List of Thanksgiving television specials explained

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

• Adventures from the Book of Virtues: Generosity (1997)
• Allegra's Window: Mitten Weather (1995)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks: A Chipmunk Celebration (1994)
• 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)
• : Turkey Trouble (2022)
• Bear in the Big Blue House: The Best Thanksgiving Ever (1999)
• The Berenstain Bears: The Prize Pumpkin (2003)
• The Berenstain Bears Meet Bigpaw (1980)
• Blue's Clues: Thankful (1999)
• Blue's Clues & You!: Thankful With Blue (2020)
• Bobby's World: Generics and Indians (1997)
• (2005)
• Bubble Guppies: Gobble Gobble Guppies! (2014)
• Butterbean's Cafe: Fairy Happy Thanksgiving / Cricket's The Boss! (2018)
• Caillou: Caillou's Thanksgiving (2000)
• The Care Bears: Grams Bear's Thanksgiving Surprise (1986)
• Casper the Friendly Ghost: Do or Diet (1953)
• CatDog: Talking Turkey (1999)
• Clarence: Chadsgiving (2017)
• 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)
• Doctor Dolittle: The great turkey race (1970)
• Dora the Explorer: Dora's Thanksgiving Day Parade (2012)
• Doug: Doug's Thanksgiving (1997)
• The Emperor's New School: "Cornivale" (2008)
• The Fairly OddParents: Timmy Turnip (2009)
• 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)
• Jay Jay The Jet Plane: Snuffy's Thanksgiving (2001)
• Jerky Turkey (1945)
• 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 Clubhouse: Mickey's Thanks a Bunch Day (2008)
• : 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)
• Moose and Zee: We're Thankful (2005)
• 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)
• : "Panic on Harvest and Hugs Day"
• Nick's Thanksgiving Fest (1989)
• Nina's World:
  • "Nina's Thanksgiving" (2016)
  • "The Thanksgiving Sharing Box" (2017)
• : Happy Pacs-Giving (1983)
• PAW Patrol: Pups Save Thanksgiving (2018)
• Peppa Pig: Thanksgiving (2024)
• Peppa Pig Tales: Happy Thanksgiving (2022)
• Pepper Ann: Thanksgiving Dad (1997)
• Pinkalicious & Peterrific: A Fairy Thanksgiving (2020)
• The Pink Panther: Pilgrim Panther (1993)
• Planet Sheen: Thanksgetting (2010)
• Pocoyo: You Are Welcome for Thanksgiving (2018)
• Popeye the Sailor: Pilgrim Popeye (1951)
• Pupstruction: Petsgiving At PawPaw’s (2024)
• Raw Toonage: Gobble Gobble Bonkers (1993)
• 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)
• Super Duper Bunny League: "The Gobbler!" (2025)
• Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales: The Romance of Plymouth Rock (1965)
• Teacher's Pet: The Turkey That Came to Dinner (2002)
• Teletubbies: Handshapes-Turkey (1999)
• 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)
• Toon Heads: Turkey Toons (1999)
• T.O.T.S.: Totsgiving (2020)
• : "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)
• WordWorld: Pig's Big Moonlight Feast (2007)

Arthur

• Francine's Pilfered Paper (2007)
• An Arthur Thanksgiving (2020)

Big City Greens

• Big Deal / Forbidden Feline (2018)
• Harvest Dinner (2019)
• Turkey Trouble (2024)

Clifford's Puppy Days

• Fall Feast (2005)
• But I Really, Really Saw It (2006)
• The Perfect Pancake (2006)

Looney Tunes

• Tom Turk and Daffy (1944)
• Holiday for Drumsticks (1949)
• 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 Loud House/The Casagrandes

• The Loudest Thanksgiving (2018)
• The Loud House Thanksgiving Special (2022)
• The Casagrandes:
  • Cursed (2020)

Max & Ruby

• Max's Thanksgiving (2004)
• Max and Ruby Give Thanks (2012)

The Patrick Star Show

• Blorpsgiving (2023)
• Thanks But No Thanksgiving (2024)

Paw Patrol/Rubble & Crew

• Pups Save Thanksgiving / Pups Save a Windy Bay (2018)
• The Crew Celebrates BuilderCovegiving Day / The Crew Builds a Rocket Ship Ride (2024)

Peanuts (Charlie Brown)

• A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973/CBS)
• This Is America, Charlie Brown: The Mayflower Voyagers (1988)
• Peanuts (TV series): Good Dog/Woodstock (2016)

Puppy Dog Pals

• Turkey on the Town / Friendship Feast (2019)
• Pups on Parade / Pop's Promise (2020)
• A Very Berry Friendship Feast / Nature Pillow Pups (2022)

Rugrats/All Grown Up

• The Turkey Who Came to Dinner (1997)
• R.V. Having Fun Yet? (2005)

Sesame Street

• Episode 4324: Thanksgiving Day (2013)
• Episode 4801: A Sesame Street Thanksgiving (2017)
• Elmo's World: Thanksgiving (2017)

• Berry Bounty Banquet: Part One / Berry Bounty Banquet: Part Two (2021)
• Berry Bounty Bust (2023)

Teen Titans Go!

• Thanksgiving (2014)
• Thanksgetting (2017)
• A Doom Patrol Thanksgiving (2021)
• The Wishbone (2023)

The Tiny Chef Show

• Fwendsgiving (2023)
• Fwendsgiving Feast (2024)

Tom and Jerry

• The Little Orphan (1949)
• The Tom and Jerry Show: Turkey Tom (2021)

Winnie the Pooh

• 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

• 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: Storybook Rangers (Parts 1 and 2) (1995) (Season 2, Episodes 48 & 49)
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: "Peking, March 1910" (1993)

Chuck

• "Chuck Versus the Nemesis" (2007) (Season 1, Episode 10)
• "Chuck Versus the Gravitron" (2008) (Season 2, Episode 8)
• "Chuck Versus the Leftovers" (2010) (Season 4, Episode 10)

American drama series

• 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)
• 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)
• : "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)
• : "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)
• : "Quality Family Time" (2023)
• : "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)
• Sisters: "Georgie Through the Looking Glass" (1991)
• The Sopranos: "He Is Risen" (2001)
• : "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

