List of Thanksgiving television specials
Appearance
The following is a list of Thanksgiving television specials in the United States and Canada. Unless otherwise stated, these are episodes of established television series or one-off specials that are rerun annually.
Events not specifically made for television (e.g. parades, theatrical films, unscripted sporting events) are not included in this list; professional wrestling pay-per-view specials, because they are scripted and made primarily for television, are included in this list.
Children's/family
[edit]- Adventures from the Book of Virtues: Generosity (1997)
- Allegra's Window: Mitten Weather (1995)
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: Alvin’s Thanksgiving Celebration (2008)
- Amphibia: The Big Bugball Game (2019)
- Angela Anaconda: No Thanksgiving (2000)
- Animaniacs: Turkey Jerky (1993)
- As Told By Ginger: Ten Chairs (2004)
- B.C.: The First Thanksgiving (1973)
- Bear in the Big Blue House: The Best Thanksgiving Ever (1999)
- The Berenstain Bears: The Prize Pumpkin (2003)
- The Berenstain Bears Meet Bigpaw (1980)
- The Big Comfy Couch: Feast of Fools (1993)
- Blue's Clues: Thankful (1999)
- Blue's Clues & You!: Thankful With Blue (2020)
- Bobby's World: Generics and Indians (1997)
- Bonkers: Gobble Gobble Bonkers (1993)
- Bozo, Gar and Ray: WGN TV Classics (2005)
- Bubble Guppies: Gobble Gobble Guppies! (2014)
- Butterbean's Cafe: Fairy Happy Thanksgiving / Cricket's The Boss! (2018)
- Caillou: Caillou's Thanksgiving (2000)
- Calvin and the Colonel: Thanksgiving Dinner (1961)
- The Care Bears: Grams Bear's Thanksgiving Surprise (1986)
- Carolesdaughter: Violent (2021)
- Casper the Friendly Ghost: Do or Diet (1953)
- CatDog: Talking Turkey (1999)
- Clarence: Chadsgiving (2017)
- Clifford's Puppy Days: Fall Feast / The Perfect Pancake (2005/2006)
- Craig of the Creek: Craig and the Kid's Table (2019)
- Cyberchase: Giving Thanks Day (2019)
- Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Thank You, Grandpere Tiger!/Neighborhood Thank You Day (2012)
- Davey and Goliath: The Pilgrim Boy (1962)
- Dora the Explorer: Dora's Thanksgiving Day Parade (2012)
- Doug: Doug's Thanksgiving (1997)
- The Emperor's New School: "Cornivale" (2008)
- Fluppy Dogs (1986)
- Garfield's Thanksgiving (1989)
- Get Rolling with Otis: The Thankful Parade / Hay Day Hay Maze (2021)
- Harriet the Spy: The Walrus and the Carpenter (2023)
- Harvey Beaks: Yampions (2015)
- Henry Hugglemonster: Huggsgiving Day (2013)
- Hey Arnold: Arnold's Thanksgiving (1998)
- The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange: Thanksfornothing Day (2013)
- The Huckleberry Hound Show: Grim Pilgrim (1959)
- House of Mouse: House of Turkey (2003)
- Intergalactic Thanksgiving (1979)
- JoJo's Circus: The Thanksgiving Hip-Hooray Parade (2005)
- Life with Louie (Season 1, Episode 9): The Fourth Thursday in November (1995)
- Loopy De Loop: Drum-Sticked (1963)
- MAD: Bourne Leg-a-Turkey/Pilgrimm (2012)
- Martha Speaks: Martha's Thanksgiving (2012)
- Maya & Miguel: The Best Thanksgiving Ever (2005)
- Megas XLR: Thanksgiving Throwdown (2004)
- Mickey Mouse: Mixed-Up Adventures: Mickey's Thanksgiving Family Fun Race / Happy Thanksgiving Helpers! (2019)
- Minnie's Bow-Toons: Turkey Time (2014)
- The Mighty B: Thanksgiving Beeninactment (2008)
- Molly of Denali: Thanks-for-giving (2024)
- Mouse on the Mayflower (1968)
- The Muppet Show (Arlo Guthrie, 1979)
- My Gym Partner's a Monkey: A Thanksgiving Carol (2008)
- My Little Pony: Friends Are Never Far Away (2005)
- Peppa Pig: Thanksgiving (2024)
- Peppa Pig Tales: Happy Thanksgiving
- Pepper Ann: Thanksgiving Dad (1997)
- Pinkalicious & Peterrific: A Fairy Thanksgiving (2020)
- The Pink Panther: Pilgrim Panther (1993)
- Planet Sheen: Thanksgetting (2010)
- Pupstruction: Petsgiving At PawPaw’s (2024)
- The Real Ghostbusters: The Revenge of Murray the Mantis (1987)
- Recess (Season 1, Episode 22): The Great Can Drive (1997)
- Regular Show: The Thanksgiving Special (2013)
- Rocko's Modern Life: Turkey Time/Floundering Fathers (1996)
- Sago Mini Friends: Happy Thankful Day (2022)
- Saturday Supercade: Q*bert: Thanksgiving For the Memories (1983)
- Shining Time Station: Billy's Party (1993)
- The Shnookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show: What a Turkey! (1995)
- Skylanders Academy: Thankstaking For the Memories (2017)
- So Weird: "Earth 101" (2000)
- The Spectacular Spider-Man: Nature vs. Nurture (2008)
- Stanley: A Turkey of a Thanksgiving (2004)
- Steven Universe: Gem Harvest (2016)
- Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales: The Romance of Plymouth Rock (1965)
- Teacher's Pet: The Turkey That Came to Dinner (2002)
- Teletubbies Let's Go: A Very Special Meal/Noo-Noo Eats All The Tubby Custard (2023)
- Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz (1980)
- A Thanksgiving Tale (1983)
- The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't (1972)
- The Tiny Chef Show: Fwendsgiving (2023)
- The Tom and Jerry Show: Turkey Tom (2021)
- Toon Heads: Turkey Toons (1999)
- T.O.T.S.: Totsgiving (2020)
- Trolls: The Beat Goes On!: "Funsgiving" (2019)
- The Turkey Caper (1985)
- Turkey Hollow (2015)
- Underdog: Simon Says No Thanksgiving (1965)
- Wild Kratts: Happy Turkey Day (2012)
- The Wild Thornberrys: A Family Tradition (2000)
- Wordgirl: Guess Who's Coming to Thanksgiving Dinner (2014)
- Francine's Pilfered Paper (2007)
- An Arthur Thanksgiving (2020)
- Big Deal / Forbidden Feline (2018)
- Harvest Dinner (2019)
The Cartoon Network Minecraft Show
[edit]- Turkey Trouble (2016)
- Robot Jones' Black Friday Shopping (2017)
- Yumi's Thanksgiving (2021)
- The Turkey Stain (2022)
- The Turkey Problem! (2023)
- Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet (1979/CBS)
- Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special (1980/CBS)
- The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries: Happy Pranksgiving (1997)
- New Looney Tunes: No Thanks Giving (2019)
- Looney Tunes Cartoons: Pilgwim's Pwogress (2022)
