Looking for a way to watch "Charlie Brown, the Great Pumpkin?"

Apple TV retains the rights to stream this classic holiday special year-round, but you can watch it for free on other channels in the days leading up to Halloween. [This old favorite, with Lucy taking the football away from Charlie Brown, Linus and Sally waiting in the pumpkin patch, and Snoopy dressed as a World War I ace, returns to network television this fall.

Here's everything you need to know about how and where to watch "The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown."

If you are abroad (in one of the few countries where neither PBS nor Apple TV Plus are available), you will likely run into geo-fence restrictions regarding available platforms and services. However, with a virtual private network (VPN), you can watch On the Rocks and other paid services wherever you are.

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This year's "The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" will air on PBS and PBS Kids on October 24 at 7:30 PM ET/PT. However, it will not be available on pbskids.org or the PBS Kids Video App.

One of the best TV antennas will pull PBS off the air if you have a local affiliate; PBS is also on YouTube TV.

In previous years, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown aired on ABC, but because Apple acquired the rights, it did not air on any network last year.

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is already available on Apple TV Plus, and last year the streaming service offered it for free to non-subscribers between October 30 and November 1. Expect that to happen again this year.