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, sporting events) are not included in this list.

Children's/family

• Adventure Time: Thank You (2011)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Life with Louie: The Fourth Thursday in November (1995)
• MAD: Bourne Leg-A-Turkey/Pilgrimm (2012)
• Martha Speaks: Martha's Thanksgiving (2012)
• Max and Ruby: Max's Thanksgiving (2004)
• Maya & Miguel: The Best Thanksgiving Ever
• Megas XLR: Thanksgiving Throwdown (2004)
• The Mighty B: Thanksgiving Beeninactment (2008)
• 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 and 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)
• 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)
• 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: "A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving" (2002)
• Gilmore Girls: "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)

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)

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)
• 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)
• 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)
• The Burns and Allen Show: "Thanksgiving" (1951)
• Café Americain: "... And Giblets for All" (1993)
• Caroline in the City: "Caroline and the Balloon" (1995)
• 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)
• Dr. Ken: "Thanksgiving Culture Clash" (2015)
• 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 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)
• Fresh Off the Boat: "Huangsgiving" (2015)
• Full House: "The Miracle of Thanksgiving" (1987) (season 1)
• George & Leo: "The Thanksgiving Show" (1997)
• 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: "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)
• It's All Relative: "Thanks, But No Thanks" (2003)
• 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)
• 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)
• The Mommies: "Thanks, But No Thanksgiving" (1993)
• Mr. Belvedere: "The Letter" (1985)
• Mr. Peepers: "Thanksgiving Show" (1953)
• 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)
• The Office: "WUPHF.com" (2010)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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: "The Pirate Solution" (2009)
• The Big Bang Theory: "The Thanksgiving Decoupling" (2013)
• The Big Bang Theory: "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

• Brooklyn Nine-Nine: "Thanksgiving" (2013)
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine: "Lockdown" (2014)
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine: "Ava" (2015)

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)

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)

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)

The Goldbergs

• The Goldbergs: "Stop Arguing and Start Thanking" (2013)
• The Goldbergs: "A Goldberg Thanksgiving" (2014)
• The Goldbergs: "In Conclusion, Thanksgiving" (2015)

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)
• Season 7, Episode 11: "The Rebound Girl" (November 21, 2011)

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 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)

The Love Boat

• The Love Boat: "Man of the Cloth/Her Own Two Feet/Tony's Family" (1978)
• The Love Boat: "The Best of Friends/Too Many Dads/Love Will Find a Way" (1982)

Mad About You

• Mad About You: "Riding Backwards" (1992)
• Mad About You: "Giblets for Murray" (1994)
• Mad About You: "The Thanksgiving Show" (1998) 7x07

Martin

• Martin: "Thanks for Nothing" (1993)
• Martin: "Feast or Famine" (1994)

The Middle

• The Middle: "Thanksgiving" (2009)
• The Middle: "Thanksgiving II" (2010)
• The Middle: "Thanksgiving III" (2011)
• The Middle: "Thanksgiving IV" (2012)
• The Middle: "Thanksgiving V" (2013)
• The Middle: "Thanksgiving VI" (2014)
• The Middle: "Thanksgiving VII" (2015)

Mike & Molly

• Mike & Molly: "Molly Gets a Hat" (2010)
• Mike & Molly: "Mike Cheats" (2011)
• Mike & Molly: "Thanksgiving Is Cancelled" (2012)
• Mike & Molly: "Careful What You Dig For" (2013)

Modern Family

• Modern Family: "Punkin Chunkin" (2011)
• Modern Family: "Three Turkeys" (2014)

Moesha

• Moesha: "Road Trip" (1996)
• Moesha: "Thanksgiving" (1999)
• Moesha: "All This and Turkey, Too" (2000)

My Three Sons

• My Three Sons: "Chip's Harvest" (1960)
• My Three Sons: "A Thanksgiving Reunion with The Partridge Family" (1977) - TV movie

