For the first time since 1965, the Peanuts holiday specials are not scheduled to air on broadcast TV

MeTV ^ | 10/20/2020 | MeTV Staff

[Buckeye McFrog]

Another piece of the continuing deconstruction of American culture. CBS resisted Linus telling the Gospel Nativity Story from the beginning, until Charles Schultz dug his heels in. Five and a half decades later it looks as if the secular deconstructionists have gotten their way.

[neverevergiveup]

This makes me very sad. There is a war on innocence.

[ealgeone]

To my knowledge it’s the only Christmas special that actually tells us why we have Christmas.

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

Yep, so it must be destroyed!..................

[ClearCase_guy]

If it’s wholesome, it must be banned.

[hoagy62]

I have my copy on DVD. It WILL be shown at our house.

[dfwgator]

[llevrok]

too white privilege for today's young eyes and minds??

[Leep]

That’s okay...have them downloaded.
Along with many of the shows they attempt to ignore and pretend no longer exist?

[Red Badger]

Yet the left wants to curb violence on TV........................

[mkleesma]

Christmas morning at our house starts with Mimosas, eggnog, and the theme music to A Charlie Brown Christmas.
We all grew up with it - a real sense of comfort.

[Dagnabitt]

There was the stop-animation Little Drummer Boy.

[wally_bert]

I guess eventually we’ll have “Joyous Holiday Number 11’s” that Quark made fun with no mention of Christmas at all.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0681198/

[SamAdams76]

Nobody watches network television anymore. Apple TV currently has streaming rights for the Peanuts holiday specials.

Everything can be streamed on demand. Parents of young children have the responsibility to cut their cable and subscribe to streaming services like Apple TV (available on Roku by the way) and moderate the content for their children accordingly.

[wally_bert]

I liked Family Guy’s take on that.

[ealgeone]

You’ve got that right!

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Five and a half decades later it looks as if the secular deconstructionists have gotten their way.

This is just rights holders maximizing revenue to deliver value to shareholders. Plus the way they've padded 35 minutes of ads into a 25 minute cartoon in recent years have made it all but unwatchable in broadcast.

[ealgeone]

Yes...forgot about that one.

[dayglored]

> In 2020, Apple TV+ procured the rights to the Peanuts holiday specials and will offer them on the streaming service.

The company bought the rights to the specials.

The company will air them on its own service, for its customers.

As they have every right to do.

Well, I don't have Apple TV so I won't get to see it this year.

But folks, this is just normal business. Nothing untoward about it. Sad, though.