How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special) animation divisions of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, where Jones was under contract at the time. CBS, coming off the surprise success of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" a year before, allotted Jones and MGM a $315,000 budget, more than four times what Bill Melendez was offered to produce "A Charlie Brown Christmas". The original broadcast was sponsored by the Foundation for Full Service Banks whose sponsor plugs within the original airing were later edited out for subsequent broadcasts. The entirety of the book's text, with some slight embellishment, was adapted into the special; to pad the special to a full 30-minute time slot,
Peanuts (TV series) Boomerang officially removed the series from their TV broadcasting lineup. The series airs on Rai Gulp in Italy and on France 3 in France. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The first DVD "Snoopy Tales" containing 32 episodes was released by Warner Home Video on January 24, 2017. The second DVD "Go Team Go" containing 19 episodes was released on April 25, 2017. The third DVD "School Days" containing 29 episodes was released on August 19, 2017. Peanuts (TV series) Peanuts is an Italian-French-American animated television series based on the franchise of the same name. The series first aired in France on November 9, 2014,