The Neighbors

• The Neighbors : "Thanksgiving Is for the Bird-Kersees" (2012)
• The Neighbors : "Thanksgiving Is No Schmuck Bait" (2013)

New Girl

• New Girl: "Thanksgiving" (2011)
• New Girl: "Parents" (2012)
• New Girl: "Thanksgiving III" (2013)
• New Girl: "Thanksgiving IV" (2014)

Newhart

• Newhart: "Don't Rain on My Parade" (1983)
• Newhart: "Thanksgiving for the Memories" (1986)

Night Court

• Night Court: "Harry and the Madam" (1984)
• Night Court: "The Last Temptation of Mac" (1988)

One on One

• One on One: "Thanksgiving It to Me, Baby" (2001)
• One on One: "Who Brought the Jive Turkey?" (2004)

The Parkers

• The Parkers: "It's a Family Affair" (1999)
• The Parkers: "Turkey Day Blues" (2000)

Raising Hope

• Raising Hope: "Meet the Grandparents" (2010)
• Raising Hope: "Burt's Parents" (2011)
• Raising Hope: "Candy Wars" (2012)

Reba

• Reba: "Thanksgiving" (2004)
• Reba: "Invasion" (2005)

Roseanne

• Roseanne: "We Gather Together" (1989)
• Roseanne: "Thanksgiving '91" (1991)
• Roseanne: "Thanksgiving '93" (1993)
• Roseanne: "Thanksgiving '94" (1994)
• Roseanne: "The Last Thursday in November" (1995)
• Roseanne: "Home Is Where the Afghan Is" (1996)

The Single Guy

• The Single Guy: "Sister" (1995)
• The Single Guy: "Davy Jones" (1996)

Spin City

• Spin City: "The Competition" (1996)
• Spin City: "Gobble the Wonder Turkey Saves the Day" (1998)
• Spin City: "The Thanksgiving Show" (1999)
• Spin City: "Balloons Over Broadway" (2000)

Suburgatory

• Suburgatory: "Thanksgiving" (2011)
• Suburgatory: "The Wishbone" (2012)

That '70s Show

• That '70s Show: Season 1, Episode 9: "Thanksgiving" (1998)
• That '70s Show: Season 5, Episode 8: "Thank You" (2002)
• That '70s Show: Season 7, Episode 9: "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (2004)

Too Close for Comfort

• Too Close for Comfort: "Rafkin's Bum" (1981)
• Too Close for Comfort: "A Thanksgiving Tale" (1982)

Two Guys and a Girl

• Two Guys and a Girl: "Two Guys, a Girl and a Thanksgiving" (1998)
• Two Guys and a Girl: "Talking Turkey" (1999)

Webster

• Webster: "Thanksgiving Show" (1984)
• Webster: "Thanksgiving with the Four Tops" (1989)

What I Like About You

• What I Like About You: "Thanksgiving" (2002)
• What I Like About You: "Ground-Turkey-Hog Day" (2005)

Will & Grace

• Will & Grace: "Homo for the Holidays" (1999)
• Will & Grace: "Lows in the Mid-Eighties" (2000)
• Will & Grace: "Moveable Feast" (2001)
• Will & Grace: "Queens for a Day" (Parts 1 and 2) (2004)

Animated sitcoms

• Aqua Teen Hunger Force: "The Dressing" (2003)
• Beavis and Butt-Head: "Beavis and Butt-Head Do Thanksgiving" (1997)
• Dan Vs.: "Dan VS The Family Thanksgiving" (2011)
• Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist: "Thanksgiving" (1998)
• Father of the Pride: "The Thanksgiving Episode" (2004)
• Regular Show: "The Thanksgiving Special" (2013)

American Dad!

• Season 7, Episode 6: "There Will Be Bad Blood" (November 28, 2010)
• Season 10, 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)

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)

See also

• List of films set around Thanksgiving
• List of 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

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