It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown Munsen for "It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown" and "What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown!"), although Benoit had scored an episode of "This is America, Charlie Brown" prior to this special. It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown is the 36th prime-time animated TV special based on the comic strip "Peanuts," by Charles M. Schulz. It originally aired on the CBS network on November 27, 1992. The program is composed of various storylines from the comic strip. It was the first Christmas-themed "Peanuts" special since the inaugural "A Charlie Brown Christmas" in 1965, though an episode of "The
What a Cartoon! company to pay for the whole program. In addition to the eventual spin-offs, the "What a Cartoon!" short "Larry and Steve" by Seth MacFarlane featured prototypes of characters that would later go on to become MacFarlane's massively successful "Family Guy". The "What a Cartoon!" project and its assorted spin-offs brought Cartoon Network more commercial and critical success, and the network became an animation industry leader as the 1990s drew to a close. In 2001, coinciding with the death of William Hanna, Hanna-Barbera Productions merged with Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network opened its own production arm, Cartoon Network Studios, in