The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
| The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show | |
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The season 1 title card for the show.
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| Created by | Charles M. Schulz |
| Written by | Charles M. Schulz |
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| Voices of | Various (see below) |
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| Country of origin | USA |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 18 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Lee Mendelson |
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| Location(s) | produced in Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Editor(s) | Chuck McCann |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Lee Mendelson/Bill Melendez Productions |
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| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 17, 1983 – February 3, 1986 |
The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show is an animated television series featuring characters and storylines from the Charles M. Schulz comic strip Peanuts. It aired Saturday mornings on the CBS network from 1983 to 1985. It re-aired on The Disney Channel in 1993 and was aired on YTV in Canada by 1996.
Due to lower-than-expected ratings, in an attempt to reboost 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 many weeks of reruns, and replaced it with repeats of Richie Rich.
The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show is one of the few full series produced by Bill Melendez, whose animation studio generally specialized in specials.
The first season's theme was a piano-based instrumental written and produced for this series. The song was given lyrics and released in 1984 as "Let's Have a Party with Charlie Brown and Snoopy" on the album Flashbeagle, the soundtrack to the special It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown. On the second season, a shortened version with the lyrics that appeared on the Flashbeagle album was used.
In 1987, Kartes Video Communications released the show on VHS in nine volumes (with titles in the style of normal Peanuts specials) with two episodes each.
In 1994-2001, Paramount Home Video released the show on VHS in the same fashion (but under the actual title of the show this time).
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