Editing Peanuts (section)

==Adaptations==
===Animation===
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[[File:VinceBillLee 64.jpg|thumb|[[Vince Guaraldi]] (L, shown with [[Bernard Bragg]] and [[Don Freeman]]) provided the music for the first 16 ''Peanuts'' television specials and one feature film until his sudden death in February 1976]]

The strip was first adapted into animation in ''[[The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show]]''. A TV documentary, ''[[A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1963 film)|A Boy Named Charlie Brown]]'' (1963), featured newly animated segments, but it did not air due to not being able to find a channel willing to broadcast it.{{sfn|Mendelson|2000|pp=11-14}} It did, however, shape the team for ''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas]]'' (1965), a half-hour Christmas special broadcast on [[CBS]]. It was met with extensive critical success.{{sfn|Bang|2012|p=191}} It was the first of a [[Peanuts animated specials|set of ''Peanuts'' television specials]] (second counting the 1963 documentary), and forms a selection of holiday-themed specials which are aired annually in the US to the present day,{{sfn|Stevens|2008}}{{sfn|Bell|2018b}} including ''[[It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown]]''{{sfn|Horn|2018}} (1966), and ''[[A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving]]''{{sfn|Bell|2018a}} (1973). The animated specials were significant to the cultural impact of ''Peanuts''; by 1972, they were remarked as being "among the most consistently popular television specials" and "regularly have been in the top 10 in the ratings".{{sfn|The Morning Record|1972}} Many of the specials were acquired by [[Apple TV+]] in 2020.{{sfn|Hardy|2020}} The first feature-length film, ''[[A Boy Named Charlie Brown]]'', came in 1969,{{sfn|Canby|1969}} and was one of four which were produced before the comic strip ended. [[The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show|A Saturday morning television series]] aired in 1983, each episode consisting of three or four segments dealing with plot lines from the strip.{{sfn|Murray|2013}} An additional spin-off miniseries, ''[[This Is America, Charlie Brown]]'', aired in 1988, exploring the [[history of the United States]].{{sfn|Solomon|1988b}}

The characters continue to be adapted into animation after the comic strip ended in 2000, with the latest television special ''[[Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin|Welcome Home, Franklin]]'' made in 2024.{{Sfn|Davis|2022}}{{Update inline|date=March 2024}} A series of cartoon shorts premiered on [[iTunes]] in 2008, ''[[Peanuts Motion Comics]]'', which directly lifted themes and plot lines from the strip.{{sfn|Warner Bros.|2008}} In 2014, the French network [[France 3]] debuted ''[[Peanuts (TV series)|Peanuts by Schulz]]'', a series of episodes each consisting of several roughly one-minute shorts bundled together.{{sfn|O'Brien|2014}} The latest feature-length film, ''[[The Peanuts Movie]]'', was released in 2015 by [[20th Century Fox]] and [[Blue Sky Studios]].{{sfn|Rechtshaffen|2015}} Three ''Peanuts'' Apple TV+ series, [[Snoopy in Space]], ''[[The Snoopy Show]]'', and ''Camp Snoopy'' both premiered in 2019, 2021, and 2024, respectively.{{sfn|Petski|2019}}{{sfn|Keller|2019}}{{sfn|Martoccio|2020}}{{sfn|Johnson|2021}} The characters also make a guest appearance in ''[[Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special]]'' in 2020.{{sfn|Arnold|2020}} On November 6, 2023, a new feature film from [[WildBrain Studios|WildBrain]] (the company behind the recent Peanuts content since 2018) and Peanuts Worldwide was announced by Apple TV+. Production started in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brew |first=Caroline |date=2023-11-06 |title=Peanuts Head to the Big City in First Apple TV+ Movie |website=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/peanuts-movie-apple-tv-1235781653/ |access-date=2023-11-07 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Apple sets its first original Peanuts feature film, taking Snoopy and Charlie Brown on an epic adventure through the Big City |url=https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2023/11/apple-sets-its-first-original-peanuts-feature-film-taking-snoopy-and-charlie-brown-on-an-epic-adventure-through-the-big-city/ |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=Apple TV+ Press |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[File:Schulz_star.jpg|thumb|[[Charles M. Schulz|Charles Schulz]]'s [[Hollywood walk of fame]] star. It features the 'television receiver' honor, which is for contribution to broadcast television.]]

