A Summer of Snoopy: Apple TV Unveils Massive New Peanuts Lineup
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Ever since it became the official caretaker of the Peanuts franchise in 2020, Apple has been actively expanding the world of Charlie Brown and Snoopy with a collection of fun and fascinating new specials, bringing the gang back to life after a nearly decade-long hiatus.
It also shows no sign of slowing down in its efforts to restore Snoopy to his former glory. After five years of whimsical character-driven stories giving us rare insights into Charles Schulz’s iconic characters, Apple is preparing to debut only the second feature film in the franchise: Snoopy Unleashed.
We first heard news of the feature film in 2023, but only found out the official title last month when Apple presented it during this year’s CinemaCon and added it to the roster for the Annecy International Film Festival’s Work in Progress (WIP) June lineup. However, even though both of those strongly hinted at a 2026 release, Apple didn’t provide a date for an official debut beyond “Coming Soon.”
While Apple still hasn’t set a date, it has announced a new “Snoopy summer” lineup that should tide fans over, while also confirming that Snoopy Unleashed is currently in production.
Apple has been home to the Peanuts classic library since 2020, alongside multiple original programming collaborations starting in 2018, and is currently in production with WildBrain and Peanuts on a brand new animated feature film starring Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang. In the upcoming feature “Snoopy Unleashed,” Snoopy runs away from home, and Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang go on an emotional journey to the vibrant Big City as they search for Snoopy and discover that real friendship means loving each other just as they are.
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We’ll have to wait and see whether that means we’ll see it before the end of 2026, but we’re still crossing our fingers. It’s also not clear at this point whether it will debut solely on Apple TV or also come to theaters, especially in light of how much Apple has pulled back on theatrical releases over the past two years.
In the meantime, Apple is offering plenty of other Peanuts content on Apple TV, starting with a second season of its original Camp Snoopy on Friday, June 26, followed by the return of some more Charlie Brown classics that it’s dusted off from the vault, and yet another brand new “Snoopy Presents” special.
The first season of Camp Snoopy debuted in 2024, marking the third Apple original animated series in the Peanuts franchise, following 2021’s The Snoopy Show and Snoopy in Space in 2019 — the original STEM-focused special that led to the full-fledged deal to make Apple TV the home for “all things Peanuts.”
The series follows Snoopy and the Beagle Scouts exploring the great outdoors while Charlie Brown and the rest of the gang deal with life at summer camp. Season 2 will continue those adventures at Camp Spring Lake as they “search for the elusive hedge toad, build towering sandcastles and debate the merits of hot dogs versus hamburgers.”
Camp Snoopy Season 1 is streaming on Apple TV now for those who want to catch up, and those who enjoy the Charlie Brown camp life should also check out Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical, an episode that shows the gang working to save their beloved summer camp in the first Peanuts musical since the 1988 TV adaptation of 1975’s Off-Broadway Snoopy: The Musical stage production.
A week after Camp Snoopy kicks off, Apple will commemorate Independence Day with This Is America, Charlie Brown on Friday, July 3, bringing one of the few missing legacy Charlie Brown productions into the Apple TV lineup.
First aired in 1988, This Is America, Charlie Brown holds the distinction of being the first animated miniseries in television history. Similar to Apple’s 2019 NASA-collaboration, this takes a similarly educational approach, providing a fun and accessible way for younger viewers to experience American history and culture through the eyes of the Peanuts gang, from “The Birth of the Constitution” to “The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk” and “The Great Inventors.”
Apple is also bringing back another episodic classic from the 1980s with The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show on July 10. This 18-episode series originally aired from 1983–1986, and will return in full on Apple TV for subscribers to enjoy. It’s effectively an animated adaptation of the original comic strip, focusing on the daily lives of the Peanuts gang rather than any one specific topic the way the animated specials often did.
Finally, while we wait for Snoopy Unleashed, Apple will put a cap on its summer season with another new animated special in the “Snoopy Presents” series. There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy will premiere on Friday, July 31, following everyone’s favorite beagle on a new adventure as he looks to track down his old doghouse and discovers the value of a home.
When Snoopy’s beloved doghouse is accidentally sold at a yard sale, he’s devastated. After all, that’s where his imagination first took flight and where he keeps all his favorite things.
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This will be the latest in a series of very heartwarming Apple Original Peanuts specials that have delved much deeper into the various characters — including many that have traditionally been in “supporting roles.” Apple kicked this off in 2021 with For Auld Lang Syne — the franchise’s first holiday special in over 20 years — which focused on Lucy’s struggles to host the perfect New Year’s Eve party.
This was followed by It’s the Small Things, Charlie Brown featuring Charlie Brown’s sister, Sally, To Mom (And Dad) With Love which showed Peppermint Patty struggling to celebrate Mother’s Day with her dad, and One of a Kind Marcie, revealing the trials and tribulations of the gang’s most thoughtful and caring introvert. In 2024, Welcome Home, Franklin took things to an even deeper level, providing an origin story for the first African-American to be featured in the comic strip — a bold move in the middle of the civil rights movement of 1968 by creator Charles M. Schulz, who showed Franklin as a fully integrated member of the Peanuts gang, and refused to back down even when newspapers threatened to drop his comic strip over it.
Now, it looks like There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy will shift the focus back to the front, giving us a similarly introspective look into the franchise’s most well-known character — and his iconic doghouse.
Apple TV became the home of all things Peanuts in 2020, not only producing new original content but also incorporating almost all of the franchise’s specials of yesteryear into its library, from 1965’s A Charlie Brown Christmas and other holiday classics like It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving to 2010’s Happiness is a Warm Blanket — the last Peanuts special produced before Apple took over. That decade of silence was broken only by the 2015 feature film, The Peanuts Movie, which is ironically the only major Charlie Brown production missing from Apple TV, bouncing around on other streaming services due to more complex ownership and licensing issues, although it can be purchased in the Apple TV app like most other films for those who want the complete collection.
