when was how the grinch stole christmas cartoon made
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special) The half-hour (with commercials) short was originally telecast in the United States on CBS on December 18, 1966.[3] CBS repeated it annually during the Christmas season until 1988.[4] It was then aired on various other networks multiple times a season. In the 1990s and 2000s, it was primarily seen on Turner-owned properties (TBS, TNT, and Cartoon Network), and later ABC and ABC Family. On August 13, 2015, NBC announced that the special would move to that network, which would air it twice during the Christmas season under a three-year licensing deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution.[5]