The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show

The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
Season 1 title card
Also known as
  • You're on Nickelodeon, Charlie Brown
  • The Charlie Brown Show
Genre
Created byCharles M. Schulz
Based onPeanuts
Peanuts animated specials
by Charles M. Schulz
Written byCharles M. Schulz
Directed by
Voices ofSee below
Opening theme"Let's Have a Party"
sung by Desirée Goyette (season 2)
Ending theme"Let's Have a Party" (instrumental) (season 2)
Composers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes18 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producerLee Mendelson
Producers
  • Lee Mendelson
  • Bill Melendez
Production locationsLos Angeles, US
EditorChuck McCann
Running time23 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 17, 1983 (1983-09-17) –
October 12, 1985 (1985-10-12)
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The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (known as You're on Nickelodeon, Charlie Brown during reruns on Nickelodeon) is an American animated television series featuring characters and storylines from the Charles M. Schulz comic strip Peanuts as first presented for television in the Peanuts animated specials. It aired Saturday mornings on the CBS network from 1983 to 1985.[1]

Due to lower-than-expected ratings, in an attempt to boost viewership, CBS moved the series to 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time early in 1984. It did not help the ratings much, and while the show was not formally cancelled in 1984, further production was on hiatus, and in 1985, CBS ordered five new episodes for what would be a second and final season. Early in 1986, CBS dropped the show after a ratings recession.

The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show is one of the few television series produced by Bill Melendez, whose animation studio generally produced specials.[2] The show reaired on The Disney Channel in 1993[3] and was aired on YTV in Canada by 1996. It also aired on the CBBC block on BBC One and BBC Two from 1986 to 2005.

  1. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 122–123. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  2. ^ Solomon, Charles (2012). The Art and Making of Peanuts Animation: Celebrating Fifty Years of Television Specials. Chronicle Books. pp. 20, 35, 137. ISBN 978-1452110912.
  3. ^ The Disney Channel Magazine, Vol. 11, no. 6, October/November 1993: pp. 30, 32–34, 36, 40, 58.