WATCHING IT’S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN HAS BEEN AN ICONIC HALLOWEEN EXPERIENCE FOR GENERATIONS OF VIEWERS, SINCE IT FIRST AIRED 56 YEARS AGO. NOW, FOR JUST THE SECOND TIME SINCE ITS RELEASE, THE GREAT PUMPKIN WILL BE NOT BE COMING TO TELEVISION’S PUMPKIN PATCHES. WHAT???? BLAME APPLE. THEY BOUGHT THE RIGHTS TO ALL THE PEANUTS SPECIALS A COUPLE YEARS AGO. LAST YEAR, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PBS, IT WAS ALLOWED TO BE AIRED NATIONWIDE, BUT THEY WERE NOT GIVEN THE RIGHTS TO AIR IT THIS YEAR, WHICH, HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF A LITTLE TICKED. THIS YEAR, THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN SEE LINUS VAN PELT AWAIT THE ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT PUMPKIN IS ON APPLE TV PLUS, WHO HAS EXCLUSIVE STREAMING RIGHTS.
