A Charlie Brown Christmas airs tonight

Leading off tonight’s ABC prime time lineup is A Charlie Brown Christmas, but it’s only slated for a half an hour, which means it’s the edited-down version. Following it on the schedule in most markets is one of those Prep & Landing specials (Disney obviously has a multi-year plan to make those a Christmas staple; can’t say that I’ve seen them having much impact, but I may just be oblivious.)

I presume there’s a second run of A Charlie Brown Christmas planned for later this month, with the unedited version followed by the Christmas Tales material, but I’ve not seen a schedule announced.

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