List of Thanksgiving television specials

Children's/family

Adventures from the Book of Virtues: Generosity (1997)

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Alvin’s Thanksgiving Celebration (2008)

B.C.: The First Thanksgiving (1973)

Bear in the Big Blue House: The Best Thanksgiving Ever (1999)

The Berenstain Bears Meet Bigpaw (1980)

Blue's Clues: Thankful (1999)

Biz Kid$: A Biz Kid$ Thanksgiving Special (2007)

Bozo, Gar and Ray: WGN TV Classics (2005)

Calvin and the Colonel: Thanksgiving Dinner (1961)

The Care Bears: Grams Bear's Thanksgiving Surprise (1986)

CatDog: Talking Turkey (1999)

Clifford's Puppy Days: Fall Feast / The Perfect Pancake (2005/2006)

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)

Fluppy Dogs (1986)

Garfield's Thanksgiving (1989)

Good Luck Charlie: It's a Charlie Duncan Thanksgiving (2011)

Henry Hugglemonster: Huggsgiving Day (2013)

Hey Arnold: Arnold's Thanksgiving (1997)

The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange: Thanksfornothing Day (2013)

House of Mouse: House of Turkey (2003)

Intergalactic Thanksgiving (1979)

JoJo's Circus: The Thanksgiving Hip-Hooray Parade (2005)

Life with Louie: The Fourth Thursday in November (1995)

MAD: Bourne Leg-A-Turkey/Pilgrimm (2012)

Martha Speaks: Martha's Thanksgiving (2012)

Max & Ruby: Max's Thanksgiving (2004)

Maya & Miguel: The Best Thanksgiving Ever (2005)

Megas XLR: Thanksgiving Throwdown (2004)

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Thanks-A-Bunch Day (2008)

The Mighty B: Thanksgiving Beeninactment (2008)

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Storybook Rangers (Parts 1 and 2) (1995)

Mouse on the Mayflower (1968)

My Gym Partner's a Monkey: A Thanksgiving Carol (2008)

Pepper Ann: Thanksgiving Dad (1997)

Phineas and Ferb: Gi-Ants/Minor Monogram (2012)

Planet Sheen: Thanksgetting (2010)

Regular Show: The Thanksgiving Special (2013)

Rocko's Modern Life: Turkey Time/Floundering Fathers (1996)

Rugrats: The Turkey Who Came to Dinner (1997)

Sesame Street: Trashgiving Day (2013)

The Spectacular Spider-Man: Nature vs. Nurture (2008)

Stanley: A Turkey of a Thanksgiving (2004)

A Stuart And Wilbur Thanksgiving (2017)

The Suite Life of Zack & Cody: Boston Tea Party (2006)

The Suite Life on Deck: Mulch Ado About Nothing (2009)

Teacher's Pet: The Turkey That Came To Dinner (2002)

Teen Titans Go: Thanksgiving (2014)

Thanksgiving In The Land of Oz (1980)

The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't (1972)

Underdog: Simon Says No Thanksgiving (1965)

Wild Kratts: Happy Turkey Day (2012)

The Wild Thornberrys: A Family Tradition (2000)

Looney Tunes/Warner Bros. Animation

Animaniacs: Turkey Jerky (1993)

Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals (1976)

Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet (1978)

Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special (1980)

The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries: Happy Pranksgiving (1997)

Peanuts (Charlie Brown)

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973)

This is America, Charlie Brown: The Mayflower Voyagers (1988)

Winnie the Pooh

Welcome to Pooh Corner: Pooh Corner Thanksgiving (1983)

Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (1999)

A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving (1998)

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)

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: "Peking, March 1910" (1993)

American drama series

413 Hope St.: "Thanksgiving" (1997)

AfterMASH: "Thanksgiving of '53" (1983)

The Agency: "Thanksgiving" (2001)

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)

Chicago Fire: "Two Families" (2012)

Chicago Hope: "Tantric Turkey" (1998)

Commander in Chief: "The Mom Who Came to Dinner" (2005)

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)

Dexter: "Hungry Man" (2009)

Eight Is Enough: "All the Vice-President's Men" (1978)

Flipper: "Thanksgiving" (1998)

Friday Night Lights: "Thanksgiving" (2010)

Glee: "Thanksgiving" (2012)

The Good Wife: "A Defense of Marriage" (2012)

Hart of Dixie: "The Pirate and the Practice" (2011)

