Peanuts specials stay on ABC
- By : Nat
- Category : Animated Peanuts
It’s a little early for me to get my usual requests to note the date, time, and channel of the upcoming airings of the key “classic” specials (It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, and A Charlie Brown Christmas), but I can get one part of the answer out of the way now – ABC has signed a deal with Peanuts Worldwide (that’s the new Peanuts owner, co-owned by Iconix and Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates) for five more years of these specials.
One thing I don’t quickly find is whether this five year deal starts with this year, or whether this year’s showings are simply covered by a previous deal. The reason that becomes a particularly interesting question is that that decides whether ABC has A Charlie Brown Christmas booked up for 2015 – the special’s 50th anniversary, and an opportunity for much hoopla.