- The Loudest Thanksgiving (2018)
- The Loud House Thanksgiving Special (2022)
- Cursed (2020)
- Tennessee You Later: A Very Loud Road Trip (2024)
- Max's Thanksgiving (2004)
- Max and Ruby Give Thanks (2012)
- Blorpsgiving (2023)
- Thanks But No Thanksgiving (2024)
- Pups Save Thanksgiving / Pups Save a Windy Bay (2018)
- The Crew Celebrates BuilderCovegiving Day / The Crew Builds a Rocket Ship Ride (2024)
- A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973)
- This Is America, Charlie Brown: The Mayflower Voyagers (1988)
- Peanuts (TV series): Good Dog/Woodstock (2016)
- Turkey on the Town / Friendship Feast (2019)
- Pups on Parade / Pop's Promise (2020)
- A Very Berry Friendship Feast / Nature Pillow Pups (2022)
- The Turkey Who Came to Dinner (1997)
- R.V. Having Fun Yet? (2005)
- Episode 4801: A Sesame Street Thanksgiving (2017)
- See Us Coming Together (2021)
- Berry Bounty Banquet: Part One / Berry Bounty Banquet: Part Two (2021)
- Berry Bounty Bust (2023)
- Thanksgiving (2014)
- Thanksgetting (2017)
- A Doom Patrol Thanksgiving (2021)
- The Wishbone (2023)
- Welcome to Pooh Corner: Pooh Corner Thanksgiving (1983)
- A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving (1998)
- Seasons of Giving (1999)
- My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Many Thanks for Christopher Robin (2007)
Action/adventure series
[edit]- The A-Team: "Family Reunion" (1986)
- Alias: "Color Blind" (2001)
- Daniel Boone: "The Thanksgiving Story" (1965)
- The Incredible Hulk: "Homecoming" (1979)
- MacGyver: "The Outsiders" (1988)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Season 2, Episodes 48 & 49): Storybook Rangers (Parts 1 and 2) (1995)
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: "Peking, March 1910" (1993)
- Season 1, Episode 10: "Chuck Versus the Nemesis" (2007)
- Season 2, Episode 8: "Chuck Versus the Gravitron" (2008)
- Season 4, Episode 10: "Chuck Versus the Leftovers" (2010)
American drama series
[edit]- 413 Hope St.: "Thanksgiving" (1997)
- The Agency: "Thanksgiving" (2002)
- Almost Family: "Thankful AF" (2019)
- American Playhouse: "The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski" (1985)
- Apple's Way: "The Real Thanksgiving" (1974)
- Beauty & the Beast: "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" (2013)
- The Big C: "The Last Thanksgiving" (2011)
- Blue Bloods: "Thanksgiving" (2011)
- Bones: "High Treason in the Holiday Season" (2015)
- Boston Legal: "Thanksgiving" (2008)
- Boston Public: "Chapter Five" (2000)
- Brothers & Sisters: "Just a Sliver" (2008)
- Castle: "The Good, The Bad And The Baby" (2013)
- The Chi: "Thanksgiving" (2024)
- Chicago Fire: "Two Families" (2012)
- Chicago Hope: "Tantric Turkey" (1998)
- Commander in Chief: "The Mom Who Came to Dinner" (2005)
- Dexter (Season 4, Episode 9): "Hungry Man" (2009)
- Dynasty: "Shoot from the Hip" (2019)
- Feud: Capote vs. The Swans: "Ice Water in Their Veins" (2024)
- Flipper: "Thanksgiving" (1998)
- Friday Night Lights: "Thanksgiving" (2010)
- Good Trouble: "Turkey for Me, Turkey for You" (2023)
- The Good Wife: "A Defense of Marriage" (2012)
- Hill Street Blues: "Low Blow" (1984)
- Homicide: Life on the Street: "Hate Crimes" (1995)
- House (Season 6, Episode 9): "Ignorance Is Bliss" (2009)
- I'll Fly Away: "Coming Home" (1991)
- Jericho: "Red Flag" (2006)
- Judging Amy: "The Persistence of Tectonics" (1999)
- The L Word: Generation Q: "Quality Family Time" (2023)
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent: "The War at Home" (2006)
- LAX: "Thanksgiving" (2004)
- Life Goes On: "A Thatcher Thanksgiving" (1990)
- Lipstick Jungle: "Chapter 16: Thanksgiving" (2008)
- Little House on the Prairie: "The Little House Years" (1979)
- My Own Worst Enemy: "High Crimes and Turducken" (2008)
- Now and Again: "Pulp Turkey" (1999)
- Ordinary Joe: "Thankful" (2021)
- Picket Fences: "Thanksgiving" (1992)
- Police Story: "Thanksgiving" (1976)
- The Resident: "Peking Duck Day" (2019)
- Reunion: "1992" (2005)
- Revenge: "Lineage" (2012)
- St. Elsewhere: "A Wing and a Prayer" (1983)
- Scream Queens: "Thanksgiving" (2015)
- Sisters: "Georgie Through the Looking Glass" (1991)
- The Sopranos: "He Is Risen" (2001)
- Spenser: For Hire: "Thanksgiving" (1987)
- Stumptown: "November Surprise" (2019)
- Third Watch: "History of the World" (1999)
- Thirtysomething: "We Gather Together" (1987)
- Trapper John, M.D.: "Thanks for Giving" (1982)
- Trauma: "Thank You" (2009)
- The Trials of Rosie O'Neill: "Rosie Gets the Blues" (1990)
7th Heaven
[edit]- 7th Heaven: "Last Call for Aunt Julie" (1996)
- 7th Heaven: "Thanksgiving" (2004)
- 7th Heaven: "Turkey" (2005)
- 7th Heaven: "Thanks and Giving" (2006)
American Dreams
[edit]- American Dreams: "The End of the Innocence" (2002)
- American Dreams: "What Dreams May Come" (2004)
Dirty Sexy Money
[edit]- Dirty Sexy Money: "The Country House" (2007)
- Dirty Sexy Money: "The Facts" (2009)
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
[edit]- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: "Giving Thanks" (1993)
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: "Thanksgiving" (1994)
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: "One Touch of Nature" (1995)
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: "The Tempest" (1996)
ER
[edit]- ER: "ER Confidential" (1994)
- ER: "Great Expectations" (1999)
- ER: "Rescue Me" (2000)
- ER: "Freefall" (2003)
- ER: "Scoop and Run" (2006)
Everwood
[edit]Family
[edit]Felicity
[edit]- Felicity: "Thanksgiving" (1998)
- Felicity: "Family Affairs" (1999)
- Felicity: "The Last Thanksgiving" (2001)
Grey's Anatomy
[edit]- Grey's Anatomy: "Thanks for the Memories" (2005)
- Grey's Anatomy: "Holidaze" (2009)
- Grey's Anatomy: "Somebody That I Used to Know" (2013) season 10 episode 10
- Grey's Anatomy: "Every Day Is a Holiday (With You)" (2021) season 18 Episode 6
Hawaii Five-0
[edit]- Hawaii Five-0: "Hauʻoli La Hoʻomaikaʻi" (2013)
- Hawaii Five-0: "Lele pū nā manu like" (2018)
- Hawaii Five-0: "Ka la′au kumu ′ole o Kahilikolo" (2019)
House M.D.