• "Last Call for Aunt Julie" (1996)
• "Thanksgiving" (2004)
• "Turkey" (2005)
• "Thanks and Giving" (2006)

American Dreams

• "The End of the Innocence" (2002)
• "What Dreams May Come" (2004)

Dirty Sexy Money

• "The Country House" (2007)
• "The Facts" (2009)

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

• 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

• "ER Confidential" (1994)
• "Great Expectations" (1999)
• "Rescue Me" (2000)
• "Freefall" (2003)
• "Scoop and Run" (2006)

Everwood

• "A Thanksgiving Tale" (2002)
• "Unhappy Holidays" (2003)

Family

• "A Tale Out of Season" (1977)
• "Generations" (1978)
• "Thanksgiving" (1979)

Felicity

• "Thanksgiving" (1998)
• "Family Affairs" (1999)
• "The Last Thanksgiving" (2001)

Grey's Anatomy

• "Thanks for the Memories" (2005)
• "Holidaze" (2009)
• "Somebody That I Used to Know" (2013) (Season 10, Episode 10)
• "Every Day Is a Holiday (With You)" (2021) (Season 18, Episode 6)

Hawaii Five-0

• 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.

• "Ignorance Is Bliss" (2009)

Mad Men

• "The Wheel" (2007)
• "Public Relations" (2010)
• "Dark Shadows" (2012)
• "In Care Of" (2013)

Melrose Place

• "Cold Turkey" (1993)
• "The Days of Wine and Vodka" (1994)

NCIS franchise

• NCIS: "Child's Play" (2009)
• NCIS: "Sins of the Father" (2011)
• NCIS: "Shell Shock (Part II)" (2012)
• NCIS: "Grounded" (2014)
• : "Chasing Ghosts" (2014)
• NCIS: "Blood Brothers" (2015)
• : "Billy and the Kid" (2015)
• NCIS: "Enemy Combatant" (2016)
• NCIS: "Ready or Not" (2017)

Once and Again

• "Thanksgiving" (1999)
• "Feast or Famine" (2000)
• "Chaos Theory" (2001)

Private Practice

• "The Breaking Point" (2011)
• "Georgia on My Mind" (2012)

Promised Land

• Promised Land: "The Homecoming" (1996)
• Promised Land: "To Everything a Season" (1997)

Providence

• Providence: "Thank You, Providence" (1999)
• Providence: "The Thanksgiving Story" (2000)
• Providence: "Gobble, Gobble" (2001)
• Providence: "Left-Overs" (2002)

This Is Us

• "Pilgrim Rick" (2016)
• "Six Thanksgivings" (2018)
• "So Long, Marianne" (2019)
• "Taboo" (2022)

Touched by an Angel

• "An Unexpected Snow" (1994)
• "Homecoming" (1996)
• "Heaven's Portal" (2001)

The Waltons

• "The Thanksgiving Story" (1973)
• "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

The West Wing

• "Shibboleth" (Season 2, Episode 8) (November 22, 2000)
• "The Indians in the Lobby" (Season 3, Episode 8) (November 21, 2001)
• "Arctic Radar" (Season 4, Episode 10) (November 27, 2002)

Teen dramas

• 90210: "Smoked Turkey" (2011)
• The Carrie Diaries: "Endgame" (2015)
• Dawson's Creek: "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1999)
• Degrassi: "Spiderwebs" (2013)
• : 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)
• Riverdale: "Chapter Sixty-Four: The Ice Storm" (2019)
• The Society: "Poison" (2019)
• Trinkets: "Same Time Last Year" (2020)

Beverly Hills, 90210

• "The Kindness of Strangers" (1992)
• "Radar Love" (1993)
• "Breast Side Up" (1995)
• "If I Had a Hammer" (1996)
• "You Say GoodBye, I Say Hello" (1998)
• "What's in a Name" (1999)

Gossip Girl

• "Blair Waldorf Must Pie" (2007)
• "The Magnificent Archibalds" (2008)
• "The Treasure of Serena Madre" (2009)
• "It’s Really Complicated" (2012)

The O.C.

• "The Homecoming" (2003)
• "The Secret" (2003)
• "The Cold Turkey" (2006)

Party of Five

• "Thanksgiving" (1994)
• "Tender Age" (1998)
• "We Gather Together" (1999)
• Time of Your Life: "The Time They All Came Over for Thanksgiving" (1999)

Pretty Little Liars

• "Taking This One to the Grave" (2014)
• : "Chapter Eight: Bad Blood" (2022)

Comedy

• Adam Ruins Everything:
  • "The First Factsgiving" (2018)
  • "Adam Ruins Guns" (November 27, 2018)
• At Home with Amy Sedaris: "Thanksgiving" (2019)
• The Carol Burnett Show: "Dyan Cannon and Paul Lynde" (Season 4, Episode 11) (November 23, 1970)
• Comedy Bang! Bang!:
  • "Amber Tamblyn Wears a Leather Jacket & Black Booties" (Season 3, Episode 16) (November 21, 2014)
  • "Mike Colter Wears a Pink Button Up and Black Boots" (Season 5, Episode 18) (November 16, 2016)
• In Living Color:
  • "Anton's Thanksgiving" (1990)
  • "Men On Cooking" (1992)
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In: "James Caan" (November 27, 1972) (Season 6, Episode 10)
• Saturday Night Live (1975–)
• Scream Queens: "Thanksgiving" (2015)
• With Love: "Thanksgiving" (2023)

Comedy-drama

• AfterMASH: "Thanksgiving of '53" (1983)
• Baskets: "Thanksgiving" (2018)
• The Big C: "The Last Thanksgiving" (2011)
• 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)
• M*A*S*H: "The Yalu Brick Road" (1979)
• Married: "Thanksgiving" (2015)
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: "Go Forward" (2023)
• Men in Trees: "New York Fiction" (2006)
• Miss Match: "Jive Turkey" (2003)
• Miss Farah (ar|الآنسة فرح): "Chapter Twenty-Eight" (ar|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)
• Related: "Francesca" (2005)
• Shameless: "Just Like the Pilgrims Intended" (2012)
• Shrinking: "The Last Thanksgiving" (2024)
• Somebody Somewhere: "Num Nums" (2024)
• 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

• "You Never Can Tell" (1998)
• "Troubled Water" (1999)

And Just Like That

• "Forget About the Boy" (2025)
• "Party of One" (2025)

Desperate Housewives

• "Don't Walk on the Grass" (2009)
• "Sorry Grateful" (2010)

Doogie Howser, M.D.

