CBS executives thought the 25-minute program ... As a business professor who has studied the “Peanuts” franchise, I see “A Charlie Brown Christmas” as a fascinating historical moment.

Children auditioned to voice the characters with 8-year-old Peter Robbins cast as Charlie Brown and Christopher Shea as Linus, who would both repeat their roles in future specials. CBS executives ...

It spends 45 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list. “A Charlie Brown Christmas” is broadcast on CBS-TV. It will go on to win both an Emmy Award and a Peabody Award. Schulz’s art ...

Charlie Brown, the timeless 13th animated Peanuts® special, from writer and creator Charles Schulz, director Phil Roman and producers Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson. Originally airing on January 28th ...