Sally, Linus, Lucy, Pig-Pen, Patty, Charlie Brown… just a few of the Charlie Brown gang you’ll see on broadcast TV this year!
Apple TV won the exclusive rights to Peanuts in 2020, but they struck an agreement with PBS to bring the Charlie Brown crew back to broadcast television. Can you hear it? The sounds of millions of families screaming for joy? We certainly can!
Here is where and when you can watch the Peanuts Charlie Brown holiday specials this year!
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown:
PBS and PBS Kids
Sunday, October 24 at 7:30 pm ET
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving:
PBS and PBS Kids
Sunday, November 21 at 7:30pm ET
A Charlie Brown Christmas:
PBS and PBS Kids on Sunday
December 19 at 7:30pm ET
Now before you run off and mark your calendars, here are a few Charlie Brown Fun Facts to get you in the holiday spirit:
- Charles Schultz invented the Christmas TV Special. “A Charlie Brown Christmas” was the FIRST 30-minute TV Christmas special and all others that have followed were inspired by this. INCLUDING “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and “Frosty the Snowman”.
- Charlie Brown is NOT bald. Charlie Brown’s hair was actually so light and cut so short that it could not be seen very easily.
- Charlie Brown never kicked the football. After years of attempts and tricks, poor Charlie Brown never even got to kick the football.
- Charles Schultz won FIVE Emmy’s for his Charlie Brown TV specials, including “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”. And that’s why it has become such a massive family tradition to watch these fun and heartwarming family specials every year.
And thanks to your TV antenna, you can easily tune in to PBS for these Charlie Brown holiday classics! Don’t have an antenna and need help determining what antenna would work best for your location? Give our customer service a call at 877-825-5572 and they can perform a free signal analysis and answer any questions you might have.
Stay tuned to our blog for more holiday specials coming up!