• "Don't Let the Turkeys Get You Down" (1990)
• "The Big Sleep...Not!" (1992)

Ed

• "Something Old, Something New" (2000)
• "The New World" (2001)
• "The Proposal" (2003)

Gilmore Girls

• "A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving" (Season 3, Episode 9) (2002)
• "He's Slippin 'em Bread...Dig?" (Season 6, Episode 10) (2005)

Love Life

• "Luke Ducharme" (2020)
• "Augie Again" (2020)

Supernatural/sci-fi series

• 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

• "Flesh & Blood" (2018)
• "Pilgrim" (2019)

Smallville

• "Rage" (2006)
• "Ambush" (2010)

Supergirl

• "Livewire" (2015)
• "Medusa" (2016)
• "Call to Action" (2018)

The Vampire Diaries

• Fade Into You (2014)
• Mommie Dearest (2015)

Reality shows

• 7 Little Johnstons: "A Thanksgiving Ultimatum" (2021)
• 19 Kids and Counting: "Duggars Reunited" (2014)
• Alaskan Bush People: "Clear & Pheasant Danger" (2019)
• The Ashlee Simpson Show: "Ashlee Backs Up Her Vocals" (2005)
• Ax Men: "A Logger's Thanksgiving" (2008)
• Cake Boss: "Family Feast" (2011)
• Chrisley Knows Best:
  • "Baking Bad" (2017)
  • "Thanksgiving Special" (2019)
  • "Hot Meals and Dirty Deals" (2020)
• Glutton for Punishment: "Pumpkin Regatta" (2008)
• : "A Very Jersey Friendsgiving" (2018)
• King of Cars: "Talkin' Turkey" (2006)
• Ladies of London: "London Calling" (2015)
• Little People, Big World: "A Little Thanksgiving" (Parts 1 and 2) (2006)
• Long Island Medium: "Before the Baby" (2016)
• Meet the Barkers: "Thanksgiving" (2005)
• Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica: "The French Language" (2004)
• The Osbournes: "Get Stuffed" (2002)
• OutDaughtered:
  • "A Thanksgiving Miracle" (2017)
  • "A Very Busby Thanksgiving" (2018)
• Shahs of Sunset

• • "A Tale of Two Turkeys" (2017)
  • "Zero Thanks Given'" (2021)
• Sister Wives: "Thanksgiving: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" (2016)
• : "Harris Thanksgiving" (2014)