[edit]- House M.D.: "Ignorance Is Bliss" (2009)
Mad Men
[edit]- Mad Men: "The Wheel" (2007)
- Mad Men: "Public Relations" (2010)
- Mad Men: "Dark Shadows" (2012)
- Mad Men: "In Care Of" (2013)
Melrose Place
[edit]- Melrose Place: "Cold Turkey" (1993)
- Melrose Place: "The Days of Wine and Vodka" (1994)
NCIS franchise
[edit]- NCIS: "Child's Play" (2009)
- NCIS: "Sins of the Father" (2011)
- NCIS: "Shell Shock (Part II)" (2012)
- NCIS: "Grounded" (2014)
- NCIS: New Orleans: "Chasing Ghosts" (2014)
- NCIS: "Blood Brothers" (2015)
- NCIS: New Orleans: "Billy and the Kid" (2015)
- NCIS: "Enemy Combatant" (2016)
- NCIS: "Ready or Not" (2017)
Once and Again
[edit]- Once and Again: "Thanksgiving" (1999)
- Once and Again: "Feast or Famine" (2000)
- Once and Again: "Chaos Theory" (2001)
Private Practice
[edit]- Private Practice: "The Breaking Point" (2011)
- Private Practice: "Georgia on My Mind" (2012)
Promised Land
[edit]- Promised Land: "The Homecoming" (1996)
- Promised Land: "To Everything a Season" (1997)
Providence
[edit]- Providence: "Thank You, Providence" (1999)
- Providence: "The Thanksgiving Story" (2000)
- Providence: "Gobble, Gobble" (2001)
- Providence: "Left-Overs" (2002)
This Is Us
[edit]- This Is Us: "Pilgrim Rick" (2016)
- This Is Us: "Six Thanksgivings" (2018)
- This Is Us: "So Long, Marianne" (2019)
- This Is Us: "Taboo" (2022)
Touched by an Angel
[edit]- Touched by an Angel: "An Unexpected Snow" (1994)
- Touched by an Angel: "Homecoming" (1996)
- Touched by an Angel: "Heaven's Portal" (2001)
The Waltons
[edit]- The Waltons: "The Thanksgiving Story" (1973)
- The Waltons: "The Waiting" (1979)
- A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain (1982) – TV movie
- A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion (1993) – TV movie
- A Waltons Thanksgiving (2022) – TV movie
- Season 2, Episode 8: "Shibboleth" (November 22, 2000)
- Season 3, Episode 8: "The Indians in the Lobby" (November 21, 2001)
- Season 4, Episode 10: "Arctic Radar" (November 27, 2002)
Teen dramas
[edit]- 90210: "Smoked Turkey" (2011)
- The Carrie Diaries: "Endgame" (2015)
- Dawson's Creek: "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1999)
- Degrassi: "Spiderwebs" (2013)
- High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: Thanksgiving (2019)
- Greek: "The Wish-Pretzel" (2009)
- Jack & Bobby: "Lost Boys" (2004)
- Life Unexpected: "Thanks Ungiven" (2010)
- One Tree Hill: "Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace" (2010)
- Scream Queens: "Thanksgiving" (2015)
- The Society: "Poison" (2019)
- Trinkets: "Same Time Last Year" (2020)
Beverly Hills, 90210
[edit]- Beverly Hills, 90210: "The Kindness of Strangers" (1992)
- Beverly Hills, 90210: "Radar Love" (1993)
- Beverly Hills, 90210: "Breast Side Up" (1995)
- Beverly Hills, 90210: "If I Had a Hammer" (1996)
- Beverly Hills, 90210: "You Say GoodBye, I Say Hello" (1998)
- Beverly Hills, 90210: "What's in a Name" (1999)
Gossip Girl
[edit]- Gossip Girl: "Blair Waldorf Must Pie" (2007)
- Gossip Girl: "The Magnificent Archibalds" (2008)
- Gossip Girl: "The Treasure of Serena Madre" (2009)
- Gossip Girl: "It’s Really Complicated " (2012)
The O.C.
[edit]Party of Five
[edit]- Party of Five: "Thanksgiving" (1994)
- Party of Five: "Tender Age" (1998)
- Party of Five: "We Gather Together" (1999)
- Time of Your Life: "The Time They All Came Over for Thanksgiving" (1999)
Pretty Little Liars
[edit]- Pretty Little Liars: "Taking This One to the Grave" (2014)
- Riverdale: "Chapter Sixty-Four: The Ice Storm" (2019)
- Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin: "Chapter Eight: Bad Blood" (2022)
Comedy-drama
[edit]- AfterMASH: "Thanksgiving of '53" (1983)
- Baskets: "Thanksgiving" (2018)
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: "My First Thanksgiving with Josh!" (2015)
- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd: "Here's a Quick and Easy Recipe for Leftovers" (1990)
- Eight Is Enough: "All the Vice-President's Men" (1978)
- Glee: "Thanksgiving" (2012)
- Greek: "The Wish-Pretzel" (2009)
- Hart of Dixie: "The Pirate and the Practice" (2011)
- Hindsight: "The Cranberries" (2015)
- Insecure: "Lowkey Thankful" (2020)
- Jane the Virgin: "Chapter Twenty-Eight" (2015)
- Kidding: "Kintsugi" (2018)
- Love Life: "Luke Ducharme" (2020)
- M*A*S*H: "The Yalu Brick Road" (1979)
- Married: "Thanksgiving" (2015)
- Men in Trees: "New York Fiction" (2006)
- Miss Match: "Jive Turkey" (2003)
- Miss Farah (Arabic: الآنسة فرح): "Chapter Twenty-Eight" (Arabic: الفصل الثامن والعشرون) (2020)
- Northern Exposure: "Thanksgiving" (1992)
- Orange Is The New Black: "F***sgiving" (2013)
- Parenthood (1990 series): "Thanksgiving with a T that Rhymes with B that Stands for Basketball" (1990)
- Parenthood (2010 series): "Happy Thanksgiving" (2010)
- The Ranch: "Like It's the Last Time" (2020)
- Related: "Francesca" (2005)
- Shameless: "Just Like the Pilgrims Intended" (2012)
- Sports Night: "Thespis" (1998)
- Ugly Betty: "Four Thanksgivings and a Funeral" (2006)
- The Wonder Years (Season 4, Episode 7): "The Ties That Bind" (1990)
Ally McBeal
[edit]- Ally McBeal: "You Never Can Tell" (1998)
- Ally McBeal: "Troubled Water" (1999)
Desperate Housewives
[edit]- Desperate Housewives: "Don't Walk on the Grass" (2009)
- Desperate Housewives: "Sorry Grateful" (2010)
Doogie Howser, M.D.
