By Lisa de Moraes Washington Post Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Snoopy will still be on ABC long after Snooki is too old for MTV, ABC announced Monday. Actually, ABC announced that it had extended its deal with Peanuts Worldwide LLC, and with the Peanuts franchise's TV animator/producer, Lee Mendelson Film Productions, to air the much-loved animated Charlie Brown television specials for an additional five years. In five years, Snooki -- star of MTV's "reality" soap "Jersey Shore" -- will be 27 years old, which would make her a little long in the tooth for MTV, which targets 12-to-24-year-olds. On the other hand, the second brightest star in the "Jersey Shore" firmament, Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino, is already 28 years old. He'll be in his early 30s when ABC's Peanuts deal runs out, which is ancient in MTV years. ABC took over the rights to the Charlie Brown TV specials in 2001. Titles include "A Charlie Brown Christmas," "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" and "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown." The holiday specials continue to be viewer faves. Last year, the umpteenth rerun of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" -- it debuted on CBS in 1965, but some years it has run twice -- attracted more than 11 million viewers. About 1 million of them fell into the MTV sweet spot, age-wise. Among kids between the ages of 2 and 11 -- a.k.a. MTV's farm team -- "A Charlie Brown Christmas" topped the combined delivery of CBS, Fox, NBC and CW by 42 percent last December. Regards, KGB ----- Kevin G. Barkes Email: [email protected] KGB Report: http://www.kgbreport.com Commentwear by KGB: http://www.commentwear.com National Temperature Index: http://nationaltemperatureindex.com DCL Dialogue on line: http://www.dcldialogue.com Random Quotations Generator: http://www.goodquotations.com Over 13,000 searchable quotations. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en.