Sitcoms

• 2 Broke Girls: "And the Very Christmas Thanksgiving" (2011)
• 3rd Rock from the Sun: "Gobble, Gobble, Dick, Dick" (1996) (Season 2, Episodes 10)
• 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: "Turkey in the Straw" (Parts 1 & 2) (1988) (Season 3, Episodes 6 & 7)
• 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)
• Are We There Yet?: "The Thanksgiving Episode" (2012)
• Babes: "The Thanksgiving Show" (1990)
• Baby Talk: "Cold Turkey" (1991)
• Bachelor Father: "Bentley's Double Play" (1959)
• Barney Miller: "Thanksgiving Story" (1977)
• Becker: "Sister Spoils the Turkey" (2003) (Season 6, Episode 7)
• Ben and Kate: "Reunion" (2012)
• Better with You: "Better with Thanksgiving" (2010)
• Bewitched: "Samantha's Thanksgiving to Remember" (1967)
• Black-ish: "Auntsgiving" (2016) (Season 3, Episode 7)
• 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)
• Built to Last: "A Thanksgiving to Remember" (1997, unaired)
• Café Americain: "... And Giblets for All" (1993)
• Call Me Kat: "Call Me Fancy Puffenstuff" (2022)
• Caroline in the City: "Caroline and the Balloon" (1995) (Season 1, Episodes 8)
• Carter Country: "Chicks and Turkeys" (1977)
• Charles in Charge: "The Loan Arranger" (1987)
• The Class: "The Class Gives Thanks" (2006)
• Clueless: "Never P.E.T.A. Squirrel" (1998) (Season 3, Episodes 8)
• Coach: "It Came from New York" (1993) (Season 6, Episodes 9)
• Common Law: "In the Matter of: Thanksgiving" (1996) - unaired
• Community: "Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations" (2013) (Season 4, Episodes 5)
• Complete Savages: "Thanksgiving with the Savages" (2004)
• The Cool Kids: "Thanksgiving at Murray's" (2018)
• Cosby: "Turkey Day" (1998) (Season 3, Episodes 10)
• 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)
• A Different World: "If You Like Pilgrim Coladas" (1988)
• 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: "It's a Miracle..." (2012) (Season 2, Episodes 4)
• The Drew Carey Show: "Mimi's Day Parade" (1996) (Season 2, Episodes 9)
• Drexell's Class: "The Best Thanksgiving Ever" (1991)
• Ellen: "Kiss My Bum" (1996) (Season 4, Episodes 10)
• Empty Nest: "Thanksgiving at the Westons'" (1992)
• Evening Shade: "The Thanksgiving Show" (1991)
• Everybody Hates Chris: "Everybody Hates Thanksgiving" (2006) (Season 2, Episodes 8)
• 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)
• George & Leo: "The Thanksgiving Show" (1997)
• The Burns and Allen Show: "Thanksgiving" (1951)
• Ghosts: "Planes, Shanes and Automobiles" (2025)
• 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" (Season 6, Episode 12) (1978)
• Happy Endings: "More Like Stanksgiving" (Season 3, Episode 4) (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: "Two Thousand Pounds of Sand, $240" (2021) (Season 2, Episodes 8)
• Ein Herz und eine Seele: "Erntedankfest" (1973)
• 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 Jamie Foxx Show: "A Thanksgiving to Remember" (1996)
• 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!: "The First Thanksgiving" (2000) (Season 5, Episode 7)
• Kate & Allie: "Thanksgiving" (1985)
• Kenan and Kel: "Turkey Day" (1997) (Season 2, Episode 11)
• Kevin Can Wait: "Cooking Up a Storm" (2017) (Season 2, Episode 9)
• Ladies Man: "Thanks for Nothing" (1999) (Season 1, Episodes 10)
• The League: "Thanksgiving" (2011) (Season 3, Episodes 8)
• 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 & Eddie: "A Fowl and Stormy Night" (1999)
• Malcolm in the Middle: "Thanksgiving" (2003) (Season 5, Episode 4)
• Mama's Family: "An Ill Wind" (1986)
• Man with a Plan: "Thanksgiving" (2016) (Season 1, Episodes 5)
• Married People: "The Baby Cometh" (1990)
• Married to the Kellys: "The Apartment" (2003)
• Married... with Children: "A Bundy Thanksgiving" (1996) (Season 11, Episode 6)
• Marry Me: "Thank Me" (2014)
• Master of None: "Thanksgiving" (2017) (Season 2, Episodes 8)
• The McCarthys: "Love, McCarthys Style" (2014)
• Me, Myself & I: "Thanksgiving" (2017)
• The Michael J. Fox Show: "Thanksgiving" (2013)
• The Millers: "Papa Was a Rolling Bone" (2014) (Season 2, Episodes 8)
• The Mindy Project: "Thanksgiving" (2012) (Season 1, Episodes 6)
• 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: "Welcome to Thanksgiving" (2018) (Season 1, Episode 8)
• The New Adventures of Old Christine: "Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner?" (2008) (Season 4, Episodes 10)
• The New Leave It to Beaver: "Thanksgiving Day" (1984)
• The New Normal: "Pardon Me" (2012)
• Normal, Ohio: "A Thanksgiving Episode" (2000)
• The Office: "WUPHF.com" (2010)
• Oh Baby: "Family History" (1999)
• One World: "The Thanksgiving Show" (1998)
• Our Miss Brooks: "Thanksgiving Show" (1953)
• Out of Practice: "Thanks" (2005)
• Outsourced: "Temporary Monsanity" (2010)
• The Parent 'Hood: "The Parade-Y Bunch" (1996)
• 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 Ranch: "Like It's the Last Time" (2020)
• The Real O'Neals: "The Real Tradition" (2016) (Season 2, Episode 5)
• The Really Loud House: "A Really Loud Thanksgiving: The Gobble Squabble Debacle" (2024) (Season 2, Episode 20)
• Rodney: "Thanksgiving" (2004)
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch: "Love Means Having to Say You're Sorry" (1999) (Season 4, Episode 9)
• : "A Thanksgiving Story" (1993)
• : "Thanks For Giving" (1997)
• Scrubs: "My Day Off" (2001) (Season 1, Episode 9)
• Seinfeld: "The Mom and Pop Store" (November 17, 1994) (Season 6, Episode 8)
• Silver Spoons: "Voyage of the Darned" (Parts 1 and 2) (1984)
• Single Parents: "Every Thursday Should Be Like This" (2019) (Season 2, Episode 8)
• Sister, Sister: "Thanksgiving in Hawaii" (Parts 1 and 2) (1995)
• Small Wonder: "Thanksgiving Story" (1986)
• Something So Right: "Something About Thanksgiving" (1996)
• Still Standing: "Still Thankful" (2002) (Season 1, Episodes 9)
• Strangers with Candy: "Trail of Tears" (2000) (Season 3, Episode 3)
• Suddenly Susan: "Cold Turkey" (1996)
• Sunnyside: "Too Many Lumpies" (2019)
• Superior Donuts: "Thanks for Nothing" (2017) (Season 2, Episodes 4)
• 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: "Turkeys and Traditions" (2019) (Season 1, Episode 8)
• Union Square: "Jack Gets a Hot Tip" (1997)
• Up All Night: "Thanksgiving" (2012) (Season 2, Episodes 7)
• Veep: "Thanksgiving" (Season 5, Episode 5) (2016)
• Welcome to the Family: "Thanksgiving" (2013) (Season 1, Episode 8)
• What's Happening!!: "Mama The School Girl" (1977)
• Who's the Boss?: "Thanksgiving at Mrs. Rossini's" (1985) (Season 2, Episode 9)
• WKRP in Cincinnati: "Turkeys Away" (1978) (Season 1, Episode 7)
• Woops!: "The Thanksgiving Show" (1992)
• Workaholics: "6 Hours Till Hedonism II" (2011) (Season 2, Episode 10)
• Yes, Dear: "Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner" (2001) (Season 2, Episode 9)

8 Simple Rules

• "Paul Meets His Match" (Season 1, Episode 11) (November 26, 2002)
• "The First Thanksgiving" (Season 2, Episode 8) (November 25, 2003)
• "Thanksgiving Guest" (Season 3, Episode 9) (aka "Thanksgiving") (November 26, 2004)

A Different World

• "If You Like Pilgrim Coladas" (Season 2, Episode 6) (November 17, 1988)
• "Faith, Hope and Charity" (Season 6, Episode 9-10) (two-part episode) (November 12, 1992)

According to Jim

• "The Turkey Bowl" (Season 1, Episode 8) (November 21, 2001)
• "Thanksgiving Confidential" (Season 2, Episode 9) (November 26, 2002)
• "The Empty Gesture" (Season 3, Episode 11) (November 25, 2003)
• "The Hunters" (Season 4, Episode 8) (November 23, 2004)

Alice

• "Who Ordered the Hot Turkey?" (Season 3, Episode 9) (1978)
• "Alice's Turkey of a Thanksgiving" (Season 7, Episode 6) (1982)

All of Us

• "Parents Just Don't Understand" (Season 2, Episode 8) (November 23, 2004)
• "My Two Dads" (Season 4, Episode 8) (November 20, 2006)

American Housewife

• "The Blow-Up" (November 22, 2016) (Season 1, Episode 6)
• "Family Secrets" (November 17, 2017) (Season 2, Episode 7)

The Bernie Mac Show

• "Tryptophan-tasy" (November 27, 2002) (Season 2, Episode 7)
• "Thanksgiving" (2004) (Season 3, Episode 22)

The Beverly Hillbillies

• "Elly's First Date" (Season 1, Episode 9) (November 21, 1962)
• "Turkey Day" (Season 2, Episode 10) (November 27, 1963)
• "The Thanksgiving Spirit" (Season 7, Episode 10) (November 27, 1968)