[edit]- Doogie Howser, M.D.: "Don't Let the Turkeys Get You Down" (1990)
- Doogie Howser, M.D.: "The Big Sleep...Not!" (1992)
Ed
[edit]Gilmore Girls
[edit]- Gilmore Girls: Season 3, Episode 9: "A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving" (2002)
- Gilmore Girls: Season 6, Episode 10: "He's Slippin 'em Bread...Dig?" (2005)
Supernatural/sci-fi series
[edit]- Amazing Stories: "Thanksgiving" (1986)
- Arrow: "Thanksgiving" (2017)
- Bone Chillers: "Frankenturkey" (1996)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "Pangs" (1999)
- The Flash: "O Come, All Ye Thankful" (2018)
- A Gifted Man: "In Case of Missed Communication" (2011)
- Heroes: "Thanksgiving" (2009)
- Legends of Tomorrow: "Tagumo Attacks!!!" (2018)
- The Originals: "Out of the Easy" (2015)
- Quantum Leap: "The Leap Home" (Parts 1 and 2) (1990)
- Roswell: "Max in the City" (2000)
- Tales from the Darkside: "The Last Car" (1986)
Into the Dark
[edit]- Into the Dark: "Flesh & Blood" (2018)
- Into the Dark: "Pilgrim" (2019)
Smallville
[edit]- Smallville: "Rage" (2006)
- Smallville: "Ambush" (2010)
Supergirl
[edit]The Vampire Diaries
[edit]- The Vampire Diaries: Fade Into You (2014)
- The Vampire Diaries: Mommie Dearest (2015)
Sitcoms
[edit]- 2 Broke Girls: "And the Very Christmas Thanksgiving" (2011)
- 3rd Rock from the Sun (Season 2, Episode 10): "Gobble, Gobble, Dick, Dick" (1996)
- 9JKL: "Make Thanksgiving Great Again" (2017)
- Accidental Family: "What Is This – Thanksgiving or a Nightmare?" (1967)
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: "The Day After Thanksgiving" (1952)
- ALF (Season 3, Episodes 6&7): "Turkey in the Straw" (Parts 1 & 2) (1988)
- All in the Family: "The Little Atheist" (1975)
- Almost Perfect: "The Lost Weekend" (1995)
- The Ann Sothern Show: "The Thanksgiving Story" (1958)
- Archie Bunker's Place: "Thanksgiving Reunion" (1979)
- Babes: "The Thanksgiving Show" (1990)
- Baby Talk: "Cold Turkey" (1991)
- Bachelor Father: "Bentley's Double Play" (1959)
- Barney Miller: "Thanksgiving Story" (1977)
- Becker (Season 6, Episode 7): "Sister Spoils the Turkey" (2003)
- Ben and Kate: "Reunion" (2012)
- Better with You: "Better with Thanksgiving" (2010)
- Bewitched: "Samantha's Thanksgiving to Remember" (1967)
- Black-ish (Season 3, Episode 7): "Auntsgiving" (2016)
- Bob: "Mad Dog on 34th Street" (1992)
- The Bob Cummings Show: "Thanksgiving at Grandpa's" (1957)
- Boston Common: "Gobble, Gobble, Aggch!" (1996)
- The Boys Are Back: "Thanksgiving" (1994)
- The Brady Bunch: "The Un-Underground Movie" (1970)
- Café Americain: "... And Giblets for All" (1993)
- Call Me Kat: "Call Me Fancy Puffenstuff" (2022)
- Caroline in the City (Season 1, Episode 8): "Caroline and the Balloon" (1995)
- Carter Country: "Chicks and Turkeys" (1977)
- Charles in Charge: "The Loan Arranger" (1987)
- The Class: "The Class Gives Thanks" (2006)
- Clueless (Season 3, Episode 8): "Never P.E.T.A. Squirrel" (1998)
- Coach (Season 6, Episode 9): "It Came from New York" (1993)
- Common Law: "In the Matter of: Thanksgiving" (1996) - unaired
- Community (Season 4, Episode 5): "Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations" (2013)
- Complete Savages: "Thanksgiving with the Savages" (2004)
- The Cool Kids: "Thanksgiving at Murray's" (2018)
- Cosby (Season 3, Episode 10): "Turkey Day" (1998)
- Cuts: "The Turkey Triangle" (2005)
- Cybill: "They Shoot Turkeys, Don't They?" (1995)
- Daddy Dearest: "Thanks, But No Thanks" (1993)
- Dave's World: "Death and Mom Take a Holiday" (1993)
- Designing Women: "Perky's Visit" (1986)
- Diff'rent Strokes/Hello, Larry crossover: "Thanksgiving Crossover" (1979)
- The Donna Reed Show: "Guest in the House" (1958)
- Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (Season 2, Episode 4): "It's a Miracle..." (2012)
- The Drew Carey Show (Season 2, Episode 9): "Mimi's Day Parade" (1996)
- Drexell's Class: "The Best Thanksgiving Ever" (1991)
- Ellen (Season 4, Episode 10): "Kiss My Bum" (1996)
- Empty Nest: "Thanksgiving at the Westons'" (1992)
- Evening Shade: "The Thanksgiving Show" (1991)
- Everybody Hates Chris (Season 2, Episode 8): "Everybody Hates Thanksgiving" (2006)
- Family Matters (Season 8, Episode 11): "Chick-A-Boom" (1996)
- Family Ties: "No Nukes Is Good Nukes" (1982)
- Father Knows Best: "Thanksgiving Day" (1954)
- Fired Up: "Honey, I Shrunk the Turkey" (1997)
- Flo: "A Castleberry Thanksgiving" (1980)
- Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage: "Thanksgiving" (2024)
- George & Leo: "The Thanksgiving Show" (1997)
- The Burns and Allen Show: "Thanksgiving" (1951)
- Go On: "Dinner Takes All" (2012)
- Going Places: "The Thanksgiving Show" (1990)
- Good Morning Miami: "A Kiss Before Lying" (2003)
- Good Times: "Grandpa's Visit" (1976)
- Good Luck Charlie: It's a Charlie Duncan Thanksgiving (2011)
- Grandfathered: "Gerald's Two Dads" (2015)
- The Grinder: "Giving Thanks, Getting Justice" (2015)
- Grown Ups: "Why Can't We Not Be Friends?" (1999)
- Guys Like Us: "A Turkey Too Far" (1998)
- Guys with Kids: "Thanksgiving" (2012)
- Hank: "Hanksgiving" (2009)
- Happy Days: "The First Thanksgiving" (1978)
- Happy Endings (Season 3, Episode 4): "More Like Stanksgiving" (2012)
- Happy Family: "Not Thanksgiving" (2003)
- Happy Hour: "Thanksgiving" (2006)
- Head of the Class: "Cold Turkey" (1986)
- Hello, Larry/Diff'rent Strokes crossover: "Thanksgiving Crossover" (1979)
- Home Economics (Season 2, Episode 8): "Two Thousand Pounds of Sand, $240" (2021)
- How to Be a Gentleman: "How to Upstage Thanksgiving" (unaired)
- I'm with Her: "Meet the Parent" (2003)
- In the House: "The Max Who Came to Dinner" (1996)
- It's All Relative: "Thanks, But No Thanks" (2003)
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: "The Gang Squashes Their Beefs" (2013)
- The Jeff Foxworthy Show: "The Thanksgiving Episode" (1996)
- Jesse: "The Cheese Ship" (1998)
- The Jersey: "Thanksgiving Day" (2000)
- Joe's Life: "Parental Guidance Not Suggested?" (1993)
- Just Shoot Me! (Season 5, Episode 7): "The First Thanksgiving" (2000)
