Good Grief! For the First Time in Over 50 Years, “It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown” Will Not Air on TV

For the first time in nearly six decades, the Charlie Brown holiday specials will not be broadcast on television. Instead, the Peanuts are heading to Apple TV+.

Each year, local stations announce the much-anticipated airdates of the iconic Charlie Brown Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas specials. The trifecta of animated specials has aired on Disney owned ABC for the past 20 years.

It was announced earlier this week that Apple TV+ made a deal with Peanuts Worldwide and Lee Mendelson Film Productions to stream the specials, including “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (1965), “Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” (1973) and “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” (1966).

The Halloween special, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” was expected to begin streaming globally on Apple TV+ on October 19, and will be available for free from October 30 until November 1, Apple said in its press release.