As we head towards June and the temperatures outside heat up, it means that we are careening towards the conclusion of the school year and that summer vacation is right around the corner, with Apple TV+ celebrating by debuting a cavalcade of content featuring the beloved beagle Snoopy. From the premiere of The Snoopy Show Season 3 to the release of the all-new special Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie, Peanuts fans have a lot to be excited for, while 2024 will see the debut of the brand-new series Camp Snoopy and the fresh special Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin. This summer will also bring new Eva the Owlet shorts, the return of Duck & Goose, and more.
You can check out the full slate of summer programming on Apple TV+ below:
The Snoopy Show - Season 3 - Premieres Friday, June 9th
- The world-famous beagle is back! Dig into new adventures with Snoopy, along with his best pal, Woodstock, and the rest of the Peanuts gang.
Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie - New Special - Premieres Friday, August 18th
- One-of-a-Kind Marcie follows Marcie, an introvert who loves her solitude but also enjoys helping her friends. As they train for the school golf championship, Marcie assists Peppermint Patty as her caddie, offering thoughtful and deliberate advice to help her win. Meanwhile, after coming up with brilliant solutions to her classmates' problems -- from hallway traffic jams to lunchtime pizza shortages -- Marcie is unexpectedly elected as class president...a role she never wanted. Suddenly thrust into the spotlight, Marcie struggles to cope with the expectations of her new job and retreats as far from the public eye as possible. As the golf championship begins, Marcie is still in hiding and Peppermint Patty is forced to tee off with Charlie Brown filling in as her caddie. But after some wise advice and a little introspection, Marcie realizes she can still make a difference for her friends and the school -- she'll just have to buck other people's expectations and do it her own unique way.
Camp Snoopy - New Series - 2024 Premiere Date to be Announced
- After discovering their troop is in danger of disbanding, Snoopy and the Beagle Scouts set off to the Great Outdoors to earn their performance badges, with the Beagle Scout Manual as their guide. Meanwhile, Charlie Brown and friends enjoy their summer at Camp Spring Lake, crossing paths with Snoopy as they experience everything camp and the outdoors have to offer.
Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin - New Special - 2024 Premiere Date to be Announced
- The origin story for one of Peanuts' most beloved characters, Franklin, follows how he approaches making new friends. Franklin's family is always on the move with his dad's military job, and everywhere he goes Franklin finds support in a notebook filled with his grandfather's advice on friendship. But when Franklin tries his usual strategies with the Peanuts gang, he has trouble fitting in. That's until he learns about the neighborhood Soap Box Derby race -- according to his grandfather, everyone loves a winner! He's sure that winning the race will also mean winning over some new friends. All he needs is a partner, which he finds in Charlie Brown. Franklin and Charlie Brown work together to build a car and in the process become good buddies. But as the race nears, the pressure mounts -- can their car and their newfound friendship make it to the finish line?
Duck & Goose - New Special - Premieres Friday, June 9th
- Prior to the launch of the new season of Duck & Goose, watch the new special, When Duck Met Goose. When Thistle gets upset with her new neighbor, Bluebird recalls the bumpy days of Duck and Goose's early friendship.
Lovely Little Farm - Season 2 - Premieres Friday, June 16th
- BAFTA Award-winning live-action animated hybrid kids and family series Lovely Little Farm follows sisters Jill and Jacky as they love and nurture all the animals on their farm nestled in lavender fields. Being a young farmer isn't easy, but every day brings these sisters adventure and a chance to grow. Return to the farm with season two where Jill and Jacky continue to nurture Quackety Duck Duck, Al Alpaca Pickle Pony and meet some new friends along the way.
- Lovely Little Farm is created by BAFTA Award winners Maddy Darrall (Teletubbies, Topsy & Tim, Waffle the Wonder Dog) and Billy Macqueen (Teletubbies, Topsy & Tim, Waffle the Wonder Dog), along with Catherine Williams (Teletubbies, Topsy & Tim, Waffle the Wonder Dog). Darrall and Macqueen serve as executive producers alongside Tony Cooke (PJ Masks, Waffle the Wonder Dog, Hunter Street), who is also head writer. The lead director is two-time Directors Guild Award winner Jack Jameson (When You Wish Upon A Pickle, Waffle the Wonder Dog). The live-action animated hybrid uses the latest computer-generated technology, working with Industrial Light and Magic, to bring the series to life. For Lovely Little Farm, Apple TV+ partnered with changemaker Dr. Gail Melson, a leader in the field of human-animal interaction and former professor emerita in the department of Human Development & Family Studies at Purdue University. Dr. Melson worked with the executive producers to develop the show based on her research on children's relationships with animals, nature, and emerging technologies.