- Kate & Allie: "Thanksgiving" (1985)
- Kenan and Kel (Season 2, Episode 11): "Turkey Day" (1997)
- Kevin Can Wait (Season 2, Episode 9): "Cooking Up a Storm" (2017)
- Ladies Man: "Thanks for Nothing" (1999)
- The League (Season 3, Episode 8): "Thanksgiving" (2011)
- Less than Perfect: "Claude's Alternative Thanksgiving" (2003)
- Life's Work: "Gobbledegook" (1996)
- Listen Up: "Thanksgiving" (2004)
- Love & War: "I Love a Parade" (1993)
- Love That Girl!: "Thanks for Not Giving" (2013)
- Maggie Winters: "Angstgiving Day" (1998)
- Make Room for Daddy: "Thanksgiving Story" (1953)
- Malcolm in the Middle (Season 5, Episode 4): "Thanksgiving" (2003)
- Mama's Family: "An Ill Wind" (1986)
- Man with a Plan (Season 1, Episode 5): "Thanksgiving" (2016)
- Married People: "The Baby Cometh" (1990)
- Married to the Kellys: "The Apartment" (2003)
- Married... with Children (Season 11, Episode 6): "A Bundy Thanksgiving" (1996)
- Marry Me: "Thank Me" (2014)
- Master of None (Season 2, Episode 8): "Thanksgiving" (2017)
- The McCarthys: "Love, McCarthys Style" (2014)
- Me, Myself & I: "Thanksgiving" (2017)
- The Michael J. Fox Show: "Thanksgiving" (2013)
- The Millers (Season 2, Episode 8): "Papa Was a Rolling Bone" (2014)
- The Mindy Project (Season 1, Episode 6): "Thanksgiving" (2012)
- A Minute with Stan Hooper: "An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving" (2003)
- Mister Ed: "Ed the Pilgrim" (1962)
- Mister Peepers: "Thanksgiving Show" (1953)
- The Mommies: "Thanks, But No Thanksgiving" (1993)
- Mr. Belvedere: "The Letter" (1985)
- Mr. Rhodes: "The Thanksgiving Show" (1996)
- The Munsters: "Low-Cal Munster" (1964)
- My Two Dads: "Thanks for the Memories" (1989)
- The Nanny: "Oh, Say, Can You Ski?" (1998)
- Ned & Stacey: "Thanksgiving Day Massacre" (1995)
- The Neighborhood (Season 1, Episode 8): "Welcome to Thanksgiving" (2018)
- The New Adventures of Old Christine (Season 4, Episode 10): "Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner?" (2008)
- The New Leave It to Beaver: "Thanksgiving Day" (1984)
- The New Normal: "Pardon Me" (2012)
- Normal, Ohio: "A Thanksgiving Episode" (2000)
- Oh Baby: "Family History" (1999)
- Our Miss Brooks: "Thanksgiving Show" (1953)
- Out of Practice: "Thanks" (2005)
- Outsourced: "Temporary Monsanity" (2010)
- Partners: "How Long Does It Take to Cook a 22-Pound Turkey?" (1995)
- Perfect Harmony: "Thanks-Talking" (2019)
- Perfect Strangers: "Wild Turkey" (1991)
- The Pride of the Family: "Thanksgiving Story" (1953)
- Quintuplets: "Thanksgiving Day Charade" (2004)
- The Real O'Neals (Season 2, Episode 5): "The Real Tradition" (2016)
- Rodney: "Thanksgiving" (2004)
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Season 4, Episode 9): "Love Means Having to Say You're Sorry" (1999)
- Saved by the Bell: The College Years: "A Thanksgiving Story" (1993)
- Saved by the Bell: The New Class: "Thanks For Giving" (1997)
- Scrubs (Season 1, Episode 9): "My Day Off" (2001)
- Seinfeld (Season 6, Episode 8): "The Mom and Pop Store" (November 17, 1994)
- Silver Spoons: "Voyage of the Darned" (Parts 1 and 2) (1984)
- Single Parents (Season 2, Episode 8): "Every Thursday Should Be Like This" (2019)
- Sister, Sister: "Thanksgiving in Hawaii" (Parts 1 and 2) (1995)
- Small Wonder: "Thanksgiving Story" (1986)
- Something So Right: "Something About Thanksgiving" (1996)
- Son of a Critch: "Thanksgiving" (2024)
- Still Standing (Season 1, Episode 9): "Still Thankful" (2002)
- Strangers with Candy (Season 3, Episode 3): "Trail of Tears" (2000)
- Suddenly Susan: "Cold Turkey" (1996)
- Sunnyside: "Too Many Lumpies" (2019)
- Superior Donuts (Season 2, Episode 4): "Thanks for Nothing" (2017)
- Thanks: "Thanksgiving" (1999)
- That Girl: "Thanksgiving Comes But Once a Year, Hopefully" (1967)
- Thea: "Mama, I'm Full" (1993)
- 'Til Death: "The Courtship of Eddie's Parents" (2009)
- Titus: "The Perfect Thanksgiving" (2000)
- The Tony Danza Show: "Thanks...But No Thanksgiving" (1998)
- The Torkelsons: "Thanksgivingmesomething" (1991)
- Townies: "Thanksgiving" (1996)
- Twins: "Sister's Keeper" (2005)
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: "Kimmy Finds Her Mom" (2016)
- The Unicorn (Season 1, Episode 8): "Turkeys and Traditions" (2019)
- Union Square: "Jack Gets a Hot Tip" (1997)
- Up All Night (Season 2, Episode 7): "Thanksgiving" (2012)
- Veep: "Thanksgiving" (Season 5, Episode 5) (May 22, 2016)
- What's Happening!!: "Mama The School Girl" (1977)
- Who's the Boss? (Season 2, Episode 9): "Thanksgiving at Mrs. Rossini's" (1985)
- WKRP in Cincinnati (Season 1, Episode 7): "Turkeys Away" (October 30, 1978)
- Woops!: "The Thanksgiving Show" (1992)
- Workaholics (Season 2, Episode 10): "6 Hours Till Hedonism II" (2011)
- Yes, Dear (Season 2, Episode 9): "Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner" (2001)
- Season 1, Episode 11: "Paul Meets His Match" (2002)
- Season 2, Episode 8: "The First Thanksgiving" (2003)
- Season 3, Episode 9: "Thanksgiving Guest" (aka "Thanksgiving") (2004)
- Season 2, Episode 6: "If You Like Pilgrim Coladas" (November 17, 1988)
- Season 6, Episode 9 & 10 (two-part episode): "Faith, Hope and Charity" (November 12, 1992)
- Season 1, Episode 8: "The Turkey Bowl" (2001)
- Season 2, Episode 9: "Thanksgiving Confidential" (2002)
- Season 3, Episode 11: "The Empty Gesture" (2003)
- Season 4, Episode 8: "The Hunters" (2004)
- Season 3, Episode 9: "Who Ordered the Hot Turkey?" (1978)
- Season 7, Episode 6: "Alice's Turkey of a Thanksgiving" (1982)
- Season 2, Episode 8: "Parents Just Don't Understand" (2004)
- Season 4, Episode 8: "My Two Dads" (2006)
- Season 1, Episode 6: "The Blow-Up" (2016)
- Season 2, Episode 7: "Family Secrets" (2017)
- Season 2, Episode 7: "Tryptophan-tasy" (2002)
- Season 3, Episode 22: "Thanksgiving" (2004)
- Season 1, Episode 9: "Elly's First Date" (1962)
- Season 2, Episode 10: "Turkey Day" (1963)
- Season 7, Episode 10: "The Thanksgiving Spirit" (1968)
- Season 7, Episode 9: "The Thanksgiving Decoupling" (November 21, 2013)
