The birth of Tinkerbell
Walt Disney's first television series, Disneyland, premiered on ABC on October 27, 1954.
An hour-long show introduced by the character Tinkerbell, it presented dramas, cartoons and movies in rotation. The show must have done something right, considering it ran for an astonishing 34 years -- the longest-running prime-time series on network television.
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