Hawaii Five-0: "Hauʻoli La HoʻomaikaʻI" (2013)

Hill Street Blues: "Low Blow" (1984)

Homicide: Life on the Street: "Hate Crimes" (1995)

House: "Ignorance Is Bliss" (2009)

I'll Fly Away: "Coming Home" (1991)

Jane the Virgin: "Chapter Twenty-Eight" (2015)

Jericho: "Red Flag" (2006)

Judging Amy: "The Persistence of Tectonics" (1999)

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)

M*A*S*H: "The Yalu Brick Road" (1979)

Men in Trees: "New York Fiction" (2006)

Miss Match: "Jive Turkey" (2003)

My Own Worst Enemy: "High Crimes and Turducken" (2008)

Northern Exposure: "Thanksgiving" (1992)

Parenthood (1990 series): "Thanksgiving with a T that Rhymes with B that Stands for Basketball" (1990)

Parenthood (2010 series): "Happy Thanksgiving" (2010)

Picket Fences: "Thanksgiving" (1992)

Police Story: "Thanksgiving" (1976)

Private Practice: "The Breaking Point" (2011)

Related: "Francesca" (2005)

Reunion: "1992" (2005)

Revenge: "Lineage" (2012)

St. Elsewhere: "A Wing and a Prayer" (1983)

Scream Queens: "Ghost Stories" (2015)

Sisters: "Georgie Through the Looking Glass" (1991)

The Sopranos: "He Is Risen" (2001)

Spenser: For Hire: "Thanksgiving" (1987)

Sports Night: "Thespis" (1998)

Third Watch: "History of the World" (1999)

Thirtysomething: "We Gather Together" (1987)

This Is Us: "Pilgrim Rick" (2016)

Trapper John, M.D.: "Thanks for Giving" (1982)

Trauma: "Thank You" (2009)

The Trials of Rosie O'Neill: "Rosie Gets the Blues" (1990)

Ugly Betty: "Four Thanksgivings and a Funeral" (2006)

The Wonder Years: "The Ties That Bind" (1990)

7th Heaven

7th Heaven: "Last Call for Aunt Julie" (1996)

7th Heaven: "Thanksgiving" (2004)

7th Heaven: "Gratitude" (2004)

7th Heaven: "Turkey" (2005)

7th Heaven: "Thanks and Giving" (2006)

Ally McBeal

Ally McBeal: "You Never Can Tell" (1998)

Ally McBeal: "Troubled Water" (1999)

American Dreams

American Dreams: "The End of the Innocence" (2002)

American Dreams: "What Dreams May Come" (2004)

Chuck

Chuck: "Chuck Versus the Nemesis" (2007)

Chuck: "Chuck Versus the Gravitron" (2008)

Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives: "Don't Walk on the Grass" (2009)

Desperate Housewives: "Sorry Grateful" (2010)

Dirty Sexy Money

Dirty Sexy Money: "The Country House" (2007)

Dirty Sexy Money: "The Facts" (2009)

Doogie Howser, M.D.

Doogie Howser, M.D.: "Don't Let the Turkeys Get You Down" (1990)

Doogie Howser, M.D.: "The Big Sleep...Not!" (1992)

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)

Ed

Ed: "Something Old, Something New" (2000)

Ed: "The New World" (2001)

Ed: "The Proposal" (2003)

ER

ER: "ER Confidential" (1994)

ER: "Great Expectations" (1999)

ER: "Rescue Me" (2000)

ER: "Freefall" (2003)

ER: "Scoop and Run" (2006)

Everwood

Everwood: "A Thanksgiving Tale" (2002)

Everwood: "Unhappy Holidays" (2003)

Family

Family: "A Tale Out of Season" (1977)

Family: "Generations" (1978)

Family: "Thanksgiving" (1979)

Felicity

Felicity: "Thanksgiving" (1998)

Felicity: "Family Affairs" (1999)

Felicity: "The Last Thanksgiving" (2001)

Gilmore Girls

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)

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy: "Thanks for the Memories" (2005)

Grey's Anatomy: "Holidaze" (2009)

Grey's Anatomy: "Somebody That I Used to Know" (2013)

Mad Men

Mad Men: "The Wheel" (2007)

Mad Men: "Public Relations" (2010)

Mad Men: "Dark Shadows" (2012)

Mad Men: "In Care Of" (2013)

