Peanuts (2017 TV Series)

Peanuts (formerly known as The Peanuts Show) ''is a 2017 American animated comedy television series created and developed by Adam Wingard and produced by Seth MacFarlane, Paul Rudish, and Tom Ruegger. The series is a revival show to the 1950s classic comic book series of the same name created and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz. The series follows around Charlie Brown and his friends and family going on many different and mischievous adventures.''

''The pilot episode called “Charlie and the Big Beanstalk”, aired on March 2, 2017 on Netflix and Cartoon Network with over 4.4M Peanuts fans watching it. Noah Schnapp was originally set to reprise his role from The Peanuts Movie, but declined the role to work on other projects including Stranger Things. Max Charles decided to take the role of Charlie Brown for the first season, but he later hit puberty with Jackson Robert Scott taking his role as Charlie Brown.''

''The show also spawned a theme park attraction and a direct-to-DVD crossover with Marvel with Wingard returning as the director. The show has won several Emmy Awards with many positive reviews from IMDb and others. The return of Fifi also made many fans excited because Snoopy’s love interest get’s to return. It also had a home media and a season one release on DVD in 2018. Many parents have called it “a comedy show” for their children and a “classic revival” to Schulz’s famous comic strips starring the characters in this show.''

Synopsis
The series follows around Charlie Brown and his friends and family going on many different and mischievous adventures.

Voice cast

 * Max Charles (season 1) and Jackson Robert Scott (seasons 2-present) as Charlie Brown, the main protagonist of the show.
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Snoopy and Woodstock, the pets of Charlie and Sally Brown.
 * Iain Armitage as Linus Van Pelt, the friend of Charlie Brown.
 * Hadley Belle Miller as Lucy van Pelt, the selfish sister of Linus.
 * Cameron Seely as Sally Brown, the little brother of Charlie Brown who has a crush on Linus.
 * Lara Jill Miller as Fifi, the crush of Snoopy. Miller replaces Kristin Chenoweth from The Peanuts Movie.
 * Aidan Alberto as Schroeder, a boy who always plays piano.
 * David Stone as Pig-Pen
 * Daniel Thornton as Rerun van Pelt
 * as Veruca Panered

Production
In 2016, a new Peanuts show was ordered by Cartoon Network with Adam Wingard as the series’ showrunner. To promote the series, Wingard sent a 9 minute pilot episode called “Charlie and the Beanstalk” to Cartoon Network, and they accepted it.

Broadcast
As of 2017, the show is currently premiering episodes on Cartoon Network. However, it was removed from Netflix’s list of kids shows in 2019 with it also premiering on Cartoon Time!.

Crossover with Marvel
In 2023, a direct-to-DVD film titled: Peanuts and Marvel: The Epic Adventure premiered on DVD as a crossover with Marvel.

Theme park attraction
In 2020, series creator Adam Wingard announced that a theme park attraction would be made in 2022. The attraction would have the original cast from this series reprise their roles. The attraction then opened on March 2, 2022 to celebrate the show’s 6th anniversary.