The Big Bang Theory/Young Sheldon/Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage

• "The Thanksgiving Decoupling" (Season 7, Episode 9) (November 21, 2013)
• "The Platonic Permutation" (Season 9, Episode 9) (November 19, 2015)
• Young Sheldon:
  • "Family Dynamics and a Red Fiero" (November 15, 2018) (Season 2, Episode 9)
• Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage:
  • "Thanksgiving" (Season 1, Episode 5) (November 14, 2024)

The Bob Newhart Show

• "An American Family" (Season 3, Episode 11) (November 23, 1974)
• "Over the River and Through the Woods" (Season 4, Episode 11) (November 22, 1975)

Boy Meets World

• "Turkey Day" (Season 4, Episode 10) (November 22, 1996)
• "Chasing Angela-Part II" (Season 5, Episode 8) (November 14, 1997)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

• "Thanksgiving" (November 26, 2013) (Season 1, Episode 10)
• "Lockdown" (November 16, 2014) Season 2, Episode 7)
• "Ava" (November 22, 2015) (Season 3, Episode 8)
• "Mr. Santiago" (November 22, 2016) (Season 4, Episode 7)
• "Two Turkeys" (November 21, 2017) (Season 5, Episode 7)

Brothers

• "Gobba, Gobba" (Season 2, Episode 23) (1985)
• "Thanksgiving" (Season 4, Episode 21) (1987)

Cheers

• "Thanksgiving Orphans" (Season 5, Episode 9) (November 27, 1986)
• "Ill-Gotten Gaines" (Season 11, Episode 8) (November 19, 1992)

The Cosby Show

• "Bon Jour, Sondra" (Season 1, Episode 10) (November 22, 1984)
• "Cliff's Wet Adventure" (Season 6, Episode 9) (November 16, 1989)

Cougar Town

• "Here Comes My Girl" (November 25, 2009) (Season 1, Episode 9)
• "When the Time Comes" (November 27, 2010) (Season 2, Episode 9)
• "It'll All Work Out" (2012) (Season 3, Episode 13)

Dharma & Greg

• "The First Thanksgiving" (Season 1, Episode 10) (November 26, 1997)
• "Thanksgiving Until It Hurts" (Season 3, Episode 10) (November 23, 1999)
• "Wish We Weren't Here" (Season 5, Episode 9) (November 20, 2001)

Dr. Ken

• "Thanksgiving Culture Clash" (Season 1, Episode 8) (November 20, 2015)
• "Allison's Thanksgiving Meltdown" (Season 2, Episode 8) (November 18, 2016)

Everybody Loves Raymond

• "Turkey or Fish" (Season 1, Episode 10) (November 22, 1996)
• "No Fat" (Season 3, Episode 10) (November 23, 1998)
• "No Thanks" (Season 4, Episode 9) (November 22, 1999)
• "Fighting In-Laws" (Season 5, Episode 9) (November 20, 2000)
• "Older Women" (Season 6, Episode 9) (November 19, 2001)
• "Marie's Vision" (Season 7, Episode 10) (November 25, 2002)
• "The Bird" (Season 8, Episode 9) (November 24, 2003)
• "Debra's Parents" (Season 9, Episode 7) (November 22, 2004)

Frasier

• "A Lilith Thanksgiving" (Season 4, Episode 7) (November 26, 1996)
• "The Apparent Trap" (Season 7, Episode 9) (November 18, 1999)

Fresh Off the Boat

• "Huangsgiving" (November 17, 2015) (Season 2, Episode 8)
• "No Thanks-giving" (November 15, 2016) (Season 3, Episode 5)
• "The Day After Thanksgiving" (November 14, 2017) (Season 4, Episode 7)

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

• "Talking Turkey" (Season 1, Episode 12) (November 19, 1990)
• "There's the Rub (Part 1)"/"There's the Rub (Part 2)" (Season 6, Episodes 9 & 10) (November 20, 1995)

Friends / Joey

• "The One Where Underdog Gets Away" (Season 1, Episode 9) (November 17, 1994)
• "The One With the List" (Season 2, Episode 8) (November 16, 1995)
• "The One with the Football" (Season 3, Episode 9) (November 21, 1996)
• "The One with Chandler in a Box" (Season 4, Episode 8) (November 20, 1997)
• "The One with All the Thanksgivings" (Season 5, Episode 8) (November 19, 1998)
• "The One Where Ross Got High" (Season 6, Episode 9) (November 25, 1999)
• "The One Where Chandler Doesn't Like Dogs" (Season 7, Episode 8) (November 23, 2000)
• "The One with the Rumor" (Season 8, Episode 9) (November 22, 2001)
• "The One with Rachel's Other Sister" (Season 9, Episode 8) (November 21, 2002)
• "The One with the Late Thanksgiving" (Season 10, Episode 8) (November 20, 2003)
• Joey:
  • "Joey and the Bachelor Thanksgiving" (Season 2, Episode 10) (November 24, 2005)

Full House / Fuller House

• "The Miracle of Thanksgiving" (Season 1, Episode 9) (November 20, 1987)
• Fuller House:
  • "Fuller Thanksgiving" (Season 2, Episode 10) (2016)
  • "Cold Turkey" (Season 5, Episode 12) (2020)

Gary Unmarried

• "Gary Gives Thanks" (Season 1, Episode 9) (November 26, 2008)
• "Gary Apologizes" (Season 2, Episode 8) (November 18, 2009)

George Lopez

• "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Honey" (Season 2, Episode 9) (November 27, 2002)
• "Would You Like a Drumstick or a Kidney?" (Season 3, Episode 10) (November 21, 2003)
• "Trouble in Paradise" (Season 4, Episode 8) (November 23, 2004)

Girlfriends

• "Fried Turkey" (Season 1, Episode 9) (November 20, 2000)
• "Porn to Write" (Season 5, Episode 10) (November 29, 2004)