Melrose Place

Melrose Place: "Cold Turkey" (1993)

Melrose Place: "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: "Blood Brothers" (2015)

NCIS: New Orleans: "Billy and the Kid" (2015)

Once and Again

Once and Again: "Thanksgiving" (1999)

Once and Again: "Feast or Famine" (2000)

Once and Again: "Chaos Theory" (2001)

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)

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel: "An Unexpected Snow" (1994)

Touched by an Angel: "Homecoming" (1996)

Touched by an Angel: "Heaven's Portal" (2001)

The Waltons

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

The West Wing

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

90210: "Smoked Turkey" (2011)

Dawson's Creek: "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1999)

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)

Pretty Little Liars: "Taking This One to the Grave" (2014)

Scream Queens: "Thanksgiving" (2015)

Beverly Hills, 90210

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)

Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls: "A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving" (2002)

Gilmore Girls: "He's Slippin' Em Bread Dig?" (2005)

Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl: "Blair Waldorf Must Pie" (2007)

Gossip Girl: "The Magnificent Archibalds" (2008)

Gossip Girl: "The Treasure of Serena Madre" (2009)

The O.C.

The O.C.: "The Homecoming" (2003)

The O.C.: "The Secret" (2003)

The O.C.: "The Cold Turkey" (2006)

Party of Five

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)

Supernatural/sci-fi series

Amazing Stories: "Thanksgiving" (1986)

Bone Chillers: "Frankenturkey" (1996)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "Pangs" (1999)

A Gifted Man: "In Case of Missed Communication" (2011)

Heroes: "Thanksgiving" (2009)

The Originals: "Out of the Easy" (2015)

Quantum Leap: "The Leap Home" (Parts 1 and 2) (1990)

Roswell: "Max in the City" (2000)

The Vampire Diaries: "Fade Into You" (2014)

Charmed

Charmed: "The Truth Is Out There... And It Hurts" (1998)

Charmed: "There's Something About Leo" (2004)

Smallville

Smallville: "Rage" (2006)

Smallville: "Ambush" (2010)

Supergirl

Supergirl: "Livewire" (2015)

Supergirl: "Medusa" (2016)

Sitcoms

2 Broke Girls: "And the Very Christmas Thanksgiving" (2011)

3rd Rock from the Sun: "Gobble, Gobble, Dick, Dick" (1996)

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 and 2) (1988)

Alice: "Alice's Turkey of a Thanksgiving" (1982)

All in the Family: "The Little Atheist" (1975)

Almost Perfect: "The Lost Weekend" (1995)

American Housewife: "The Blow-Up" (2016)

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: "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: "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)

Café Americain: "... And Giblets for All" (1993)

Caroline in the City: "Caroline and the Balloon" (1995)

Carter Country: "Chicks and Turkeys" (1977)

The Class: "The Class Gives Thanks" (2006)

Clueless: "Never P.E.T.A. Squirrel" (1998)

Coach: "It Came from New York" (1993)

Common Law: "In the Matter of: Thanksgiving" (1996) - unaired

Community: "Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations" (2013)

Complete Savages: "Thanksgiving with the Savages" (2004)

Cosby: "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)

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)

The Drew Carey Show: "Mimi's Day Parade" (1996)

Drexell's Class: "The Best Thanksgiving Ever" (1991)

Ellen: "Kiss My Bum" (1996)

Empty Nest: "Thanksgiving at the Westons'" (1992)

Evening Shade: "The Thanksgiving Show" (1991)

Everybody Hates Chris: "Everybody Hates Thanksgiving" (2006)

Family Matters: "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)

Full House: "The Miracle of Thanksgiving" (1987)

George & Leo: "The Thanksgiving Show" (1997)

The Burns and Allen Show: "Thanksgiving" (1951)

Girlfriends: "Fried Turkey" (2000)

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)

Grandfathered: "Gerald's Two Dads" (2015)

Greek: "The Wish-Pretzel" (2009)

The Grinder: "Giving Thanks, Getting Justice" (2015)

Guys with Kids: "Thanksgiving" (2012)

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)

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)

Joe's Life: "Parental Guidance Not Suggested?" (1993)

Joey: "Joey and the Bachelor Thanksgiving" (2005)

Just Shoot Me!: "The First Thanksgiving" (2000)

Kate & Allie: "Thanksgiving" (1985)

Kenan and Kel: "Turkey Day" (1997)

