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                   I Hope You Have Broadband, Charlie Brown!

   Josh Centers

   Holiday TV specials featuring the [1]Peanuts characters by [2]Charles
   Schulz, like [3]It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, are as much of
   an American fall tradition as football, leaf-raking, and eating turkey.
   For decades, they were shown every year on broadcast TV, first on CBS
   and then for the past 20 years on ABC. Now, [4]according to Vulture,
   Apple has scored a deal not only to make those specials an [5]Apple TV+
   exclusive, but also to create new specials focused on Earth Day,
   Mother's Day, and New Year's Eve.

   Happily, Apple will make the specials free for everyone for a limited
   time. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown will stream for free from
   30 October through 1 November, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving will be
   available from 25 November through 27 November, and A Charlie Brown
   Christmas will be free from 11 December through 13 December. You won't
   need an Apple TV+ account to watch the specials during those windows,
   which is a nice gesture on Apple's part, but the move to streaming is
   bad news for millions of families without broadband.

   [6]Read original article

References

   1. https://www.peanuts.com/
   2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_M._Schulz
   3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_the_Great_Pumpkin,_Charlie_Brown
   4. https://www.vulture.com/2020/10/its-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown-streaming-apple-tv.html
   5. https://www.apple.com/apple-tv-plus/
   6. https://www.vulture.com/2020/10/its-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown-streaming-apple-tv.html

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