- Season 9, Episode 9: "The Platonic Permutation" (November 19, 2015)
- Season 2, Episode 9: "Family Dynamics and a Red Fiero" (November 15, 2018)
- Season 3, Episode 11: "An American Family" (November 23, 1974)
- Season 4, Episode 11: "Over the River and Through the Woods" (November 22, 1975)
- Season 4, Episode 10: "Turkey Day" (1996)
- Season 5, Episode 8: "Chasing Angela-Part II" (1997)
- Season 1, Episode 10: "Thanksgiving" (November 26, 2013)
- Season 2, Episode 7: "Lockdown" (November 16, 2014)
- Season 3, Episode 8: "Ava" (November 22, 2015)
- Season 4, Episode 7: "Mr. Santiago" (November 22, 2016)
- Season 5, Episode 7: "Two Turkeys" (November 21, 2017)
- Season 2, Episode 23: "Gobba, Gobba" (1985)
- Season 4, Episode 21: "Thanksgiving" (1987)
- Season 5, Episode 9: "Thanksgiving Orphans" (November 27, 1986)
- Season 11, Episode 8: "Ill-Gotten Gaines" (November 19, 1992)
- Season 1, Episode 10: "Bon Jour, Sondra" (November 22, 1984)
- Season 6, Episode 9: "Cliff's Wet Adventure" (November 16, 1989)
- Season 1, Episode 9: "Here Comes My Girl" (2009)
- Season 2, Episode 9: "When the Time Comes" (2010)
- Season 3, Episode 13: "It'll All Work Out" (2012)
- Season 1, Episode 10: "The First Thanksgiving" (1997)
- Season 3, Episode 10: "Thanksgiving Until It Hurts" (1999)
- Season 5, Episode 9: "Wish We Weren't Here" (2001)
- Season 1, Episode 8: "Thanksgiving Culture Clash" (2015)
- Season 2, Episode 8: "Allison's Thanksgiving Meltdown" (2016)
- Season 1, Episode 10: "Turkey or Fish" (1996)
- Season 3, Episode 10: "No Fat" (1998)
- Season 4, Episode 9: "No Thanks" (1999)
- Season 5, Episode 9: "Fighting In-Laws" (2000)
- Season 6, Episode 9: "Older Women" (2001)
- Season 7, Episode 10: "Marie's Vision" (2002)
- Season 8, Episode 9: "The Bird" (2003)
- Season 9, Episode 7: "Debra's Parents" (2004)
- Season 4, Episode 7: "A Lilith Thanksgiving" (November 26, 1996)
- Season 7, Episode 9: "The Apparent Trap" (November 18, 1999)
- Season 2, Episode 8: "Huangsgiving" (2015)
- Season 3, Episode 5: "No Thanks-giving" (2016)
- Season 4, Episode 7: "The Day After Thanksgiving" (2017)
- Season 1, Episode 12: "Talking Turkey" (1990)
- Season 6, Episodes 9 & 10: "There's the Rub (Part 1)"/"There's the Rub (Part 2)" (1995)
- Season 1, Episode 9: "The One Where Underdog Gets Away" (November 17, 1994)
- Season 3, Episode 9: "The One with the Football" (November 21, 1996)
- Season 4, Episode 8: "The One with Chandler in a Box" (November 20, 1997)
- Season 5, Episode 8: "The One with All the Thanksgivings" (November 19, 1998)
- Season 6, Episode 9: "The One Where Ross Got High" (November 25, 1999)
- Season 7, Episode 8: "The One Where Chandler Doesn't Like Dogs" (November 23, 2000)
- Season 8, Episode 9: "The One with the Rumor" (November 22, 2001)
- Season 9, Episode 8: "The One with Rachel's Other Sister" (November 21, 2002)
- Season 10, Episode 8: "The One with the Late Thanksgiving" (November 20, 2003)
- Joey: Season 2, Episode 10: "Joey and the Bachelor Thanksgiving" (November 24, 2005)
Full House/Fuller House
[edit]- Full House Season 1, Episode 9: "The Miracle of Thanksgiving" (1987)
- Fuller House: "Fuller Thanksgiving" (2016)
- Fuller House: "Cold Turkey" (2020)
Gary Unmarried
[edit]- Gary Unmarried: "Gary Gives Thanks" (2008)
- Gary Unmarried: "Gary Apologizes" (2009)
George Lopez
[edit]- George Lopez: "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Honey" (2002)
- George Lopez: "Would You Like a Drumstick or a Kidney?" (2003)
- George Lopez: "Trouble in Paradise" (2004)
Girlfriends
[edit]- 'Girlfriends: "Fried Turkey" (2000)
- Girlfriends: "Porn to Write" (2004)
- Season 1, Episode 9: "Stop Arguing and Start Thanking" (November 19, 2013)
- Season 2, Episode 7: "A Goldberg Thanksgiving" (November 19, 2014)
- Season 3, Episode 8: "In Conclusion, Thanksgiving" (November 18, 2015)
- Season 4, Episode 7: "Ho-ly K.I.T.T." (November 16, 2016)
- Season 5, Episode 7: "A Wall Street Thanksgiving" (November 15, 2017)
- Season 7, Episode 8: "Angst-Giving" (November 20, 2019)
- Season 9, Episode 8: "A Light Thanksgiving Nosh" (November 17, 2021)
- Season 10, Episode 8: "Another Turkey in the Trot" (November 16, 2022)
- Schooled:
- Season 2, Episode 8: "Friendsgiving" (2019)
Grace Under Fire
[edit]- Grace Under Fire: "Cold Turkey" (1994)
- Grace Under Fire: "Thanks for Nothing" (1995)
Half & Half
[edit]- Half & Half: "The Big Thanks for Forgiving Episode" (2002)
- Half & Half: "The Big Thanks for Nothing Episode" (2004)
Hazel
[edit]- Hazel: "Everybody's Thankful But Us Turkeys" (1961)
- Hazel: "Genie with the Light Brown Lamp" (1962)
- Hazel: "Hazel and the Vanishing Hero" (1963)
- Hazel: "A Lesson in Diplomacy" (1964)
- Season 3, Episode 10: "A Frozen Moment" (1993)
- Season 4, Episode 9: "My Dinner with Wilson" (1994)
- Season 6, Episode 10: "The Wood, the Bad and the Hungry" (1996)
- Season 7, Episode 9: "Thanksgiving" (1997)
- Season 8, Episode 10: "Thanks, but No Thanks" (1998)
Hope & Faith
[edit]- Hope & Faith: "Phone Home for the Holidays" (2003)
- Hope & Faith: "9021-Uh-Oh" (2004)
- Hope & Faith: "Blood Is Thicker Than Daughter" (2005)
- Season 1, Episode 9: "Belly Full of Turkey" (November 22, 2005)
- Season 3, Episode 9: "Slapsgiving" (November 19, 2007)
- Season 5, Episode 9: "Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap" (November 23, 2009)
- Season 6, Episode 10: "Blitzgiving" (November 22, 2010)
- Season 7, Episode 11: "The Rebound Girl" (November 21, 2011)
The Hughleys
[edit]- The Hughleys: "Thanksgiving Episode" (1998)
- The Hughleys: "Roots" (Parts 1 and 2) (1999)
- The Hughleys: "Oh Thank Heaven for Seven-Eleven" (2000)
- The Hughleys" "One Foot in the Gravy" (2001)
- Season 1, Episode 12: "A Thanksgiving to Remember" (1996)
- Season 2, Episode 11: "Too Much Soul Food" (1997)
- Season 1, Episode 10: "Supermarket Story" (1998)
- Season 2, Episode 10: "Roamin' Holiday" (1999)
- Season 3, Episode 8: "Dark Meet" (2000)
- Season 5, Episode 10: "Loaner Car" (2002)
