"A Charlie Brown Christmas" first aired on this day in history, Dec. 9, 1965, and was an instant success, despite concerns from network executives over a scene that quoted the New Testament.

"Christmas is coming but I'm not happy. I don't feel the way I'm supposed to feel. I just don't understand Christmas, I guess." When I was a child, some of the other kids in my school decided my ...

A Charlie Brown Christmas became a staple of the holiday season and was broadcast on CBS around Christmas for 56 years. In the U.S., the soundtrack was so popular that it sold 5 million copies.

A Charlie Brown Christmas is the second longest-running holiday special in TV history, second only to 1964's Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer. But before it hit the small screen 50 years ago, all ...

On Dec. 9, 1965, "A Charlie Brown Christmas" aired for the first time on television. The popular animated musical special about Christmas was based on Charles M. Schulz's comic strip called Peanuts.

ABC, which acquired the rights to “A Charlie Brown Christmas” in 2001, will precede this year’s golden-anniversary telecast on Monday, Nov. 30, with an hourlong special, “It’s Your 50th ...

Remember what Christmas is all about with the Peanuts gang this December.. It's been nearly 60 years since CBS first aired creator Charles M. Schulz's A Charlie Brown Christmas on Dec. 9, 1965. To ...

If you want to see how much the world of entertainment has changed over 50 years, watch this 1965 commercial for A Charlie Brown Christmas. CBS would get inundated with complaints from confused ...

Tonight (Monday), ABC will air a special at 8 p.m. ET called It's Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown, to mark the half-century since A Charlie Brown Christmas first aired in 1965.Then at 9, it ...

Holiday movie lovers will get to see Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Lucy, and the rest of the gang this weekend for a showing of the 1965 classic, "A Charlie Brown Christmas." The movie is free to watch ...

In 1965, “A Charlie Brown Christmas” first aired on national television and instantly became a classic. Since then, watching the animated feature has become an annual tradition for many ...

Peter Robbins, the former child actor who first put a voice to Charles Schulz’s lovable "blockhead" Charlie Brown has died, according to reports. He was 65 years old. Robbins, born in 1956 ...