Apple TV+ getting under hot water for "A Charlie Brown Christmas"

[dandeco]

I KNEW this was going to happen, with Apple TV+ being the only place people can watch "A Charlie Brown Christmas"...

Good grief! Americans are angry 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' is not on television - Westfair Communications

The animated television special “A Charlie Brown Christmas” has been part of the holiday season since 1965, but a new national survey found a majority of Americans are unhappy that it is not being on television this year.

westfaironline.com

Sure, they offered it for free for a short period, but people without Apple devices are not gonna want to download and install the Apple TV+ app just to see that one special. There are many that would also rather watch it on live broadcast TV, as a time-honored tradition. But this is the first time in a long time the special is not airing ANYWHERE, and they are outraged.
Of course, I own it on Blu-Ray, alongside "It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown", "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown", "It's Magic, Charlie Brown", "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" and "This is America, Charlie Brown: The Mayflower Voyagers", so I prefer watching them that way for the most part, but I still tuned into PBS's special airings of the specials in 2020 and 2021 to help the ratings.

Any comments/opinions?

 

[FHoff]

Never understood the obsession with the entire peanuts universe. i never cared for it as a child nor adult.

 

[Canyda]

People get "outraged" over the weirdest things.

 

[Apple_Robert]

I say let people be outraged. I like Peanuts but, I wouldn’t allow this to ruin my Christmas.

 

[mollyc]

Is it any different than if it were in Amazon's library and you had to rent it there? Or on Netflix requiring a subscription?

 

[cthompson94]

People just feeling entitled that for however many years it was available for free on air and so people made it their Christmas tradition. Well like Mollyc said, we have since moved to streaming and something as big as the Peanuts were going to to one of the streaming services.