- Season 6, Episode 9: "Thanks Man" (2003)
- Season 3, Episode 9: "Thanksgiving" (2013)
- Season 5, Episode 9: "The Gratitude List" (2015)
- Season 6, Episode 8: "My Father the Car" (2016)
- Season 1, Episode 8: "Godparent Turkey Corn Farts" (2015)
- Season 3, Episode 4: "Testosterone Martyr Baked Knife" (2017)
- Season 1, Episode 13: "Love Takes a Holiday" (1993)
- Season 2, Episode 12: "Thanks for Giving" (1994)
- Season 2, Episode 10: "Man of the Cloth/Her Own Two Feet/Tony's Family" (November 18, 1978)
- Season 6, Episode 9: "The Best of Friends/Too Many Dads/Love Will Find a Way" (November 20, 1982)
- Season 1, Episode 9: "Riding Backwards" (November 18, 1992)
- Season 3, Episode 8: "Giblets for Murray" (November 17, 1994)
- Season 5, Episode 7: "Outbreak" (November 19, 1996)
- Season 7, Episode 7: "The Thanksgiving Show" (November 24, 1998)
- Season 2, Episode 13: "Thanks for Nothing" (November 21, 1993)
- Season 3, Episode 11: "Feast or Famine" (November 24, 1994)
- Season 1, Episode 8: "Thanksgiving" (November 25, 2009)
- Season 2, Episode 9: "Thanksgiving II" (November 24, 2010)
- Season 3, Episode 10: "Thanksgiving III" (November 23, 2011)
- Season 4, Episode 8: "Thanksgiving IV" (November 14, 2012)
- Season 5, Episode 7: "Thanksgiving V" (November 20, 2013)
- Season 6, Episode 7: "Thanksgiving VI" (November 19, 2014)
- Season 7, Episode 8: "Thanksgiving VII" (November 18, 2015)
- Season 8, Episode 6: "Thanksgiving VIII" (November 22, 2016)
- Season 9, Episode 7: "Thanksgiving IX" (November 14, 2017)
- Season 1, Episode 10: "Molly Gets a Hat" (November 22, 2010)
- Season 2, Episode 9: "Mike Cheats" (November 21, 2011)
- Season 3, Episode 7: "Thanksgiving Is Cancelled" (November 19, 2012)
- Season 3, Episode 9: "Punkin Chunkin" (November 23, 2011)
- Season 6, Episode 8: "Three Turkeys" (November 19, 2014)
- Season 8, Episode 7: "Thanksgiving Jamboree" (November 16, 2016)
- Season 9, Episode 7: "Winner Winner Turkey Dinner" (November 15, 2017)
- Season 11, Episode 7: "The Last Thanksgiving" (November 6, 2019)
- Season 2, Episode 13: "Road Trip" (November 26, 1996)
- Season 5, Episode 10: "Thanksgiving" (November 22, 1999)
- Season 6, Episode 10: "All This and Turkey, Too" (November 20, 2000)
- Season 4, Episode 11: "Mission Control" (November 25, 1991)
- Season 11, Episode 9: "Thanksgiving and Taking" (November 22, 2018)
- Season 1, Episode 8: "Chip's Harvest" (November 17, 1960)
- TV Movie: "A Thanksgiving Reunion with The Partridge Family and My Three Sons" (November 25, 1977)
- Season 1, Episode 8: "Thanksgiving Is for the Bird-Kersees" (November 14, 2012)
- Season 2, Episode 9: "Thanksgiving Is No Schmuck Bait" (November 22, 2013)
- Season 1, Episode 6: "Thanksgiving" (November 15, 2011)
- Season 2, Episode 8: "Parents" (November 20, 2012)
- Season 3, Episode 10: "Thanksgiving III" (November 26, 2013)
- Season 4, Episode 9: "Thanksgiving IV" (November 25, 2014)
- Season 6, Episode 7: "Last Thanksgiving" (November 22, 2016)
- Season 2, Episode 6: "Don't Rain on My Parade" (November 21, 1983)
- Season 5, Episode 8: "Thanksgiving for the Memories" (November 24, 1986)
- Season 2, Episode 8: "Harry and the Madam" (November 22, 1984)
- Season 6, Episode 6: "The Last Temptation of Mac" (November 23, 1988)
- Season 1, Episode 11: "Thanksgiving It to Me, Baby" (November 19, 2001)
- Season 4, Episode 9: "Who Brought the Jive Turkey?" (November 22, 2004)
- Season 1, Episode 11: "It's a Family Affair" (November 22, 1999)
- Season 2, Episode 10: "Turkey Day Blues" (November 20, 2000)
- Season 1, Episode 9: "Meet the Grandparents" (November 23, 2010)
- Season 2, Episode 7: "Burt's Parents" (November 15, 2011)
- Season 3, Episode 7: "Candy Wars" (November 20, 2012)
- Season 4, Episode 9: "Thanksgiving" (November 19, 2004)
- Season 5, Episode 9: "Invasion" (November 18, 2005)
Roseanne
- Season 2, Episode 9: "We Gather Together" (November 21, 1989)
- Season 4, Episode 10: "Thanksgiving '91" (November 26, 1991)
- Season 6, Episode 10: "Thanksgiving '93" (November 23, 1993)
- Season 7, Episode 10: "Thanksgiving '94" (November 23, 1994)
- Season 8, Episode 8: "The Last Thursday in November" (November 21, 1995)
- Season 9, Episode 10': "Home Is Where the Afghan Is" (November 26, 1996)
The Conners
- Season 2, Episode 7: "Slappy Holidays" (November 19, 2019)
- Season 5, Episode 8: "Of Missing Minds and Missing Fries" (November 16, 2022)
- Season 1, Episode 8: "Sister" (November 16, 1995)
- Season 2, Episode 9: "Davy Jones" (November 21, 1996)
- Season 1, Episode 7: "T-h-a-Thanksgiving" (November 16, 2016)
- Season 2, Episode 7: "B-r-i-British I-n-v-Invasion" (November 15, 2017)
- Season 3, Episode 6: "C-e-Celebrity S-u-Suite" (November 16, 2018)
- Season 1, Episode 8 "The Competition" (November 26, 1996)
- Season 3, Episode 10: "Gobble the Wonder Turkey Saves the Day" (November 24, 1998)
- Season 4, Episode 9: "The Thanksgiving Show" (November 24, 1999)
- Season 5, Episode 6: "Balloons Over Broadway" (November 22, 2000)
- Season 1, Episode 8: "Thanksgiving" (November 23, 2011)
- Season 2, Episode 5: "The Wishbone" (November 14, 2012
- Season 1, Episode 9: "Thanksgiving" (November 22, 1998)
- Season 5, Episode 8: "Thank You" (December 3, 2002)
- Season 7, Episode 9: "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (November 24, 2004)
- Season 2, Episode 6: "Rafkin's Bum" (November 24, 1981)
- Season 3, Episode 9: "A Thanksgiving Tale" (November 25, 1982)
- Season 1, Episode 10: "Merry Thanksgiving" (November 24, 2003)
- Season 8, Episode 10: "Ow, Ow, Don't Stop" (November 22, 2010)
- Season 2, Episode 10: "Two Guys, a Girl and a Thanksgiving" (November 25, 1998)
- Season 3, Episode 9: "Talking Turkey" (November 17, 1999)
- Season 1, Episode 8: "Veronica's First Thanksgiving" (November 20, 1997)
- Season 2, Episode 8: "Veronica's Thanksgiving That Keeps On Giving" (November 19, 1998)
- Season 3, Episode 7: "Veronica's Got All the Right Stuffing" (November 22, 1999)
- Season 2, Episode 8: "Thanksgiving Show" (November 16, 1984)
