baɪ ðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti z, tʃˈeɪndʒᵻz ɪnðə dᵻlˈɪvɚɹi ʌv klˈoʊzɪŋ kɹˈɛdɪts ænd ˈɪŋkɹiːsᵻz ɪn ˈædvɚtˌaɪzɪŋ mˈɪnɪts ɔnðə nˈɛtwɜːks mˌeɪd ɪɾ ɪmpˈɑːsᵻbəl fɔːɹ ˈɔːl əvə tʃˈɑːɹli bɹˈaʊn kɹˈɪsməs təbi ˈɛɹd ɪn ɐ hˈæfˈaʊɚ tˈaɪm slˈɑːt.
By the 1990s, changes in the delivery of closing credits and increases in advertising minutes on the networks made it impossible for all of A Charlie Brown Christmas to be aired in a half-hour time slot.