I Got A Rock - It's The Great Pumpkin Charle Brown Airing On Apple TV+ This Halloween

 "Dear Great Pumpkin, I am looking forward to your arrival on Halloween night. I hope you will bring me lots of presents. You must be discouraged because of more people believe in Santa Clause than you. Well let's face it. Santa Clause has had more publicity but being #2 perhaps you try harder. Everybody tells me you are a fake, but I believe in you. PS. If you really are a fake, don't tell me for I don't wanna know."
Christopher & Stephen Shea, 1966

One of the halloween traditions in recent decades is getting the family around to watch the holiday classic It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown the third Peanuts episode based on the Charles M. Schultz comics originally released on CBS in October 1966 and broadcasted on Disney's ABC since October 2000.

But this Halloween, all of that will change. iTunes creator Apple has announce that it has struck a deal with DHX Media and WildBrain Entertainment, the current co-owners of the Peanuts franchise (Schulz family still owns 20%) to license and air the Peanuts specials on their SVOD Apple TV+. With this move, the lovable adventures of Charlie Brown and his gang of self-called "blockheads" Sally, Linus & Lucy (who are also names of the brand's iconic theme song from Vince Guaraldi), Schroder (who still can't get Ludwig van Beethoven out of his head for some reason), PigPen (who needs to get cleaned so bad), Peppermint Patty, Marcie, Frieda, Franklin, Heather (the self-called "Little Red Hair Girl), Shermy, Patty, Violet their pet bird Woodstock and their pet dog and mascot of the brand Snoopy (voiced by the late Bill Melendez who also helped to create the Peanuts TV content) to both longtime fans and a whole new generation of viewers.

In addition to this deal, Apple, DHX and WildBrain have also announced a new Peanuts series The Snoopy Show which is slated to air on February 5, 2021, on the heels of last year's success of the Peanuts in Space saga that celebrated the 50th year anniversary of Neil Armstrong and the first moon landing from Apollo 11 in 1969.

As of right now, Great Pumpkin is the only one confirmed with ABC still airing all the others. It's currently unconfirmed if the other Peanuts specials from 1965-2010 will still air on ABC, be available on both platforms or move to Apple TV+