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‘A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving’ Will Be Free To Watch For Everyone This Year

by Dana Daly

Published November 21, 2023

Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the gang will be joining families for Thanksgiving once again

Since the mid-’60s, Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts Gallery have been welcome guests at the family table each holiday season. It began with Christmas in ’65 and A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving followed in ’73. This year, families can continue this cinematic tradition by watching this festive feast of a film on Apple TV+ for free.

For years, ABC and CBS were the primary homes for the Charlie Brown films. However, in 2020, Apple secured exclusive streaming rights, which for a time put many of the holiday films behind a paywall. However, in celebration of the holiday special’s 50th anniversary, Apple is allowing everyone to watch it for free, without even subscribing.

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‘A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving’ will be available for free to watch for all fans this year

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving will be available to watch for free without needing an Apple TV+ subscription
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving will be available to watch for free without needing an Apple TV+ subscription / YouTube screenshot

Rather than PBS, ABC, or its very first home, CBS – having premeired there on November 20, 1973, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving will be available to watch solely on Apple TV+. Typically, an Apple TV+ subscription costs $9.99 a month, following a seven-week free trial. This change of pace sparked a strong backlash in 2020 and, this, year, things will look a little different once again.

RELATED: The Charlie Brown Christmas Tree Is More Popular Than Ever This Year

On November 6, Apple announced some of its plans for Snoopy, who originates from the comic strips by artist Charles Schulz. From November 18 and 19, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! as well as A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving will be included in a free viewing window, no Apple TV+ subscription necessary.

Similarly, A Charlie Brown Christmas will be available to watch for free on December 16 and 17.

What’s next for Snoopy?

Many fans were unhappy that the classics were blocked behind a paywall
Many fans were unhappy that the classics were blocked behind a paywall / Everett Collection

Snoopy’s new dog house residing on Apple TV+ has some fans saying “Good grief!” But Apple is not just hosting the original films; it’s making new ones of its own, along with some shows. The program Snoopy in Space, which ran from 2019 to 2021, received a Daytime Emmys Award nomination for Outstanding Short Format Children’s Program.

THE SNOOPY SHOW
THE SNOOPY SHOW, from left: Snoopy (voice: Terry McGurrin), Woodstock (voice: Rob Tinkler) (Season 1, ep. 101, aired Feb. 5, 2021). photo: ©Apple TV+ / Courtesy Everett Collection

Even before that, 2015’s The Peanuts Movie was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, losing only to Inside Out. But it also received nominations for the Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature and the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature. The ongoing The Snoopy Show will present its second holiday feature this December 23.

THE PEANUTS MOVIE
THE PEANUTS MOVIE, (aka SNOOPY AND CHARLIE BROWN: THE PEANUTS MOVIE), l-r: Snoopy, Sally Brown, 2015. TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved./courtesy Everett Collection

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