Families with a tradition of watching It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown can enjoy the classic Peanuts Halloween special on Apple TV for free during a weekend in mid-October. And you can watch it online, not only with an Apple TV set-top box, Mac, iPad or iPhone.
Plus, Apple TV also announced when the Peanuts Thanksgiving and Christmas specials will stream for free in 2026.
How to watch the Charlie Brown Halloween special
Apple owns the rights to all Peanuts holiday specials. That means the way to once again see Charlie Brown get a bag of rocks on Halloween, watch Snoopy take on the Red Baron, and get inspired as Linus tries to present the most sincere pumpkin patch in the world is on the Apple TV streaming service.
But the classic is not permanently locked behind a paywall. Apple will make the Halloween special free to non-subscribers to enjoy at any time on Saturday, October 17, 2026, and Sunday, October 18, 2026.
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is always available to paying subscribers of Apple’s streaming service anytime.
Watch on Apple TV or online
Apple users can watch the holiday classic through the Apple TV app, which is available in the App Store for iPhone and iPad. There’s also a Mac version in that app store. Install any or all of these as you would any software.
Once you have the application installed and running, look around for It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (direct link).
But enjoying the classic Charlie Brown Halloween special doesn’t require an Apple TV box, Mac or other Apple device. The service is watchable on Windows, Android and more.
For anyone with a computer running Windows or Chrome OS, watching Apple’s video content is as easy as visiting the Apple TV website. The same goes for Android phones and tablets. You’ll access the Peanuts special in a browser. You can jump straight to the It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown page.
3 months of free Peanuts holiday specials via Apple TV
The Charlie Brown Halloween show isn’t the only Peanuts holiday special that Apple will make available for anyone to watch for free this year.
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is also an Apple TV exclusive, but it’ll be open to all on Saturday, November 14, 2026, and Sunday, November 15, 2026. And if you’re looking to watch A Charlie Brown Christmas for free, it will be available on Saturday, December 12, 2026, and Sunday, December 13, 2026.
More Peanuts holiday fun
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While the three Peanuts classics will be free, real fans might want a subscription to Apple TV. A new Christmas special premieres this year: Snoopy Presents: 12 Days of Snoopy. As Apple says, “The Peanuts kids are on their best behavior — but Snoopy has landed on Santa’s naughty list. With just 12 days until Christmas, he sets out to prove he’s not such a bad beagle after all, discovering along the way that the season is about more than gifts.”
And that’s just the start. The service also offers It’s Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown. Plus there’s Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne, a New Year’s Eve special created by Apple. Beyond the holidays, there’s The Snoopy Show, a series that stars the irrepressible beagle, as well as Camp Snoopy.
The Apple TV streaming service costs $12.99 a month, and includes a wide variety of other children’s programs.
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