The Goldbergs / Schooled

• "Stop Arguing and Start Thanking" (November 19, 2013) (Season 1, Episode 9)
• "A Goldberg Thanksgiving" (November 19, 2014) (Season 2, Episode 7)
• "In Conclusion, Thanksgiving" (November 18, 2015) (Season 3, Episode 8)
• "Ho-ly K.I.T.T." (November 16, 2016) (Season 4, Episode 7)
• "A Wall Street Thanksgiving" (November 15, 2017) (Season 5, Episode 8)
• "Angst-Giving" (November 20, 2019) (Season 7, Episode 8)
• "A Light Thanksgiving Nosh" (November 17, 2021) (Season 9, Episode 8)
• "Another Turkey in the Trot" (November 16, 2022) (Season 10, Episode 8)
• Schooled:
  • "Friendsgiving" (November 20, 2019) (Season 2, Episode 8)

Grace Under Fire

• "Cold Turkey" (Season 2, Episode 9) (November 22, 1994)
• "Thanks for Nothing" (Season 3, Episode 9) (November 22, 1995)

Half & Half

• "The Big Thanks for Forgiving Episode" (Season 1, Episode 10) (November 25, 2002)
• "The Big Thanks for Nothing Episode" (Season 3, Episode 9) (November 22, 2004)

Hazel

• "Everybody's Thankful But Us Turkeys" (Season 1, Episode 9) (1961)
• "Genie with the Light Brown Lamp" (Season 2, Episode 10) (1962)
• "Hazel and the Vanishing Hero" (Season 3, Episode 11) (1963)
• "A Lesson in Diplomacy" (Season 4, Episode 11) (1964)

Home Improvement

• "A Frozen Moment" (Season 3, Episode 10) (November 24, 1993)
• "My Dinner with Wilson" (Season 4, Episode 9) (November 22, 1994)
• "The Wood, the Bad and the Hungry" (Season 6, Episode 10) (November 26, 1996)
• "Thanksgiving" (Season 7, Episode 9) (November 25, 1997)
• "Thanks, but No Thanks" (Season 8, Episode 10) (November 24, 1998)

Hope & Faith

• "Phone Home for the Holidays" (Season 1, Episode 11) (November 21, 2003)
• "9021-Uh-Oh" (Season 2, Episode 10) (November 26, 2004)
• "Blood Is Thicker Than Daughter" (Season 3, Episode 9) (November 18, 2005)

How I Met Your Mother

• "Belly Full of Turkey" (Season 1, Episode 9) (November 22, 2005)
• "Slapsgiving" (Season 3, Episode 9) (November 19, 2007)
• "" (Season 5, Episode 9) (November 23, 2009)
• "Blitzgiving" (Season 6, Episode 10) (November 22, 2010)
• "The Rebound Girl" (Season 7, Episode 11) (November 21, 2011)

The Hughleys

• "Thanksgiving Episode" (Season 1, Episode 10) (November 24, 1998)
• "Roots" (Parts 1 and 2) (Season 2, Episode 7 & 8) (November 5, 1999) (November 12, 1999)
• "Oh Thank Heaven for Seven-Eleven" (Season 3, Episode 9) (November 20, 2000)
• "One Foot in the Gravy" (Season 4, Episode 11) (November 19, 2001)

The King of Queens

• "Supermarket Story" (Season 1, Episode 10) (November 23, 1998)
• "Roamin' Holiday" (Season 2, Episode 10) (November 22, 1999)
• "Dark Meet" (Season 3, Episode 8) (November 20, 2000)
• "Loaner Car" (Season 5, Episode 10) (November 25, 2002)
• "Thanks Man" (Season 6, Episode 9) (November 26, 2003)

Last Man Standing

• "Thanksgiving" (Season 3, Episode 9) (November 22, 2013)
• "The Gratitude List" (Season 5, Episode 9) (November 20, 2015)
• "My Father the Car" (Season 6, Episode 8) (November 18, 2016)

Life in Pieces

• "Godparent Turkey Corn Farts" (November 19, 2015) (Season 1, Episode 8)
• "Testosterone Martyr Baked Knife" (November 23, 2017) (Season 3, Episode 4)

Living Single

• "Love Takes a Holiday" (Season 1, Episode 13) (November 21, 1993)
• "Thanks for Giving" (Season 2, Episode 12) (November 24, 1994)

The Love Boat

• "Man of the Cloth/Her Own Two Feet/Tony's Family" (Season 2, Episode 10) (November 18, 1978)
• "The Best of Friends/Too Many Dads/Love Will Find a Way" (Season 6, Episode 9) (November 20, 1982)

Mad About You

• "Riding Backwards" (Season 1, Episode 9) (November 18, 1992)
• "Giblets for Murray" (Season 3, Episode 8) (November 17, 1994)
• "Outbreak" (Season 5, Episode 7) (November 19, 1996)
• "The Thanksgiving Show" (Season 7, Episode 7) (November 24, 1998)

Martin

• "Thanks for Nothing" (Season 2, Episode 13) (November 21, 1993)
• "Feast or Famine" (Season 3, Episode 11) (November 24, 1994)

The Middle

• "Thanksgiving" (November 25, 2009) (Season 1, Episode 8)
• "Thanksgiving II" (November 24, 2010) (Season 2, Episode 9)
• "Thanksgiving III" (November 23, 2011) (Season 3, Episode 10)
• "Thanksgiving IV" (November 14, 2012) (Season 4, Episode 8)
• "Thanksgiving V" (November 20, 2013) (Season 5, Episode 7)
• "Thanksgiving VI" (November 19, 2014) (Season 6, Episode 7)
• "Thanksgiving VII" (November 18, 2015) (Season 7, Episode 8)
• "Thanksgiving VIII" (November 22, 2016) (Season 8, Episode 6)
• "Thanksgiving IX" (November 14, 2017) (Season 9, Episode 7)

Mike & Molly

• "Molly Gets a Hat" (Season 1, Episode 10) (November 22, 2010)
• "Mike Cheats" (Season 2, Episode 9) (November 21, 2011)
• "Thanksgiving Is Cancelled" (Season 3, Episode 7) (November 19, 2012)

Modern Family

• "Punkin Chunkin" (November 23, 2011) (Season 3, Episode 9)
• "Three Turkeys" (November 19, 2014) (Season 6, Episode 8)
• "Thanksgiving Jamboree" (November 16, 2016) (Season 8, Episode 7)
• "Winner Winner Turkey Dinner" (November 15, 2017) (Season 9, Episode 7)
• "The Last Thanksgiving" (November 6, 2019) (Season 11, Episode 7)

