Is Charlie Brown, of all people, a purveyor of toxic positivity? That certainly wasn’t the case for decades of comic strips and (to a lesser extent) TV specials and feature films, where Charles M. Schulz’s iconic everykid lost every baseball game,

The last “Peanuts” musical on TV was over 35 years ago. An Apple TV+ special recalls the classics while taking a slightly different direction.

NEW YORK — Charlie Brown and Snoopy go to sleepaway camp in a new, bittersweet Apple TV+ special fueled by a pair of Emmy Award-nominated songwriters that’s being billed as the first “Peanuts” musical in 35 years.