"But the biggest offense was this. They failed to give Linus his blanket. My wife and I debated about whether this was simply an oversight (since I'm sure the 25 year olds who wrote the piece of crap did not grow up on Peanuts) or if it was some sort of PC "message" that indicated Linus' new "empowerment"."
I didn't watch these last night, but it sounds like an exact repeat of the Peanuts shown several weeks ago. My husband is something of a Peanuts-nut (I am not). He said this is NOT Linus, but his younger brother (Lucy's youngest), don't know his proper name. I think he had some cutesie nick-name to reflect that they are so much alike.
The kids name is Rerun, but I think Linus was in the special for a bit at the beginning. Can't remember.