Ladies Man: "Thanks for Nothing" (1999)

The League: "Thanksgiving" (2011)

Less than Perfect: "Claude's Alternative Thanksgiving" (2003)

Life in Pieces: "Godparent Turkey Corn Farts" (2015)

Life's Work: "Gobbledegook" (1996)

Listen Up!: "Thanksgiving" (2004)

Love & War: "I Love a Parade" (1993)

Maggie Winters: "Angstgiving Day" (1998)

Make Room for Daddy: "Thanksgiving Story" (1953)

Malcolm in the Middle: "Thanksgiving" (2003)

Mama's Family: "An Ill Will" (1986)

Man with a Plan: "Thanksgiving" (2016)

Married People: "The Baby Cometh" (1990)

Married to the Kellys: "The Apartment" (2003)

Married... with Children: "A Bundy Thanksgiving" (1996)

Marry Me: "Thank Me" (2014)

The McCarthys: "Love, McCarthys Style" (2014)

The Michael J. Fox Show: "Thanksgiving" (2013)

The Millers: "Papa Was a Rolling Bone" (2014)

The Mindy Project: "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)

Murphy Brown: "Mission Control" (1991)

My Two Dads: "Thanks for the Memories" (1989)

The Nanny: "Oh, Say, Can You Ski?" (1998)

Ned & Stacey: "Thanksgiving Day Massacre" (1995)

The New Adventures of Old Christine: "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 Strangers: "Wild Turkey" (1991)

The Pride of the Family: "Thanksgiving Story" (1953)

Quintuplets: "Thanksgiving Day Charade" (2004)

The Real O'Neals: "The Real Tradition" (2016)

Rodney: "Thanksgiving" (2004)

Sabrina the Teenage Witch: "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: "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)

Sister, Sister: "Thanksgiving in Hawaii" (Parts 1 and 2) (1995)

Small Wonder: "Thanksgiving Story" (1986)

Something So Right: "Something About Thanksgiving" (1996)

Speechless: "T-h-a-Thanksgiving" (2016)

Still Standing: "Still Thankful" (2002)

Suddenly Susan: "Cold Turkey" (1996)

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)

Two and a Half Men: "Merry Thanksgiving" (2003)

Union Square: "Jack Gets a Hot Tip" (1997)

Up All Night: "Thanksgiving" (2012)

Veronica's Closet: "Veronica's First Thanksgiving" (1997)

What's Happening!!: "Mama The School Girl" (1977)

Who's the Boss?: "Thanksgiving at Mrs. Rossini's" (1985)

WKRP in Cincinnati Season 1, Episode 7: "Turkeys Away" (October 30, 1978)

Woops!: "The Thanksgiving Show" (1992)

Workaholics: "6 Hours Till Hedonism II" (2011)

Yes, Dear: "Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner" (2001)

8 Simple Rules

8 Simple Rules: "Paul Meets His Match" (2002)

8 Simple Rules: "The First Thanksgiving" (2003)

8 Simple Rules: "Thanksgiving Guest" (aka "Thanksgiving") (2004)

According to Jim

According to Jim: "The Turkey Bowl" (2001)

According to Jim: "Thanksgiving Confidential" (2002)

According to Jim: "The Empty Gesture" (2003)

According to Jim: "The Hunters" (2004)

All of Us

All of Us: "Parents Just Don't Understand" (2004)

All of Us: "My Two Dads" (2006)

The Bernie Mac Show

The Bernie Mac Show: "Tryptophan-tasy" (2002)

The Bernie Mac Show: "Thanksgiving" (2004)

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies: "Elly's First Date" (1962)

The Beverly Hillbillies: "Turkey Day" (1963)

The Beverly Hillbillies: "The Thanksgiving Spirit" (1968)

The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory: Season 3, Episode 4: "The Pirate Solution" (2009)

The Big Bang Theory: Season 7, Episode 9: "The Thanksgiving Decoupling" (2013)

The Big Bang Theory: Season 9, Episode 9: "The Platonic Permutation" (2015)

The Bob Newhart Show

The Bob Newhart Show: "An American Family" (1974)

The Bob Newhart Show: "Over the River and Through the Woods" (1975)

Boy Meets World

Boy Meets World: "Turkey Day" (1996)

Boy Meets World: "Chasing Angela-Part II" (1997)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

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)

Brothers

Brothers: "Gobba, Gobba" (1985)

