2. A Bugs Life

      23 Sep '01
      Every year, a bunch of grasshoppers come to the anthill and eat what the ants have gathered for them. The ""offering"", as the ants call the ritual, is a part of their fate. One day in spring, when the offering's preparation has just been finished, Flik, unliked inventor ant, accidentally drops the whole offered seeds into the river. The grasshoppers come and give the ants a second chance to collect food until fall. Flik sets off to find bugs that are willing to fight the grasshoppers (nobody ex
    • 3. Emperors New Groove

      14 Oct '01
      Plot Summary for Emperor's New Groove, The (2000) Page 11 of 34 In this animated comedy from the folks at Disney, the vain and cocky Emperor Kuzco is a very busy man. Besides maintaining his ""groove"", and firing his suspicious administrator, Yzma; he's also planning to build a new waterpark just for himself for his birthday. However, this means destroying one of the villages in his kingdom. Meanwhile, Yzma is hatching a plan to get revenge and usurp the throne. But, in a botched assassina
    • 4. Toy Story 2

      04 Nov '01
      In ""Toy Story 2,"" the fun and adventure continues when Andy goes off to summer camp and the toys are left to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector kidnaps Woody who unbeknownst to himself is a highly valued collectable. It's now up to Buzz Lightyear and the gang from Andy's room - Mr. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, Rex and Hamm - to spring into action and save their pal from winding up as a museum piece. There's plenty of excitement and fun as the toys get in
    • 5. Facts Of Life Reunion

      18 Nov '01
      Thirteen years later Mrs. Garrett's ""girls"" have all grown into successful, independent women. After a stint in the Peace Corps with her husband, a widowed Mrs. Garrett is heading back to America, ready for a new life and new romance, and also looking forward to seeing the girls again. Blair is wealthier than ever, after building a hotel empire with her husband, Tad. But she suspects he is having an affair. ""Tootie,"" now preferring to be called by her real name, Dorothy, has forsaken her act
    • 6. Brians song

      02 Dec '01
      Gale Sayers joins the Chicago Bears and is befriended by Brian Piccolo, an over-achieving running back. Although they compete for the same spot on the team, and despite the fact that Sayers is black and Piccolo white, they become roommates on the road and very close friends, especially when Sayers is injured and Piccolo helps his recovery. Later, they and their wives must both deal with the harsh reality of Piccolo's cancer.
    • 7. Cinderella

      03 Mar '02
      This is Disney's 1950 animated film which is far the best retelling of the Cinderella story. This tells the story of a beautiful scullery maid named "" Cinderella"" who has two wicked stepsisters and a Stepmother who are cruel to the bone but one day when the King announces a Ball for everyone, some of the folks are invited except Cinderella until her Fairy godmother uses her magic to make Cinderella perfect for the ball and must get her Prince.
    • 8. Confessions Of An Ugly Stepsister

      10 Mar '02
      The Cinderella story is approached in a completely new light. Our heroine is the ugly stepsister who is trying to make her way in the world with a demanding mother, a simple sister, and a spoiled stepsister. Iris is a fabulous character, and more than I can say for any other production, she seems like a REAL person. She loves her family, and even loves Cinderella, despite the troubles she has with her.This movie is one of the most realistic adaptions i have ever seen!
    • 9. Snow White : The Fairest Of Them All

      17 Mar '02
      Born from a drop of blood in a flutter of apple blossoms, and framed in ebony, a young girl named Snow White becomes the blessing of a loving peasant couple, John and Josephine. But with her birth comes a curse and the end of her mother's life. Left alone with an infant daughter, John braves a brutal winter in search of food for his starving angel. Salvation comes unexpectedly when the father's tears melt the frozen tomb of a bewitched creature, the Green-Eyed One. In thanks, the insinuating bea
    • 10. Dinotopia

      12 May '02
      Carl and David, two boys flying a small aircraft over the ocean with their father, crash land near an uncharted island. The boys swim safely to shore, but their father unfortunately drowns in the crash. On their own, the brothers explore the island and soon discover it is not only inhabited by people, but by dinosaurs as well! While the place seems easy enough to get used to, the boys must find a way of returning to their home.
    • 11. Dinotopia part 2

      13 May '02
      Carl and David, two boys flying a small aircraft over the ocean with their father, crash land near an uncharted island. The boys swim safely to shore, but their father unfortunately drowns in the crash. On their own, the brothers explore the island and soon discover it is not only inhabited by people, but by dinosaurs as well! While the place seems easy enough to get used to, the boys must find a way of returning to their home.
    • 12. Dinotopia (Part 3)

