For the first time since it's premiere in 1966, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" will not not air on television. All Peanuts specials are now exclusive to Apple TV+.
For the first time since it's premiere in 1966, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" will not not air on television...
Jason Wood
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Jayden Wilson
Good.
Brody Campbell
Why can't they just air them on both platforms?
Isaac Richardson
Because Apple TV is a huge failure and they need big exclusives like this.
Leo Rodriguez
Lame!
Elijah Watson
>Not watching the Great Dolemite instead
Nigga please
Carson Barnes
Jesus, what's next?
TBS/TNT won't do 24 hours of A Christmas Story during the holidays anymore?
Henry Harris
All of the boomers who don't understand streaming or piracy are going to be devastated.
Isaiah Peterson
I own all of the specials on DVD, but it's always been a tradition to watch them live on TV with my family.
Adrian Fisher
Who even watches this every year? And can't you just find it on dailymotion or something any given day anyway?
Cameron Campbell
I do. But by now I assume everyone who does has it on DVD or VHS.
Brody Moore
I like Peanuts and its animated specials. I live in a country where this never aired on television, ever, so I'm not particularly sentimentally affected by this. I empathise though, I did appreciate the fact this was a nation-wide past time, something shared simultaneously, and that sounded cool.
Though, I have friends who tell me that the airings sucked: cut and full of ads, and that television is a dead medium anyway.
I think I might stream this for my US friends later this month.
Jaxson Bailey
Kinda sucks that we live in an age where Peanuts is exclusive to Apple shit. Doesn’t really effect me though, I have most of the good specials downloaded so I’m good to go every year
Xavier Flores
Halloween is cancelled this year anyway
Aiden Sullivan
Real men try to Halloween anyway.
John Sullivan
>look it up on dailymotion
>it has the exact same commercials as the one on my VHS copy
Mason Lewis
Actually gay as fuck
No one is going to AppleTV just to view this, it'll just stop being a tradition
Nathan Myers
Not where I live.
Aaron Lee
Well that's fucking depressing.
I already have all the specials in my media collection, but making something as traditional as the Peanuts specials exclusive to one streaming platform is just in bad taste. The depraved corporate greed has no shame.
Kevin Watson
That's horrible, especially going with Apple TV plus of all things... who even uses that? I have the specials on DVD etc... but it's still fun to watch the same night as bunch of other people. They are screwing with tradition for no reason.
Nathaniel Allen
I get they're going with Apple TV because they're doing that new cartoon show, but if they stay exclusive on there too long it could have long-term bad ramifications for them. Think of how Looney Tunes got less public visibility once their cartoons left network television and went exclusively on cable.
Thomas Brown
They did two different airings of the Peanuts specials each year. A cut half-hour version and an uncut hour version that features another shorter/cut-up special.
Joseph Harris
Man, my dad is gonna be bummed about this come christmas time
Nicholas Morales
I don't even have a stake in this and it makes me mad.
Asher Lee
At this point why wouldn't anyone just buy them on DVD/Blu Ray/Digital? Not that this isn't shitty news but what will this really accomplish since most people aren't going to sub when they could just buy.
Jackson Baker
The DVD's better still be available
Adam Watson
Fuck that, I'll just get a dvd.
Christian Flores
That's stupid because anyone who was looking forward to it most likely has it on VHS or DVD already.
Hudson Davis
Brayden Parker
As a kid I'd watch it after getting back from trick ot treating.
It's a comfy bit of nostalgia.
Easton Reyes
Forget "[X], Charlie Brown" we got "Don't pull the DVD's, Tim Cook"
Jace Cooper
But the boomers who watch this don't know what Apple TV+ even is.
Would someone seriously watch this on AppleTV and not say, Dailymotion or rips off of Youtube?
Robert Lee
Wow, thus ending a 54 year streak.
Ayden Lopez
They'll ask their kids to pirate it for them and they'll just do that.
Leo Green
Who even uses Dailymotion? (at least it's better than buying an Apple product for their streaming services just to watch freakin 'Peanuts
John Phillips
My boomer parents are extremely disappointed by this
Ryan Ward
Looks like the death of one of my favorite cartoon franchises since I don't use Apple products
Carter Jones
Part of the tradition for me is watching it live with all of the Halloween themed commercials. I have it on DVD but it’s not the same.
Liam Bennett
They also announced Snoopy in Space: Season 2. The Snoopy Show isn't Season 2 as people originally speculated. They also announced 4 new holiday specials (Mother’s Day, Earth Day, New Year’s Eve and Back to School) presumably by the same crew, so don't expect them to be on the same level as the classic specials.
John Fisher
68% of Americans planned to celebrate last year. 58% this year. But that 58% is projected to spend 7% more.
Halloween has been altered. Not canceled.