[1] Due to lower-than-expected ratings, in an attempt to boost viewership, CBS moved the series to 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time early in 1984.

Typical for an animated Peanuts production, the characters were performed by real children, and there was a large cast turnover between the first and second season due to many of the child actors maturing out of their roles, leaving only Jeremy Schoenberg, Jason Muller and Bill Melendez to remain.

The first season's theme was a Vince Guaraldi styled piano-based instrumental written and produced for this series, which was composed by Desiree Goyette and Ed Bogas.

In 1987, Kartes Video Communications released the show on VHS in 9 volumes (with titles in the style of normal Peanuts specials), with two episodes each.

On June 14, 2011, Warner Home Video released the 14th episode of the show on DVD under a single disc called: Happiness Is...

Peanuts: Friends Forever on December 27, 2011, and the fifteenth episode of the show came to DVD under a single disc called: Happiness Is...