Brothers: "Thanksgiving" (1987)

Cheers

Season 5, Episode 9: "Thanksgiving Orphans" (November 27, 1986)

Season 11, Episode 8: "Ill-Gotten Gaines" (November 19, 1992)

The Cosby Show

Season 1, Episode 10: "Bon Jour, Sondra" (November 22, 1984)

Season 6, Episode 9: "Cliff's Wet Adventure" (November 16, 1989)

Cougar Town

Cougar Town: "Here Comes My Girl" (2009)

Cougar Town: "When the Time Comes" (2010)

Cougar Town: "It'll All Work Out" (2012)

Dharma & Greg

Dharma & Greg: "The First Thanksgiving" (1997)

Dharma & Greg: "Thanksgiving Until It Hurts" (1999)

Dharma & Greg: "Wish We Weren't Here" (2001)

Dr. Ken

Dr. Ken: "Thanksgiving Culture Clash" (2015)

Dr. Ken: "Allison's Thanksgiving Meltdown" (2016)

Everybody Loves Raymond

Everybody Loves Raymond: "Turkey or Fish" (1996)

Everybody Loves Raymond: "No Fat" (1998)

Everybody Loves Raymond: "No Thanks" (1999)

Everybody Loves Raymond: "Fighting In-Laws" (2000)

Everybody Loves Raymond: "Older Women" (2001)

Everybody Loves Raymond: "Marie's Vision" (2002)

Everybody Loves Raymond: "The Bird" (2003)

Everybody Loves Raymond: "Debra's Parents" (2004)

Frasier

Frasier: "A Lilith Thanksgiving" (1996)

Frasier: "The Apparent Trap" (1999)

Fresh Off the Boat

Fresh Off the Boat: "Huangsgiving" (2015)

Fresh Off the Boat: "No Thanks-giving" (2016)

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: "Talking Turkey" (1990)

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: "There's the Rub (Part 1)"/"There's the Rub (Part 2)" (1995)

Friends

Season 1, Episode 9: "The One Where Underdog Gets Away" (November 17, 1994)

Season 2, Episode 8: "The One with the List" (November 16, 1995)

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)

Gary Unmarried

Gary Unmarried: "Gary Gives Thanks" (2008)

Gary Unmarried: "Gary Apologizes" (2009)

George Lopez

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)

The Goldbergs

The Goldbergs: "Stop Arguing and Start Thanking" (2013)

The Goldbergs: "A Goldberg Thanksgiving" (2014)

The Goldbergs: "In Conclusion, Thanksgiving" (2015)

The Goldbergs: "Ho-ly K.I.T.T." (2016)

Grace Under Fire

Grace Under Fire: "Cold Turkey" (1994)

Grace Under Fire: "Thanks for Nothing" (1995)

Half & Half

Half & Half: "The Big Thanks for Forgiving Episode" (2002)

Half & Half: "The Big Thanks for Nothing Episode" (2004)

Hazel

Hazel: "Everybody's Thankful But Us Turkeys" (1961)

Hazel: "A Lesson in Diplomacy" (1964)

Home Improvement

Home Improvement: "A Frozen Moment" (1993)

Home Improvement: "My Dinner with Wilson" (1994)

Home Improvement: "The Wood, the Bad and the Hungry" (1996)

Home Improvement: "Thanksgiving" (1997)

Home Improvement: "Thanks, but No Thanks" (1998)

Hope & Faith

Hope & Faith: "Phone Home for the Holidays" (2003)

Hope & Faith: "9021-Uh-Oh" (2004)

Hope & Faith: "Blood Is Thicker Than Daughter" (2003)

How I Met Your Mother

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)

The Hughleys

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)

The Jamie Foxx Show

The Jamie Foxx Show: "A Thanksgiving to Remember" (1996)

The Jamie Foxx Show': "Too Much Soul Food" (1997)

The King of Queens

The King of Queens: "Supermarket Story" (1998)

The King of Queens: "Roamin' Holiday" (1999)

The King of Queens: "Dark Meet" (2000)

The King of Queens: "Loaner Car" (2002)

The King of Queens: "Thanks Man" (2003)

Last Man Standing

Last Man Standing: "Thanksgiving" (2013)

Last Man Standing: "The Gratitude List" (2015)

Living Single

Living Single: "Love Takes a Holiday" (1993)

Living Single: "Thanks for Giving" (1994)

Love That Girl!

