Apple TV extends exclusive Peanuts rights through 2030

Apple TV will remain the exclusive streaming home for the Peanuts library through 2030 after the company signed a five year extension with rights holders WildBrain, Peanuts Worldwide and Lee Mendelson Film Productions, Apple announced Wednesday. The deal preserves the streaming rights to classic Peanuts specials and films, keeps current Apple-produced series on the service, and clears the way for new Peanuts originals and a feature film now in production.

Under the extension, Apple TV will continue to host the classic holiday specials long associated with the franchise, and will again offer limited free streaming windows to nonsubscribers: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown on Oct. 18 and 19, 2025; A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving on Nov. 15 and 16, 2025; and A Charlie Brown Christmas on Dec. 13 and 14, 2025. Tara Sorensen, head of children's programming at Apple TV, said in a statement that continuing the collaboration in the strip's 75th anniversary year is "incredibly meaningful" and that the company is "delighted that the iconic holiday specials will be available for everyone to experience."

The partnership builds on an association that began in 2018, when Apple and the...