Moesha

• "Road Trip" (Season 2, Episode 13) (November 26, 1996)
• "Thanksgiving" (Season 5, Episode 10) (November 22, 1999)
• "All This and Turkey, Too" (Season 6, Episode 10) (November 20, 2000)

Murphy Brown

• "Mission Control" (Season 4, Episode 11) (November 25, 1991)
• "Thanksgiving and Taking" (Season 11, Episode 9) (November 22, 2018)

My Three Sons

• "Chip's Harvest" (Season 1, Episode 8) (November 17, 1960)
• TV Movie: "A Thanksgiving Reunion with The Partridge Family and My Three Sons" (November 25, 1977)

The Neighbors

• "Thanksgiving Is for the Bird-Kersees" (November 14, 2012) (Season 1, Episode 8)
• "Thanksgiving Is No Schmuck Bait" (November 22, 2013) (Season 2, Episode 9)

New Girl

• "Thanksgiving" (November 15, 2011) (Season 1, Episode 6)
• "Parents" (November 20, 2012) (Season 2, Episode 8)
• "Thanksgiving III" (November 26, 2013) (Season 3, Episode 10)
• "Thanksgiving IV" (November 25, 2014) (Season 4, Episode 9)
• "Last Thanksgiving" (November 22, 2016) (Season 6, Episode 7)

Newhart

• "Don't Rain on My Parade" (Season 2, Episode 6) (November 21, 1983)
• "Thanksgiving for the Memories" (Season 5, Episode 8) (November 24, 1986)

Night Court

• "Harry and the Madam" (Season 2, Episode 8) (November 22, 1984)
• "The Last Temptation of Mac" (Season 6, Episode 6) (November 23, 1988)

One on One

• "Thanksgiving It to Me, Baby" (Season 1, Episode 11) (November 19, 2001)
• "Who Brought the Jive Turkey?" (Season 4, Episode 9) (November 22, 2004)

The Parkers

• "It's a Family Affair" (Season 1, Episode 11) (November 22, 1999)
• "Turkey Day Blues" (Season 2, Episode 10) (November 20, 2000)

Raising Hope

• "Meet the Grandparents" (November 23, 2010) (Season 1, Episode 9)
• "Burt's Parents" (November 15, 2011) (Season 2, Episode 7)
• "Candy Wars" (November 20, 2012) (Season 3, Episode 7)

Reba

• "Thanksgiving" (Season 4, Episode 9) (November 19, 2004)
• "Invasion" (Season 5, Episode 9) (November 18, 2005)

Roseanne / The Conners

Roseanne

• "We Gather Together" (Season 2, Episode 9)(November 21, 1989)
• "Thanksgiving '91" (Season 4, Episode 10) (November 26, 1991)
• "Thanksgiving '93" (Season 6, Episode 10) (November 23, 1993)
• "Thanksgiving '94" (Season 7, Episode 10) (November 23, 1994)
• "The Last Thursday in November" (Season 8, Episode 8) (November 21, 1995)
• "Home Is Where the Afghan Is" (Season 9, Episode 10) (November 26, 1996)

The Conners

• "Slappy Holidays" (Season 2, Episode 7) (November 19, 2019)
• "Of Missing Minds and Missing Fries" (Season 5, Episode 8) (November 16, 2022)

The Single Guy

• "Sister" (Season 1, Episode 8) (November 16, 1995)
• "Davy Jones" (Season 2, Episode 9) (November 21, 1996)

Speechless

• "T-h-a-Thanksgiving" (November 16, 2016) (Season 1, Episode 7)
• "B-r-i-British I-n-v-Invasion" (November 15, 2017) (Season 2, Episode 7)
• "C-e-Celebrity S-u-Suite" (November 16, 2018) (Season 3, Episode 6)

Spin City

• "The Competition" (Season 1, Episode 8) (November 26, 1996)
• "Gobble the Wonder Turkey Saves the Day" (Season 3, Episode 10) (November 24, 1998)
• "The Thanksgiving Show" (Season 4, Episode 9) (November 24, 1999)
• "Balloons Over Broadway" (Season 5, Episode 6) (November 22, 2000)

Suburgatory

• "Thanksgiving" (November 23, 2011) (Season 1, Episode 8)
• "The Wishbone" (November 14, 2012) (Season 2, Episode 5)

That '70s Show

• "Thanksgiving" (Season 1, Episode 9) (November 22, 1998)
• "Thank You" (Season 5, Episode 8) (December 3, 2002)
• "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (Season 7, Episode 9) (November 24, 2004)

Too Close for Comfort

• "Rafkin's Bum" (Season 2, Episode 6) (November 24, 1981)
• "A Thanksgiving Tale" (Season 3, Episode 9) (November 25, 1982)

Two and a Half Men

• "Merry Thanksgiving" (Season 1, Episode 10) (November 24, 2003)
• "Ow, Ow, Don't Stop" (Season 8, Episode 10) (November 22, 2010)

Two Guys and a Girl

• "Two Guys, a Girl and a Thanksgiving" (Season 2, Episode 10) (November 25, 1998)
• "Talking Turkey" (Season 3, Episode 9) (November 17, 1999)

Veronica's Closet

• "Veronica's First Thanksgiving" (Season 1, Episode 8) (November 20, 1997)
• "Veronica's Thanksgiving That Keeps On Giving" (Season 2, Episode 8) (November 19, 1998)
• "Veronica's Got All the Right Stuffing" (Season 3, Episode 7) (November 22, 1999)

Webster

• "Thanksgiving Show" (Season 2, Episode 8) (November 16, 1984)
• "Thanksgiving with the Four Tops" (Season 6, Episode 16) (January 6, 1989)

What I Like About You

• "Thanksgiving" (Season 1, Episode 9) (November 22, 2002)
• "Ground-Turkey-Hog-Day" (Season 4, Episode 9) (November 18, 2005)

Will & Grace

• "Homo for the Holidays" (Season 2, Episode 7) (November 25, 1999)
• "Lows in the Mid-Eighties" (Season 3, Episode 8-9) (November 23, 2000)
• "Moveable Feast" (Season 4, Episode 9-10) (November 22, 2001)
• "Queens for a Day" (Season 7, Episode 10-11) (November 25, 2004)

