The Peanuts special was developed in the early '60s, and even though Charles Schulz's comic strip was popular at the time, networks weren't particularly interested in the 30-minute Christmas special.
“They hated it,” producer Lee Mendelson recalled in a 2003 interview with the Archive of American Television. “The two top ...
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8 surprising facts about "A Charlie Brown Christmas"
A Charlie Brown Christmas was viewed in an estimated 15,490,000 homes, but was ultimately trumped by an airing of Bonanza.
This holiday season marks the 60th anniversary of the first airing of “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” While some mistakenly credit the Peanuts Gang 1965 Yuletide 30-minute TV special as the first ...
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