- Season 6, Episode 16: "Thanksgiving with the Four Tops" (January 6, 1989)
- Season 1, Episode 9: "Thanksgiving" (November 22, 2002)
- Season 4, Episode 9: "Ground-Turkey-Hog-Day" (November 18, 2005)
- Season 2, Episode 7: "Homo for the Holidays" (November 25, 1999)
- Season 3, Episode 8-9: "Lows in the Mid-Eighties" (November 23, 2000)
- Season 4, Episode 9-10: "Moveable Feast" (November 22, 2001)
- Season 7, Episode 10-11: "Queens for a Day" (November 25, 2004)
Animated sitcoms
[edit]- Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Season 2, Episode 21: "The Dressing" (December 14, 2003)
- Beavis and Butt-Head: Season 7, Episode Non-Canon "Beavis and Butt-Head Do Thanksgiving" (November 27, 1997)
- Dan Vs.: Season 2, Episode 1: "The Family Thanksgiving" (November 19, 2011)
- Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist: Season 5, Episode 18: "Thanksgiving" (November 23, 1998)
- Father of the Pride: Season 1, Episode 9: "The Thanksgiving Episode" (December 28, 2004)
- Son of Zorn: Season 1, Episode 7: "The Battle of Thanksgiving" (November 13, 2016)
- Solar Opposites "The Hunt for Brown October" (2024)
- Squidbillies: Season 10, Episode 9: "Thank-Taking" (November 20, 2016)
- Season 6, Episode 6: "There Will Be Bad Blood" (November 28, 2010)
- Season 9, Episode 5: "Kung Pao Turkey" (November 24, 2013)
- Season 1, Episode 8: "Mega-Lo-Memories” (November 24, 2019)
- Season 2, Episode 7: "Mega Lo Memories: Part Deux" (November 22, 2020)
- Season 3, Episode 5: "An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal" (November 18, 2012)
- Season 4, Episode 5: "Turkey in a Can" (November 24, 2013)
- Season 5, Episode 4: "Dawn of the Peck" (November 23, 2014)
- Season 6, Episode 4: "Gayle Makin' Bob Sled" (November 8, 2015)
- Season 7, Episode 6: "The Quirkducers" (November 20, 2016)
- Season 8, Episode 5: "Thanks-Hoarding" (November 19, 2017)
- Season 9, Episode 7: "I Bob Your Pardon" (November 18, 2018)
- Season 10, Episode 8: "Now We're Not Cooking with Gas" (November 24, 2019)
- Season 11, Episode 7: "Diarrhea of a Poopy Kid" (November 22, 2020)
- Season 12, Episode 8: "Stuck in the Kitchen With You" (November 21, 2021)
- Season 13, Episode 8: "Putts-giving" (November 20, 2022)
- Season 1, Episode 7: "A Brown Thanksgiving" (November 22, 2009)
- Season 2, Episode 7: "Another Bad Thanksgiving" (November 28, 2010)
- Season 4, Episode 3: "A General Thanksgiving Episode" (November 18, 2012)
- Season 4, Episode 4: "Turkey Pot Die" (November 25, 2012)
- Season 10, Episode 6: "Thanksgiving" (November 20, 2011)
- Season 12, Episode 7: "Into Harmony's Way" (December 8, 2013)
- Season 13, Episode 5: "Turkey Guys" (November 16, 2014)
- Season 14, Episode 6: "Peter's Sister" (November 15, 2015)
- Season 18, Episode 8: "Shanksgiving" (November 24, 2019)
- Season 3, Episode 7: "Nine Pretty Darn Angry Men" (November 17, 1998)
- Season 4, Episode 7: "Happy Hank's Giving" (November 21, 1999)
- Season 5, Episode 4: "Spin the Choice" (November 19, 2000)
- Season 7, Episode 4: "Goodbye Normal Jeans" (November 24, 2002)
- Season 5, Episode 6: "Rick and Morty's Thanksploitation Spectacular" (July 25, 2021)
- Season 6, Episode 3: "Bethic Twinstinct" (September 18, 2022)
- Season 2, Episode 7: "Bart vs. Thanksgiving" (November 22, 1990)
- Season 12, Episode 5: "Homer vs. Dignity" (November 26, 2000)
- Season 13, Episode 3: "Homer the Moe" (November 18, 2001)
- Season 17, Episode 18: "The Wettest Stories Ever Told" (April 23, 2006)
- Season 31, Episode 8: "Thanksgiving of Horror" (November 24, 2019)
- Season 35, Episode 7: "It's a Blunderful Life" (November 19, 2023)
- Season 1, Episode 8: "Starvin' Marvin" (November 19, 1997)
- Season 4, Episode 13: "Helen Keller! The Musical" (November 22, 2000)
- Season 15, Episode 13: "A History Channel Thanksgiving" (November 9, 2011)
- Season 17, Episode 7: "Black Friday" (November 13, 2013)
Professional wrestling
[edit]- National Wrestling Alliance: Starrcade (1983–87, 2017–present as a WWE brand)
- World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment: Survivor Series (1987–present)
- Impact Wrestling/Total Nonstop Action/Global Force: TNA Genesis (2005–07), TNA Turning Point (2008–13)
Canadian series
[edit]- The Best Years: "Destiny" (2009)
- Darcy's Wild Life: "Thanksgiving" (2005)
- How To Be Indie: "How to Be Thankful" (2010)
Other
[edit]- Alaskan Bush People: "Clear & Pheasant Danger" (2019)
- The Ashlee Simpson Show: "Ashlee Backs Up Her Vocals" (2005)
- Comedy Bang! Bang!:
- "Amber Tamblyn Wears a Leather Jacket & Black Booties" (Season 3, Episode 16) (2014)
- "Mike Colter Wears a Pink Button Up and Black Boots" (Season 5, Episode 18) (2016)
- Conan: "The Turducken Kerfuffle" (2010)
- Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy (1950)
- Glutton for Punishment: "Pumpkin Regatta" (2008)
- King of Cars: "Talkin' Turkey" (2006)
- The Lawrence Welk Show: "Thanksgiving Special" (1955–81)
- Long Island Medium: "Before the Baby" (2016)
- The Oprah Winfrey Show: "Oprah's Favorite Things" (1990s–2008, 2010)
- The Osbournes: "Get Stuffed" (2002)
- NBC News: Matt Lauer specials: "People of the Year" (2009–10), "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 85th Anniversary Special" (2011)
- Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica: "The French Language" (2004)
- The Perry Como Thanksgiving Show (1961, 1965)
- Remembering Bo (2006)
- Rosie Live (2008)
- Saturday Night Live (1975–)
- Sister Wives: "Thanksgiving: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" (2016)
- The Smothers Brothers Thanksgiving Special (1988)
- Soul Train Music Awards (1987–)
- A Very Gaga Thanksgiving (2011)
See also
[edit]- List of films set around Thanksgiving
- List of Christmas television specials
- List of United States Christmas television specials
- List of Christmas television episodes
- List of Easter television specials
- List of Halloween television specials
- List of St. Patrick's Day television specials
- List of Valentine's Day television specials