By Lauren Hubbard. 'It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown' debuted on broadcast in 1966. 1 … It was also the third television special for the Peanuts comic strip-based cast of characters. It will air for free on the streaming service Friday and Saturday. It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Moves to AppleTV+. On Monday (October 19), news broke that the Charlie Brown holiday specials will no longer air on broadcast TV.This means that the fall TV staple It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown will not air in its usual time slot on CBS this year. You can still stream the Great Pumpkin, but it won’t be airing on ABC. It can be watched at this link. Forget the pumpkin patch, if you want to see the Great Pumpkin this year, you'll need to stream it. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown was first released on prime time television in 1966, and it has aired every year since on broadcast TV; 2020 will be the first time it has not. Linus waits in the pumpkin patch for the elusive Halloween symbol to appear; a bonus cartoon, "You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown," features Linus in a run for class president. dxvdtpa012; Submit search. “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!” has been entertaining audiences of all ages since 1966. That’s a shame, especially now. Watch It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: on DIRECTV. In … Perhaps you’ve heard that for the first time since its debut in 1966, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” won’t be shown on network TV this year. Before airing annually on CBS, the Charlie Brown holiday specials aired on ABC beginning in the 1960s. The first, A Charlie Brown Christmas, aired in 1965, and the second, Charlie Brown's All Stars! Fans waiting to watch the Halloween classic "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" may be waiting longer than Linus in the most sincere pumpkin patch in the world. (CNN) — “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” a classic Halloween tradition will not air on broadcast television for the first time in 54 years. It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is unfortunately not streaming on Netflix, so you’re going to have to make some compromises to find this 1966 Halloween classic. Get DIRECTV 1-888-777-2454 . But, unfortunately, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown won’t be airing on TV in 2020. … “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” debuted Oct. 19. Besides owning the rights to the It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Apple TV+ seems to be creating quite a collection of Peanuts content. It's the end of an era.