List of Thanksgiving television specials

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]

Arthur[edit]

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

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)

Looney Tunes[edit]

• 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[edit]

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

Max & Ruby[edit]

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

Peanuts (Charlie Brown)[edit]

• A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973)
• This Is America, Charlie Brown: The Mayflower Voyagers (1988)

Puppy Dog Pals[edit]

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

Sesame Street[edit]

• A Sesame Street Thanksgiving (2018)
• See Us Coming Together (2021)

Teen Titans Go![edit]

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

Winnie the Pooh[edit]

• 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)

Chuck[edit]

• 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]

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]

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

Family[edit]

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

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

The West Wing[edit]

• 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]

• The O.C.: "The Homecoming" (2003)
• The O.C.: "The Secret" (2003)
• The O.C.: "The Cold Turkey" (2006)

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]

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]

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

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]

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

The Vampire Diaries[edit]

• The Vampire Diaries: Fade Into You (2014)
• The Vampire Diaries: Mommie Dearest (2015)

Sitcoms[edit]

8 Simple Rules[edit]

• 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)

A Different World[edit]

• 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)

According to Jim[edit]

• 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)

Alice[edit]

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

All of Us[edit]

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

American Housewife[edit]

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

The Bernie Mac Show[edit]

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

The Beverly Hillbillies[edit]

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

The Big Bang Theory[edit]

• Season 7, Episode 9: "The Thanksgiving Decoupling" (November 21, 2013)
• Season 9, Episode 9: "The Platonic Permutation" (November 19, 2015)

The Bob Newhart Show[edit]

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

Boy Meets World[edit]

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

Brooklyn Nine-Nine[edit]

• 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)

Brothers[edit]

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

Cheers[edit]

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

The Cosby Show[edit]

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

Cougar Town[edit]

• 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)

Dharma & Greg[edit]

• 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)

Dr. Ken[edit]

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

Everybody Loves Raymond[edit]

• 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)

Frasier[edit]

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

Fresh Off the Boat[edit]

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

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air[edit]

• 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)

Friends/Joey[edit]

• 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)

The Goldbergs / Schooled[edit]

• 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)

Home Improvement[edit]

• 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)

How I Met Your Mother[edit]

• 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)

The Jamie Foxx Show[edit]

• Season 1, Episode 12: "A Thanksgiving to Remember" (1996)
• Season 2, Episode 11: "Too Much Soul Food" (1997)

The King of Queens[edit]

• 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)

Last Man Standing[edit]

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

Life in Pieces[edit]

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

Living Single[edit]

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

The Love Boat[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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)

Martin[edit]

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

The Middle[edit]

• 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)

Mike & Molly[edit]

• 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)

Modern Family[edit]

• 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)

Moesha[edit]

• 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)

Murphy Brown[edit]

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

My Three Sons[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

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

Raising Hope[edit]

• 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[edit]

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

Roseanne / The Conners[edit]

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)

The Single Guy[edit]

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

Speechless[edit]

• 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)

Spin City[edit]

• 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)

Suburgatory[edit]

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

That '70s Show[edit]

• 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[edit]

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

Two and a Half Men[edit]

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

Two Guys and a Girl[edit]

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

Veronica's Closet[edit]

• 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)

Webster[edit]

• 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[edit]

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

Will & Grace[edit]

• 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)
• Squidbillies: Season 10, Episode 9: "Thank-Taking" (November 20, 2016)

American Dad![edit]

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

Bless the Harts[edit]

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

Bob's Burgers[edit]

• 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)

The Cleveland Show[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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)

King of the Hill[edit]

• 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 9, Episode 1: "A Rover Runs Through It" (November 7, 2004)

Rick and Morty[edit]

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

The Simpsons[edit]

• 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)

South Park[edit]

• 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]

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

External links[edit]

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