Animated sitcoms

• Calvin and the Colonel: "Thanksgiving Dinner" (Season 1, Episode 3) (1961)
• Beavis and Butt-Head: "Beavis and Butt-Head Do Thanksgiving" (November 27, 1997) (Season 7, Episode Non-Canon)
• Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist: "Thanksgiving" (November 23, 1998) (Season 5, Episode 18)
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force: "The Dressing" (2003) (Season 2, Episode 21)
• Father of the Pride: "The Thanksgiving Episode" (2004) (Season 1, Episode 9)
• Dan Vs.: "The Family Thanksgiving" (November 19, 2011) (Season 2, Episode 1)
• Son of Zorn: "The Battle of Thanksgiving" (November 13, 2016) (Season 1, Episode 7)
• Squidbillies: "Thank-Taking" (November 20, 2016) (Season 10, Episode 9)
• SuperMansion: "A Prayer for Mister T: A SuperMansion Thanksgiving Special" (November 15, 2018)
• Big Mouth: "Thanksgiving" (November 5, 2021) (Season 5, Episode 5)
• F Is for Family: "Thank You So Much" (November 25, 2021) (Season 5, Episode 4)
• Solar Opposites: "The Hunt for Brown October" (2024)

American Dad!

• "There Will Be Bad Blood" (November 28, 2010) (Season 6, Episode 6)
• "Kung Pao Turkey" (November 24, 2013) (Season 9, Episode 5)

Bless the Harts

• ”Mega-Lo-Memories” (November 24, 2019) (Season 1, Episode 8)
• "Mega Lo Memories: Part Deux" (November 22, 2020) (Season 2, Episode 7)

Bob's Burgers

• "An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal" (November 18, 2012) (Season 3, Episode 5)
• "Turkey in a Can" (November 24, 2013) (Season 4, Episode 5)
• "Dawn of the Peck" (November 23, 2014) (Season 5, Episode 4)
• "Gayle Makin' Bob Sled" (November 8, 2015) (Season 6, Episode 4)
• "The Quirkducers" (November 20, 2016) (Season 7, Episode 6)
• "Thanks-Hoarding" (November 19, 2017) (Season 8, Episode 5)
• "I Bob Your Pardon" (November 18, 2018) (Season 9, Episode 7)
• "Now We're Not Cooking with Gas" (November 24, 2019) (Season 10, Episode 8)
• "Diarrhea of a Poopy Kid" (November 22, 2020) (Season 11, Episode 7)
• "Stuck in the Kitchen With You" (November 21, 2021) (Season 12, Episode 8)
• "Putts-giving" (November 20, 2022) (Season 13, Episode 8)

The Cleveland Show

• "A Brown Thanksgiving" (November 22, 2009) (Season 1, Episode 7)
• "Another Bad Thanksgiving" (November 28, 2010) (Season 2, Episode 7)
• "A General Thanksgiving Episode" (November 18, 2012) (Season 4, Episode 3)
• "Turkey Pot Die" (November 25, 2012) (Season 4, Episode 4)

Family Guy

• "Thanksgiving" (November 20, 2011) (Season 10, Episode 6)
• "Into Harmony's Way" (2013) (Season 12, Episode 7)
• "Turkey Guys" (November 16, 2014) (Season 13, Episode 5)
• "Peter's Sister" (November 15, 2015) (Season 14, Episode 6)
• "Shanksgiving" (November 24, 2019) (Season 18, Episode 8)

King of the Hill

• "Nine Pretty Darn Angry Men" (November 17, 1998) (Season 3, Episode 7)
• "Happy Hank's Giving" (November 21, 1999) (Season 4, Episode 7)
• "Spin the Choice" (November 19, 2000) (Season 5, Episode 4)
• "Goodbye Normal Jeans" (November 24, 2002) (Season 7, Episode 4)

Rick and Morty

• "Rick and Morty's Thanksploitation Spectacular" (July 25, 2021) (Season 5, Episode 6)
• "Bethic Twinstinct" (September 18, 2022) (Season 6, Episode 3)

The Simpsons

• "Bart vs. Thanksgiving" (November 22, 1990) (Season 2, Episode 7)
• "Homer vs. Dignity" (November 26, 2000) (Season 12, Episode 5)
• "Homer the Moe" (November 18, 2001) (Season 13, Episode 3)
• "The Wettest Stories Ever Told" (April 23, 2006) (Season 17, Episode 18)
• "Thanksgiving of Horror" (November 24, 2019) (Season 31, Episode 8)
• "It's a Blunderful Life" (November 19, 2023) (Season 35, Episode 7)

South Park

• "Starvin' Marvin" (November 19, 1997) (Season 1, Episode 8)
• "Helen Keller! The Musical" (November 22, 2000) (Season 4, Episode 13)
• "A History Channel Thanksgiving" (November 9, 2011) (Season 15, Episode 13)
• "Black Friday" (November 13, 2013) (Season 17, Episode 7)
• "Turkey Trot" (November 26, 2025) (Season 28, Episode 4)

Professional wrestling

• 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

• The Big Comfy Couch: Feast of Fools (1993)
• Darcy's Wild Life: "Thanksgiving" (2005)
• The Best Years: "Destiny" (2009)
• How To Be Indie: "How to Be Thankful" (2010)
• Son of a Critch: "Thanksgiving" (2024)

Others

• American Playhouse: "The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski" (1985)
• CBS Reports: "Harvest of Shame" (1960)
• Conan: "The Turducken Kerfuffle" (2010)
• Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy (1950)
• The Lawrence Welk Show: "Thanksgiving Special" (1955–81)
• NBC News: Matt Lauer specials: "People of the Year" (2009–10), "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 85th Anniversary Special" (2011)
• The Oprah Winfrey Show: "Oprah's Favorite Things" (1990s–2008, 2010)
• The Perry Como Thanksgiving Show (1961, 1965)
• Remembering Bo (2006)
• Rosie Live (2008)
• The Smothers Brothers Thanksgiving Special (1988)
• Soul Train Music Awards (1987–)
• A Very Gaga Thanksgiving (2011)

See also

• 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
• List of Independence Day television specials

External links

• List of Thanksgiving TV Specials, TV Episodes, TV Movies, and Short Films at the Internet Movie Database