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AppleTV + has officially announced a new partnership with Snoopy!

If watching Charlie Brown holiday specials is part of your seasonal traditions, it’s possible you already own them…but if you don’t, and it’s something you catch on television every year with your family, then you should know that it’s moving networks this holiday season.  In a new deal with WildBrain, Peanuts Worldwide and Lee Mendelson Film Productions, our beloved and classic “Peanuts” specials will be heading to Apple TV+ for new original shows and specials.

Snoopy, Charlie Brown and friends will debut new animated originals on the streaming service as well as the second season of “Snoopy in Space”. The new slate of specials will include focus on Mother’s Day, Earth Day, New Year’s Eve and going back to school, all to be produced by WildBrain’s animation studio. These projects will join the previously announced “The Snoopy Show”; a brand-new “Peanuts” 70th anniversary documentary film from Imagine Documentaries and WildBrain; and the “Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10.”

Most of all, Apple TV+ will now include “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,“ “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving”, and of course, “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”  The Halloween special has already begun streaming, and you can expect Thanksgiving to arrive on November 18 (free from November 25-27) while the Christmas special will debut on December 4 (free from December 11-13).

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(Updated 11/18/20): Good news! Today PBS announced that they had partnered with AppleTV+ to air the The Peanuts holiday specials on the network this year!  In addition to the streaming air-dates listed above, “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” will also air on PBS and PBS KIDS on November 22, 2020 at 7:30 pm local time/6:30 pm CT; “A Charlie Brown Christmas” will air on PBS and PBS KIDS on December 13, 2020 at 7:30 pm local time/6:30 pm CT. (check local listings)

Stay Merry,