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
2 hours ago at 08:36 am

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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orangeadrenaline Avatar
2 hours ago at 08:05 am
TOO GENEROUS
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Apple Knowledge Navigator Avatar
2 hours ago at 08:09 am
Well that’s my subscription renewed
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Porco Avatar
1 hour ago at 08:49 am
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.
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dandeco Avatar
2 hours ago at 08:06 am
The problem is, people still need to create an Apple ID just to watch these, and I doubt many families without Apple products will want to bother, when they can just buy the Blu-ray set with all three specials and watch them whenever they want. That's what I did, despite me having a bunch of Apple products. And, ironically, I watch the Blu-rays on my M1 MacBook Air hooked up to my Apple Thunderbolt Display and an MthsTech USB-C Blu-ray burner; then I can even do this before starting up a special:
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HobeSoundDarryl Avatar
2 hours ago at 08:16 am
God ble$$ u$, everyone. ;)
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