Apple TV Plus, PBS Air Charlie Brown Holiday Specials

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Thanksgiving and Christmas specials remain free to watch

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Apple and PBS are teaming up to share A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and A Charlie Brown Christmas with viewers. To complement the specials’ release on Apple TV Plus this holiday season, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving airs on PBS and PBS Kids Nov. 22, and A Charlie Brown Christmas is on the two public networks Dec. 13. 

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is on Apple TV Plus starting Nov. 18, and will be available for free Nov. 25-27. 

A Charlie Brown Christmas is on Apple TV Plus Dec. 4, and will be available for free Dec. 11-13.  

Both specials previously aired on ABC. The holiday specials will be ad-free on PBS, PBS Kids and Apple TV Plus. 

Apple TV Plus costs $4.99 monthly.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.