Critics are slamming ABC’s “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” for seating its only black character, Franklin, alone on one side of the holiday table — in a rickety old lawn chair.

'A Charlie Brown Christmas' caught TV executives by surprise. They were not expecting the special's subversive holiday message. Many thought the show would be a failure.

ABC’s annual “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” special was slammed as racist by some on social media, with some viewers objecting to the dinner-table seating of its only black character. The ...