On Oct. 28, the day after it airs an hour-long version of the the Peanuts animated holiday special, "It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," ABC will pre-empt the new Kelsey Grammer sitcom "Hank" in order to air a half-hour version of the special, according to TVMoJoe at The Wrap.

According to TVMoJoe, ABC schedulers apparently think the Peanuts gang could make a better lead-in for "The Middle" than is the struggling "Hank."

–Allison J. Waldman