Thanksgiving looks a little different in every house. Some people post up on the couch with the parade and football, others spend all day in the kitchen working on the Thanksgiving menu, and plenty of families bundle up to sneak in a walk before dinner. No matter what your crew does, there’s one Thanksgiving tradition that shows up on countless TVs every year: watching A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. For a lot of households, figuring out how to watch A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is right up there with planning the turkey, stuffing, and mashed potatoes. It just doesn’t feel like Turkey Day without that familiar Peanuts music in the background!
If it’s been a while, the iconic 1973 special follows Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the gang through a very Charlie Brown version of Thanksgiving that starts with total chaos and ends with a cozy turkey dinner at Charlie Brown’s house. The animated classic is one of the rare Thanksgiving specials to win an Emmy Award, which helps explain why families return to it year after year.
Read on for everything you need to know about A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving in 2025, including exactly where to stream it.
Is A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving airing on TV in 2025?
PBS
Who remembers the golden days of watching A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving on television? (Specifically PBS!) 🙋♀️ Unfortunately, that’s no longer the case. In 2022, the network announced that they wouldn’t be airing the Thanksgiving Peanuts special, or any of them for that matter.
As of right now, that still seems to be the case for this year. Though, there’s no need to fret—because you have a few other options to watch the classic movie in 2025.
How can I watch A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving in 2025?
While the special will not be available on Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime, it’s a win for Apple TV+ streamers everywhere!
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is currently available to watch on Apple TV+, where subscribers can access the entire Peanuts collection (and plenty of other great content) for $12.99 a month after a free 7-day trial. And even if you’re not a subscriber, you can still catch A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving during Apple TV+’s free viewing window for everyone from Saturday, November 15 to Sunday, November 16, 2025.
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