Oct. 27, 1966 - Tonight on CBS-TV, the Peanuts makes their third animated outing with the premiere of “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.” While the rest of the Gang prepares for trick-or-treating and a Halloween party, Linus Van Pelt forfeits the festivities to sit up all night in a local pumpkin patch, steadfast in his belief that the legendary Great Pumpkin will rise to bring toys to good children. Meanwhile, Charlie Brown experiences a series of misadventures, and Snoopy takes to the skies atop his doghouse in a vivid fantasy as a World War I Flying Ace fighting the Red Baron. 8:30 p.m. on CBS.