- Newcomer Levi Howden stars as Jill, with Kassidi Roberts joining as Jacky, and the series also features the voice talents of BAFTA Award nominee Shirley Henderson (Harry Potter franchise, Stan & Ollie) as Quackety Duck Duck, Dominique Moore (Thomas & Friends) as Pickle Pony, SAG Award nominee Joel Fry (Cruella, Paddington 2) as Al Alpaca, and Canan Yildiz-Husbands as Bif & Bop.
Duck & Goose - Season 2 - Premieres Friday, July 7th
- Inspired by the New York Times bestselling books by Tad Hills, Duck & Goose is a preschool series that celebrates the unique camaraderie of Duck and Goose, two best feathered friends that don't always see beak to beak. That is until they discover that embracing and appreciating each other's differences can help them think up entirely new ideas to help solve everyday challenges, both big and small.
- Duck & Goose is directed by Brian Muelhaupt (Sesame Street) with Jane Startz (Ella Enchanted), Douglas Wood (Bob the Builder, Little Einsteins), Chris Prynoski (Harriet the Spy), Shannon Prynoski (Harriet the Spy), Ben Kalina (Harriet the Spy), Antonio Canobbio (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs) and Hills executive producing. Peabody Award winner Wood also serves as showrunner. Cathy Davidson, Ph.D., founding director of the Futures Initiative and a distinguished professor in the Ph.D. program in English at the Graduate Center, CUNY, and Christina Katopodis, Ph.D., executive director and postdoctoral associate at Transformative Learning in the Humanities, serve as the transformative learning experts on the series through Apple TV+'s changemakers initiative.
Eva the Owlet - New Shorts - Premieres Friday, August 4th
- In honor of International Owl Awareness Day on Friday, August 4th, four new Eva the Owlet shorts, based on the New York Times bestselling Scholastic book series Owl Diaries by award-winning author Rebecca Elliott, will debut on Apple TV+. Diary, Cheer Me Up, Up, Up! follows Eva when she goes on a fly with Baxter to cheer herself up after breaking a pinecone she crafted. In All About Baby Mo, Eva tells her diary all about Baby Mo after he covers one of her pages in scribbles, but she realizes how many things she loves about him. Diary Doodles follows Eva as she doodles how she feels while waiting for the rain to stop. In Diary, Cheer Lucy Up, Up, Up!, Eva helps Lucy write her own Cheer-Up List when Lucy feels sad after her favorite stuffed animal gets a hole in it.
- Produced by award-winning Scholastic Entertainment with production services and 4K animation by 9 Story Media Group's Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated studio Brown Bag Films in Dublin and Bali, Iole Lucchese, Caitlin Friedman, and Jef Kaminsky serve as executive producers, head series writers Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White serve as co-executive producers, and Damien O'Connor serves as supervising director. The late Dr. John F. Evans, a writing clinician, National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach at Duke Integrative Medicine, and the Founder and Executive Director of Wellness & Writing Connections, LLC served as the expressive writing expert on the series through Apple TV+'s changemakers initiative.
Peanuts Anthology III & IV - New to Apple TV+ - September 22nd
- Fans of the beloved Peanuts gang will have more classics available to watch from Mendelson/Melendez Productions and Peanuts Worldwide in the Peanuts Classics collection on Apple TV+, including It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown, It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown, Emmy Award-winner Life is a Circus, Charlie Brown, Lucy Must Be Traded, Charlie Brown, Emmy Award-nominated Play it Again, Charlie Brown, Emmy Award-nominated Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown, Emmy Award-winner You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown, It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown, What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown, Emmy Award-nominated It's Magic, Charlie Brown, Emmy Award-nominated Someday You'll Find Her, Charlie Brown, Emmy Award-nominated Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown?, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown, and Emmy Award-nominated Charlie Brown Celebration.
Stay tuned for details on updates about Apple TV+'s programming for kids.
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