How to Watch ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’ Live on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, iOS, and Android

American institution. Cultural phenomenon. Fun show. No matter how you choose to describe it, all of those phrases and more are readily applied to It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Last year, fans were left to search for the special, only to find that it was only available on Apple TV+. This year, the perennial special comes back to broadcast television, moving to PBS and PBS Kids. You can watch it on Sunday, October 24 with a 5-Day Free Trial of DIRECTV STREAM.

How to Watch ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’ Live Online

When: Sunday, October 24 at 7:30 pm ET
TV: PBS and PBS Kids
Stream: Watch with a 5-Day Free Trial of DIRECTV STREAM

About ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’

There is a chance that you’ve never actually seen It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. For much of humanity, it’s a hat older than your great-granddaddy’s favorite straw-boater. So, bear with me, because there are some folks out there who still need to hear this.

It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown joins us up with the entire Peanuts gang — the Peanuts comic strip, which showed up in newspapers — who are poised to celebrate Halloween. They’re planning a nice, low-key event, which will mainly feature dressing up in some really, really old-school costumes. Most of them will be ghosts covered in old sheets with holes cut in them—and hitting up the neighbors for candy in the grand ritual that is trick-or-treating. A Halloween party is set to follow.

Charlie Brown, every inch the eternal loser, will have inadvertently cut several eye holes in his bedsheet costume, including some that are nowhere near where his face would be.

For Linus, however — and for Charlie Brown’s little sister Sally — the story is much different. Linus has staked out a pumpkin patch that he has chosen for its sheer sincerity, and is poised to wait for the arrival of the Great Pumpkin. A sort of Santa Claus-esque figure, Linus details breathlessly how the Great Pumpkin will rise up from the pumpkin patch, fly through the air carrying a huge bag of toys, and leave presents for the good little children out there.

It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

October 27, 1966

This classic “Peanuts” tale focuses on the thumb-sucking, blanket-holding Linus, and his touching faith in the “Great Pumpkin.” When Linus discovers that no one else believes in the creature, he sets out to prove that the Pumpkin’s no myth—by spending the night alone in a pumpkin patch.

How to Stream ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’ Live on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, iOS, and Android

There are six major streaming providers that offer Live TV Streaming. Two of these providers allow you to watch It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown live on PBS using iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, Chromecast, and Web. Two allow you to watch via PBS Kids.

All Live TV Streaming Services

Price: $79.99
Includes: PBS Kids + 31 Top Cable Channels

Price: $76.99
Includes: PBS Kids + 33 Top Cable Channels

Price: $72.99
Includes: PBS Kids + 32 Top Cable Channels