It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is a 1966 American prime time animated television special based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. A Halloween special, it was the third Peanuts special to be produced and animated by Bill Melendez. Original Network: The Toonz Channel Rating: TV-G Special: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Providers: Warner Bros. Entertainment, WBTV, WildBrain, CBS & Toonz Studios, Inc. Release Date: October 27, 1966 IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN © 1966 UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE, INC