'''Series'''
*[[Peanuts animated specials|''Peanuts'' animated specials]] (1965–present)
*''[[The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show]]'' (1983–1985)
*''[[This Is America, Charlie Brown]]'' (1988–1989)
*''[[Peanuts Motion Comics]]'' (2008)
*''[[Peanuts (TV series)|Peanuts]]'' (2014–2016)
*''[[Snoopy Webseries]]'' (2018–2019)
*''[[Snoopy in Space]]'' (2019–2021)
*''[[The Snoopy Show]]'' (2021–2023)
*''Camp Snoopy'' (2024-present)

'''Film'''
*''[[A Boy Named Charlie Brown]]'' (1969)
*''[[Snoopy Come Home]]'' (1972)
*''[[Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown]]'' (1977)
*''[[Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!)]]'' (1980)
*''[[The Peanuts Movie]]'' (2015)

===Music===
The album [[A Charlie Brown Christmas (soundtrack)|''A Charlie Brown Christmas'']] was recorded in 1965, the original soundtrack from the animated television special of the same name.{{sfn|Barton|2013}} It was performed by the [[jazz trio]] led by pianist [[Vince Guaraldi]].{{sfn|Jackson|2016}} It enjoys enduring critical, commercial, and cultural success; employing a sombre and whimsical style, songs such as ''Christmas Time Is Here'' evoke a muted and quiet melody,{{sfn|Jackson|2016}} and arrangements such as the traditional carol ''O Tannenbaum'' improvised in a light, off-center pace.{{sfn|Barton|2013}} The album has continued popularity to the present day; writer Chris Barton for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' praised it in 2013 as "one of the most beloved holiday albums recorded",{{sfn|Barton|2013}} and [[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]] described it as "one of the most popular Christmas albums of all time".{{sfn|Maxwell|2014}} The album was added to the national recording registry of the [[Library of Congress]] in 2012, being regarded as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important".{{Sfn|Barton|2013}}

The American rock band [[The Royal Guardsmen]] recorded four novelty songs from 1966 to 1968 as tributes to Snoopy. The first song was released as the single [[Snoopy vs. the Red Baron (song)|''Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron'']] (1966), based on the storyline of Snoopy sitting atop his dog house imagining himself as a World War I pilot, battling the German flying ace [[The Red Baron]]. The band would later release two more similar songs in 1967, ''Return of The Red Baron'' and ''Snoopy's Christmas''. In 1968 they recorded ''Snoopy for President''.{{sfn|Theroux|2015}}

===Theater===
[[File:Snoopy the musical otterbein university.jpg|thumb|Performance of ''[[Snoopy! The Musical]]'' by the [[Otterbein University]] theater group]]

The characters first appeared in live stage production in 1967 with the musical ''[[You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown]]'', scored by [[Clark Gesner]]. It is a collection of musical sketches, where the characters explore their identities and discover the feelings they have for each other.{{sfn|Solomon|1988a}} The play was performed [[off-broadway]], as well as later being performed as a live telecast on [[NBC]].{{sfn|The Morning Record|1972}} The play continued to have other professional performances, in the London [[West End of London|West End]], and later a [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] revival, while also being a popular choice of musical by amateur theater groups such as schools.{{sfn|Willis|Hodges|2006}}

A second musical premiered in 1975, ''[[Snoopy! The Musical]]'', scored by [[Larry Grossman (composer)|Larry Grossman]] with lyrics by [[Hal Hackady]]. A sequel to ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'', ''Snoopy!'' is also a collection of musical sketches, though focused on Snoopy.{{sfn|Solomon|1988a}} It was first performed in San Francisco,{{sfn|Suskin|2000|p=350}} and eventually [[off-Broadway]] for 152 performances.{{sfn|Gans|2004}}

''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' and ''Snoopy!!! The Musical'' were both further adapted as animated television specials, respectively, [[You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (TV special)|in 1985]]{{sfn|DeMott|2010}} and [[Snoopy! The Musical (TV special)|in 1988]].{{sfn|Solomon|1988a}} Going in the opposite direction from animation to live production, is the 2016 ''A Charlie Brown Christmas'', based on the animated [[A Charlie Brown Christmas|television special of the same name]]. It is considered a generally faithful readaptation, although it features the additional characters Woodstock and Peppermint Patty who did not exist in the strip when the original was made.{{sfn|Jevens|2016}}