No Great Pumpkin on ABC this year

[vercetti2021]

Just when you thought 2020 couldn't get any more worse. ABC is not airing It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown for the first time since its debut in 1966.

Only streaming on Apple+

[Docreed2003]

1. That makes me sad...

It's not Halloween without that show

[vercetti2021]

4. I know sadly

We used to have it on our DVR but our DVR ended up crashing and we lost a lot of our programming on it so we can't be recorded again until like next year.

I think I'm just going to buy a copy of it on DVD

[elleng]

2. AWFUL!

How COULD they, rip it away from SO MANY?

[vercetti2021]

6. Greed

Apple+ has their rights

[dewsgirl]

3. WTF? I watch every year, it kicks off my holidays.😕

[4139]

5. 😡

[ZZenith]

7. On the flip side, though -

54 years is a remarkably long run for an annual show.

Are they still showing The Grinch every year?

[vercetti2021]

9. Yes

TBS always runs the Grinch every year followed by the Wizard of Oz.

[ZZenith]

12. I will say that it's now absurdly easy to view just about any media that's ever been made.

Things were so much simpler when you had your choice of the three majors and PBS, but they were much more restricting.

We can now watch “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” in March if we so desire.

[vercetti2021]

14. I DVR'd it last Halloween

But we had a hard drive crashed we lost all our programming on it. I guess I'll just buy a DVD of it.

But at least we still have a Christmas story on 24 hours every Christmas on TNT and TBS

[Aristus]

13. I've got The Grinch on DVD.

So they can yank it from the programming if they want. I'll always have it.

[DinahMoeHum]

8. This whole year's been a bag full of rocks

[patricia92243]

19. Hopefully something will happen on Nov. 3 that will make 2020

a year to be remembered.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

10. NOOO! I'm old but always watch "The Great Pumpkin". It's a tradition. nt

[vercetti2021]

11. It's a big tradition

I mean since '66 it's been a very long run for 54 years. I don't get why greed always wins

[Shermann]

15. The trend of all the good shows and movies being removed from CATV/SATV continues... nt

[BigmanPigman]

16. That sucks!

Kids can't go trick or treating, this makes Halloween ever crappier this year.

[vercetti2021]

17. Thanks Trump

The official ruiner of the holidays

[shenmue]

18. Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[samnsara]

20. and who the hell has apple?