Season 4, Episode 8: "Thanks For Not Giving" (November 22, 2013)

The Love Boat

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)

Mad About You

Season 1, Episode 9: "Riding Backwards" (November 18, 1992)

Season 3, Episode 8: "Giblets for Murray" (November 17, 1994)

Season 7, Episode 7: "The Thanksgiving Show" (November 24, 1998)

Martin

Season 2, Episode 13: "Thanks for Nothing" (November 21, 1993)

Season 3, Episode 11: "Feast or Famine" (November 24, 1994)

The Middle

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)

Mike & Molly

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 4, Episode 4: "Careful What You Dig For" (November 25, 2013)

Modern Family

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)

Moesha

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)

My Three Sons

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)

The Neighbors

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)

New Girl

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)

Newhart

Season 2, Episode 6: "Don't Rain on My Parade" (November 21, 1983)

Season 5, Episode 8: "Thanksgiving for the Memories" (November 24, 1986)

Night Court

Season 2, Episode 8: "Harry and the Madam" (November 22, 1984)

Season 6, Episode 6: "The Last Temptation of Mac" (November 23, 1988)

One on One

Season 1, Episode 11: "Thanksgiving It to Me, Baby" (November 19, 2001)

Season 4, Episode 9: "Who Brought the Jive Turkey?" (November 22, 2004)

The Parkers

Season 1, Episode 11: "It's a Family Affair" (November 22, 1999)

Season 2, Episode 10: "Turkey Day Blues" (November 20, 2000)

Raising Hope

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)

Reba

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 Single Guy

Season 1, Episode 8: "Sister" (November 16, 1995)

Season 2, Episode 9: "Davy Jones" (November 21, 1996)

Spin City

Season 1, Episode 10: "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)

Suburgatory

Season 1, Episode 8: "Thanksgiving" (November 23, 2011)

Season 2, Episode 5: "The Wishbone" (November 14, 2012)

That '70s Show

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)

Too Close for Comfort

Season 2, Episode 6: "Rafkin's Bum" (November 24, 1981)

Season 3, Episode 9: "A Thanksgiving Tale" (November 25, 1982)

Two Guys and a Girl

Season 2, Episode 10: "Two Guys, a Girl and a Thanksgiving" (November 25, 1998)

Season 3, Episode 9: "Talking Turkey" (November 17, 1999)

Webster

Season 2, Episode 8: "Thanksgiving Show" (November 16, 1984)

Season 6, Episode 16: "Thanksgiving with the Four Tops" (January 6, 1989)

What I Like About You

Season 1, Episode 9: "Thanksgiving" (November 22, 2002)

Season 4, Episode 9: "Ground-Turkey-Hog-Day" (November 18, 2005)

Will & Grace

Season 2, Episode 7: "Homo for the Holidays" (November 25, 1999)

Season 3, Episode 8: "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

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: "Dan VS 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)

Regular Show: Season 5, Episode 12: "The Thanksgiving Special" (November 25, 2013)

Son of Zorn: Season 1, Episode 7: "The Battle of Thanksgiving" (November 13, 2016)

American Dad!

Season 6, Episode 6: "There Will Be Bad Blood" (November 28, 2010)

Season 9, Episode 5: "Kung Pao Turkey" (November 24, 2013)

Bob's Burgers

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)

The Cleveland Show

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)

Family Guy

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)

King of the Hill

Season 3, Episode 7: "Nine Pretty Darn Angry Men" (November 17, 1998)

Season 4, Episode 7: "The Hank's Giving Episode" (November 21, 1999)

Season 5, Episode 4: "Spin the Choice" (November 19, 2000)

Season 7, Episode 4: "Goodbye Normal Jeans" (November 24, 2002)

The Simpsons

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)

South Park

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)

Canadian series

The Best Years: "Destiny" (2009)

Darcy's Wild Life: "Thanksgiving" (2005)

How To Be Indie: "How to Be Thankful" (2010)

Other

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)

The Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion incident took place the Sunday before Thanksgiving in 1987.

The Oprah Winfrey Show: "Oprah's Favorite Things" (2002–2008, 2010)

NBC News: Matt Lauer specials: "People of the Year" (2009–10), "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 85th Anniversary Special" (2011)

Remembering Bo (2006)

Rosie Live (2008)

Soul Train Music Awards (1987–present)

A Very Gaga Thanksgiving (2011)