When CBS executives viewed a completed cut of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” in 1965 — 10 days before it was scheduled to air for the first time — they were horrified. “They hated it,” producer Lee ...

This holiday season marks the 60th anniversary of the first airing of “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” While some mistakenly credit the Peanuts Gang 1965 Yuletide 30-minute TV special as the first ...

This December marks the 60th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas, a half-hour television special that did something almost unheard of in American pop culture, both then and now. In the middle of ...

On Dec. 9, 1965, "A Charlie Brown Christmas" debuted on CBS, and it became an instant classic. Lee Jenkins' home is proof that the show is still a hit six decades later. "It's just something about ...

SANTA ROSA, Calif. — When A Charlie Brown Christmas first aired in 1965, it quickly became a holiday staple for families across the country. What many viewers didn’t know was how close the animated ...

Mendelson unpacks why the iconic special and its music resonate with us today It might be the most famous jazz album in the country — Vince Guaraldi’s soundtrack for A Charlie Brown Christmas, which ...

Jason Mendelson, son of Peanuts producer Lee Mendelson, opens up to PEOPLE about the legacy of A Charlie Brown Christmas and its soundtrack The special's timeless music was made by jazz musician Vince ...

It has been many a decade since the "A Charlie Brown Christmas" TV special first aired on TV via CBS on Dec. 9, 1965 (its benighted executive producers were sure it was going to flop!), but one of the ...

Since its debut on CBS on December 9, 1965, A Charlie Brown Christmas has gone on to become required Christmas viewing in homes across America. This year, there's only one way to watch the special: on ...

Jason Mendelson tells PEOPLE why his father, 'Peanuts' producer Lee Mendelson, wasn't sure it would be a success at all 60 years after its release, A Charlie Brown Christmas is now an iconic part of ...

Sony grabbed control of Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the ‘Peanuts’ gang in a new mega-deal that gives the company access to the famous group of characters for its movies, video games and other content.

Austen Erblat is a digital producer and assignment editor at CBS News Colorado and is Covering Colorado First. Originally from South Florida, he's been working as a journalist in Denver since 2022. A ...