The first Black 'Peanuts' character finally gets his origin story in animated special

An Apple TV animated special shows how Franklin, the first Black "Peanuts" character, meets Charlie Brown and friends in "Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin." (Apple TV+)

Apple TV is streaming the origin story of the first Black American character in the “Peanuts” comic strip.

The special is called “Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin.” It’s about how Franklin met Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Snoopy and the rest of the “Peanuts” gang.

“A Franklin special is really overdue,” said Craig Schulz, the co-writer of the show and son of “Peanuts” creator, Charles Schulz, in an interview with “Morning Edition.”