• The Washington Post, Tuesday, August 17, 2010 11:21 PM

ABC announced that it had extended its deal with Peanuts Worldwide LLC, and with the Peanuts franchise's TV animator/producer, Lee Mendelson Film Productions, to air the much-loved animated Charlie Brown television specials for an additional five years.

ABC took over the rights to the Charlie Brown TV specials in 2001. Titles include "A Charlie Brown Christmas," "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" and "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown." The holiday specials continue to be viewer favorites. Last year, a rerun of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" attracted more than 11 million viewers. About 1 million of them fell into the MTV sweet spot, age-wise. Among kids between the ages of 2 and 11, "A Charlie Brown Christmas" topped the combined delivery of CBS, Fox, NBC and CW by 42 percent last December.

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