Current Events > WTF, Charlie Brown holiday specials no longer air on TV, now AppleTV+ exclusive

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https://www.vulture.com/2020/10/its-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown-streaming-apple-tv.html

Want to watch Its the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown this Halloween? Or A Charlie Brown Christmas? Theres an app for that specifically Apple TV+. The classic Peanuts specials, which have aired on broadcast TV for decades, will soon have an exclusive streaming home on Apples subscription-based TV platform. Whats more, Apple said it is teaming with WildBrain, Peanuts Worldwide, and Lee Mendelson Film Productions to produce new Peanuts holiday specials, including Mothers Day, Earth Day, and New Years Eve. As for whether or not viewers will still be able to watch the Peanuts gang on ABC, that wasnt immediately clear though a source familiar with the matter says the answer is no.

Heartless fucking corporate bastards, I hope they lose on their investment.
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jesus christ

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And the courts still say Apple isn't a goddamn illegal monopoly

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Capitalism Sows the Seeds of Its Own Destruction, Charlie Brown

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Apple simps will defend this. They're just like Nintendrones.

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Fuck Apple. Fuck them right in their stupid asses.

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WHAT??? that's fuckin stupid what the hell

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Thats messed up

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AppleTV+ is only $4.99, but they don't seem to have anything interesting..

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Good grief

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this is so dumb

I mean I wouldn't care that much if they were on all streaming services and now are only on Apple TV. But literally who has Apple TV? Meanwhile basically everyone has broadcast TV.

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As long as we have our 24 hour xmas story marathons, i think well be alright

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But its fine when all your other 20 subscription services have exclusives. Only apple is evil on this dumb message board

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Rika_Furude posted...

But its fine when all your other 20 subscription services have exclusives. Only apple is evil on this dumb message board

The problem isn't AppleTV+ exclusives, the problem is that it's Charlie Fucking Brown!

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cuh posted...

I have a year free from when I bought my iPhone and I havent seen a single show on it

tbh, a lot of the stuff on there is pretty good. the problem is that there's basically nothing there. nothing has a season 2 yet, and there are only like 6 shows to begin with on the platform. Apple giving a year away free is a good business move on their part, because they only have enough content to keep you casually invested for maybe 2 weeks.

ChocoboMogALT posted...

The problem isn't AppleTV+ exclusives, the problem is that it's Charlie Fucking Brown!

Also this.

Just a reminder that Apple passed up on purchasing the rights to South Park, and went for Charlie Brown instead.

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The irony is that, I think Charlie Brown, actually speaks against the Capitalisation of Christmas...I...that...Special... FFS.

Charles Schulz was The Man!
RIP Charles...

https://imgur.com/9tEz0h6
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There is already a Charlie Brown New Years eve special.

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That's hilariously fucked.

Peanuts can fall off the face of the Earth. Nothing against them, but I'm not signing up for a streaming service to watch the Great Pumpkin.

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voldothegr8 posted...

Heartless fucking corporate bastards, I hope they lose on their investment.

I don't agree with you often voldo. I disagree with your politics, and I think you've said some pretty malicious stuff in the past.

But by God, I'll give you this one. Fuck Apple.

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This is Corporate Greed, Charlie Brown

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And nothing of value was lost.

Apple: I got the licence for Charlie Brown. What did you get?
Me: I got a rock..

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Damn, that really sucks. There's something comforting about all the familiar Halloween specials and movies airing on TV. Makes the season seem more magical and life a bit less rough.

Though, I gotta say, it seems like most channels don't air any Halloween specials anymore. Does Disney Channel run any of the Halloweentown movies these days?

ChocoboMogALT posted...

The problem isn't AppleTV+ exclusives, the problem is that it's Charlie Fucking Brown!

The problem isn't Charlie Fucking Brown exclusively, it's that the majority of these "exclusives" are pre-existing syndicated shows that are suddenly being restricted to a single place in the name of greed instead of being actual original stuff they made themselves.

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WilliamPorygon posted...

The problem isn't Charlie Fucking Brown exclusively, it's that the majority of these "exclusives" are pre-existing syndicated shows that are suddenly being restricted to a single place in the name of greed instead of being actual original stuff they made themselves.

The problem is exclusivity in general and isnt unique to any one platform

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AlisLandale posted...

Capitalism Sows the Seeds of Its Own Destruction, Charlie Brown

You have nothing to lose but your chains, Charlie Brown.

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End of an era. . .

Holy shit

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its about destroying our culture, really.

Lol Steve Jobs

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Greed.

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RoxyReturns posted...

its about destroying our culture, really.

Money and greed destroy cultures.

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Bumjuice001 posted...

And nothing of value was lost.

The soundtrack alone is phenomenal.
It's literally Vince Guaraldi!!
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Everyone's pissed at Apple now. Nice PR move.

Fuck apple

Still not buying their shitty streaming service.

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https://imgur.com/pm902Ut
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I have a free year of Apple+ that I pretty much had to obtain via college and Ive never used it. Absolutely fuck them.

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Who's gonna buy up the exclusive streaming rights for It's a Wonderful Life

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I like how 80% of the appeal of it was that it was a national event that people simultaneously watched

Let's be serious, no one wants to watch it for it's quality. Hell, ABC was embarrassed by it when it first came out

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I would never get apple+ for the sole reason vizio thinks its acceptable to give me a damn pop-up ad about it on my TV every time I turn it on. That lasted for over a week.

Fortunately the peanut specials can all be easily searched. I actually found an airing from the 80s and my family had more fun laughing at the commercials.

So now like literally no one will watch them?

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Let the past die

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uwnim posted...

So now like literally no one will watch them?

2020 Now we are robbing from the kids.
Oh, and while we are at it, I am sure there are people who don't have apple + for financial reasons.
~Fuck Apple.
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Unsugarized_Foo posted...

I like how 80% of the appeal of it was that it was a national event that people simultaneously watched

Let's be serious, no one wants to watch it for it's quality. Hell, ABC was embarrassed by it when it first came out

It's probably the decision of some idiot boomer who doesn't understand the streaming market.

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Unsugarized_Foo posted...

I like how 80% of the appeal of it was that it was a national event that people simultaneously watched

Let's be serious, no one wants to watch it for it's quality. Hell, ABC was embarrassed by it when it first came out

Its a well made special with a lot of charm and heart to it. It holds up for a reason.


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Charlie Brown specials no longer a part of my life. Sad, but I will survive.

If those fuckers take Rudolph....

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Glad I have a DVD set of the holiday specials

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