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

MeTV ^ | 10/20/2020 | MeTV Staff

[SkyDancer]

What? You’ll get COVID from watching it?

[albie]

Why don’t the powers at Charlie Brown Sue the sh&& our of those aholes?

[Buckeye McFrog]

This is just rights holders maximizing revenue to deliver value to shareholders.

I get it. Kind of like how Facebook and Twitter take total control over their content because they're private companies.

[ConservativeStatement]

Remember this goody from the recent past?

[wally_bert]

My wife has all the DVDs.

Seen them and have memorized pretty much.

I’ve pulled the short-lived QM DVDs of Most Wanted to binge-watch.

[Dilbert San Diego]

True, broadcast TV has been in decline for many years now.

We are long since removed from a TV world, in which we had NBC, ABC, CBS, and some big cities had independent channels. We are even removed a long way from when the Fox network joined those Big Three broadcast networks.

Hopefully the good programming will always be available somewhere.

[discostu]

They’re on a stream service. So they’re not gone. It’s an evolving TV landscape. The 5 broadcast networks are a negligible part of the market, and frankly unimportant most of the time. Really on a streaming service you’re freed from network scheduling and limited viewing capabilities. You can watch them over and over any time.

[dljordan]

“Christmas morning at our house starts with Mimosas, eggnog, and the theme music to A Charlie Brown Christmas.”

In some American cities they celebrate it with the call to prayer by the local Imam.

[Kommodor]

That’s probably the best thing that show has ever done (and the most I’ve seen of it)

[cherry]

of course there's a war on innocence....everything seemingly "innocent" like Hooters boob shows are just little steps to make society less family oriented....

its little increments and pretty soon, we've got tv personalities jerking off on camera.....

[Buckeye McFrog]

And the war on innocence is mostly hitting poor children who can’t afford Apple streaming.

[Dagnabitt]

Five-year-old me found Drummer Boy a bit dark and scary. Then again, I was terrified of the Abominable Snowman in Rudolf.

[vigilante2]

I have them all on dvd so they can go to hell..

[hardspunned]

I can’t believe they waited this long to boot Linus and his Christmas speech.

https://youtu.be/OJ8qjdxxzzE

[VanDeKoik]

There are likely multiple sites that will have bootlegs, and BitTorrent will have plenty of copies.

[discostu]

Because parody is protected speech.

[Pox]

A Charlie Brown Christmas will be broadcast on my TV in my home this year, just like it has every year that I've had it on Blu Ray or DVD.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I think most of ‘em are missing my point that shared cultural experiences....particularly ones rooted in Christianity....are kinda important.

[TianaHighrider]

I just now ordered a set of Peanuts Holiday disks. Charlie Brown and "It's a Wonderful Life" are important traditions to my Holiday spirit ❤.

[The Antiyuppie]

A Darkness has swept over the country.