Peanuts

PBS will run the specials thanks to a deal with Apple.

The house of the late Charles Schulz, creator of the iconic Peanuts comic strip, was completely destroyed on Monday when the fires arrived in the middle of the night.

Charlie Brown has given us enough specials for all the best holidays, but did you know the very first Christmas episode came together in a record six months? Or that it served as inspiration for The Grinch and Frosty the Snowman? Grab a blanket and brush off that dirt, as the 30th episode of ‘You Think You Know TV?’ pulls the football right out from under you with some holiday facts from Charlie Brown!

Dig this, blockheads: The ‘Peanuts’ gang, originally created by cartoonist Charles Schulz, have appeared in so many incarnations in their 65-year history. They’ve been a comic strip, a series of much-beloved television specials, a Broadway musical, greeting card staples, and even the successful pitchmen for life insurance. Now, for the first time, they’re becoming a 3D feature film, with this year’s ‘The Peanuts Movie.’

As Charlie Brown and Snoopy are perhaps best known for their classic holiday special ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas,’ it only makes sense that the new ‘Peanuts’ trailer debuts with a very Christmas-y feel. You have to wait until next Christmas to see the CGI ‘Peanuts’ movie, but you can get a taste of what it will look and feel like with this new trailer.

When a big-screen, CG-animated 'Peanuts' movie was announced, many people groaned a hearty "good grief!," worried they would ruin the cartoon classic. But, today we get a first look at Charlie Brown and Snoopy in the 'Peanuts' movie and, you know what? It looks very faithful to the classic Charles Schultz design.