      14 May '02
      Carl and David, two boys flying a small aircraft over the ocean with their father, crash land near an uncharted island. The boys swim safely to shore, but their father unfortunately drowns in the crash. On their own, the brothers explore the island and soon discover it is not only inhabited by people, but by dinosaurs as well! While the place seems easy enough to get used to, the boys must find a way of returning to their home.
    • 13. Dinosaur

      19 May '02
      A Group of CGI animated Dinosaurs have to go on a journey to find a place to live after a giant asteroid hits the earth.A live adaption of the Land Before Time.
    • 14. Home Alone 4

      03 Nov '02
      Kevin McCallister's parents have split up. Now living with his mom, he decides to spend Christmas with his dad at the mansion of his father's rich girlfriend, Natalie. Meanwhile robber Marv Merchants, one of the villains from the first two movies, partners up with a new criminal named Vera to hit Natalie's mansion.
    • 15. Beauty and The Beast

      10 Nov '02
      Disneys stunning Animated film about a girl who gives up everything to save her father- even if it means she becomes a prisiner of a horrible beast forever. Its not all bad though, with the help of enchanted objects and a few books Belle learns to love the beast despite his attitude, and the beast learns how to be human again. Only Animated film to be nominated for the Best Picture Award at the Oscars.A Disney Gem!
    • 16. Mr. Saint Nick

      17 Nov '02
      Santa Clauses son is suppose to take over the family buisness, but on the most important night of his life he is off partying at his home in Florida.Angered he and his father fight.In retaliation to show Santa who is the best Clause, he is tricked into setting up a aflse Charity for children Mr.SaintNick.Com. In the end his father is right and all ends well.
    • 17. Pinocchio

      01 Dec '02
      The Original animated classic about a wooden puppet brought to life is brought to ABC for the First Time. Pinocchio wants to bea areal boy more than naything, he just has to learn to stay out of trouble.Theres always help with his friend and concience Jimminy Cricket.A Classic for the whole family!
    • 18. Nancy Drew

      15 Dec '02
      Based on Carolyn Keene's beloved teen sleuth, this update sends Nancy and her faithful sidekicks Bess and George (Jill Ritchie, Lauren Birkell) off to River Heights University, where she tackles the mystery of a football star's drug-induced coma. Did his premed sorority princess fiancée (Sabine Singh) sack him? Or is a school official covering up a scandal? It's a twisty tale that stays true to the spirit of the classic character, while giving her a modern makeover. Teeny: Marieh Delfino. Mr. D
    • 19. Ill Be Home For Christmas

      22 Dec '02
      A college student experiences difficulty in getting home for Christmas after being hazed by his friends. While struggling to get home in time for Christmas, he learns quite a bit about himself and the true meaning of the holiday.
    • 20. 101 Dalmatians

      12 Jan '03
      When a litter of dalmation puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.
    • 21. Sounder

      19 Jan '03
      The Morgans, a loving and strong family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933, face a serious family crisis when the husband and father, Nathan Lee Morgan, is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp. After some weeks or months, the wife and mother, Rebecca Morgan, sends the oldest son, who is about 11 years old, to visit his father at the camp. The trip becomes something of an odyssey for the boy. During the journey he stays a little while with a dedicated Black schoolteacher.
    • 22. Inspector Gadget

      09 Feb '03
      Based on the late 80's cartoon about a high-tech police officer, Officer John Brown is a police officer who wishes to be a gadget-filled officer. Suddenly, a scientist named Dr. Brenda Bradford makes Officer Brown into a high-tech gadget-filled police officer.
    • 23. Merideth Wilsons The Music Man

      16 Feb '03
      Confidence man Harold Hill arrives at staid River City intending to cheat the community with his standard scam of offering to equip and train a boy's marching band, then skip town with the money since he has no music skill anyway. Things go awry when he falls for a librarian he tries to divert from exposing him while he inadvertently enriches the town with a love of music.
    • 24. The Kid

      30 Mar '03
      Russ Duritz is a wealthy L.A. image consultant, but as he nears 40, he's cynical, dogless, chickless, estranged from his father, and he has no memories of his childhood. One night he surprises an intruder, who turns out to be a kid, almost 8 years old. There's something oddly familiar about the chubby lad, whose name is Rusty. The boy's identity sparks a journey into Russ's past that the two of them take - to find the key moment that has defined who Russ is. Two long-suffering women look on with
    • 25. Atlantis: The Lost Empire

      06 Apr '03
      1914: Milo Thatch, grandson of the great Thaddeus Thatch works in the boiler room of a museum. He knows that Atlantis was real, and he can get there if he has the mysterious Shephards journal, which can guide him to Atlantis. But he needs someone to fund a voyage. His employer thinks he's dotty, and refuses to fund any crazy idea. He returns home to his apartment and finds a woman there. She takes him to Preston B. Whitmore, an old friend of his Grandfathers. He gives him the shepherds journal,