‘Peanuts’ Beat Lady Gaga in the Battle of the Thanksgiving Specials

Never underestimate the power of a Peanut: In the battle of the Thanksgiving Special — Charles Schultz’s animated holiday classic, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, now in its 38th year, edged out reigning pop queen Lady Gaga in the ratings. Charlie and the rest of the Peanuts Gang amassed about 400,000 more viewers than A Very Gaga Thanksgiving, according to Nielsen numbers.


Of course, neither special was any match for a recycled edition of The Big Bang Theory.