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Apple TV+ to Stream 'Peanuts' Holiday Specials for Free Again This Year

Apple TV+ will once again be making the iconic "Peanuts" specials available to non-subscribers for a limited time this holiday season.

Peanuts Pumpkin
Here is when each special will be available to stream for free in the Apple TV app:

  • "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown": Saturday, October 19 and Sunday, October 20
  • "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving": Saturday, November 23 and Sunday, November 24
  • "A Charlie Brown Christmas": Saturday, December 14 and Sunday, December 15

Apple TV+ subscribers can already watch the specials at any time of the year.

Apple holds the rights to "Peanuts" content through a deal with distributor WildBrain, and this will be the fourth consecutive year that the specials air on Apple TV+. Not everyone has been a fan of this exclusivity, with a petition calling for the specials to return to broadcast TV networks having received nearly 270,000 signatures since 2020.

Apple did allow the "Peanuts" specials to air on PBS in 2020 and 2021, but not since then.

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WarmWinterHat Avatar
22 months ago

Bleh.

These were on TV when I was a kid, they weren't great then, and they've not gotten any better with age.
I enjoyed them when I was a kid and enjoy them now.

Rocks for you, sir! 😛



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Porco Avatar
22 months ago
Asked to comment upon the news, Tim Cook reportedly said:

”Wah-wah wah wah wah-wah. Wah-wah-wah-wah wah wah. Wah wah wah, wah-wah-wah wah wah.

Wah.”

…Which seemed a very festive note to end on.
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
22 months ago
TOO GENEROUS
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
VulchR Avatar
22 months ago

Bleh.

These were on TV when I was a kid, they weren't great then, and they've not gotten any better with age.
And yet some of the shows were nominated for Emmy Awards and the soundtrack album A Charlie Brown Christmas was voted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. The TV specials were iconic of the time when I was growing up - it seemed seemed for a time like every other week or so there was either a Peanuts Special or a rocket launch on TV. But I suppose the TV specials were too nuanced for some. 😛
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
22 months ago

This feels so behind the times, much like when Apple dropped U2 on everyone. My kids don't even know who Peanuts are.
.... then be a parent and show them? Peanuts is not "behind the times", it's multigenerational and beloved by many.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
ghostface147 Avatar
22 months ago
I want the Garfield Halloween shows back.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)