Apple TV has all the rights to “Peanuts” specials, thanks to a deal made in 2018, so viewers can no longer expect to see the 1973 classic, “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving,” on network television as they did for many years.
But fans of the holiday program shouldn’t despair. Apple TV made arrangements with PBS to offer the “Peanuts” specials so they will be accessible to a wide audience. “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” will air at 6:30 p.m. CT, Sunday, Nov. 21, on PBS and PBS Kids stations.
Hopkinsville residents typically have access to PBS programing through Kentucky Educational Television or Nashville Public Television.
“Peanuts” creator Charles M. Schulz once said his idea for a Thanksgiving story was very simple. Schulz wanted to know “what it would be like if kids did Thanksgiving dinner and the chaos that would ensue. That is what it is all about,” a Los Angeles Times story describes. Here are more interesting facts about the Thanksgiving special.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
