List of Thanksgiving television specials
Appearance
The following is a list of Thanksgiving television specials in the United States and Canada. Unless otherwise stated, these are episodes of established television series or one-off specials that are rerun annually.
Events not specifically made for television (e.g. parades, theatrical films, sporting events) are not included in this list.
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)
- 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)
- 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
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
ER
- ER: "ER Confidential" (1994)
- ER: "Great Expectations" (1999)
- ER: "Rescue Me" (2000)
- ER: "Freefall" (2003)
- ER: "Scoop and Run" (2006)
Everwood
Family
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
- 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.
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
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
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)
- 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
- Season 5, Episode 9: "Thanksgiving Orphans" (November 27, 1986)
- Season 11, Episode 8: "Ill-Gotten Gaines" (November 19, 1992)
- Season 1, Episode 10: "Bon Jour, Sondra" (November 22, 1984)
- Season 6, Episode 9: "Cliff's Wet Adventure" (November 16, 1989)
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
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
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)
- 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
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)
- 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)
- Season 2, Episode 10: "Man of the Cloth/Her Own Two Feet/Tony's Family" (November 18, 1978)
- Season 6, Episode 9: "The Best of Friends/Too Many Dads/Love Will Find a Way" (November 20, 1982)
- Season 1, Episode 9: "Riding Backwards" (November 18, 1992)
- Season 3, Episode 8: "Giblets for Murray" (November 17, 1994)
- Season 7, Episode 7: "The Thanksgiving Show" (November 24, 1998)
- Season 2, Episode 13: "Thanks for Nothing" (November 21, 1993)
- Season 3, Episode 11: "Feast or Famine" (November 24, 1994)
- Season 1, Episode 8: "Thanksgiving" (November 25, 2009)
- Season 2, Episode 9: "Thanksgiving II" (November 24, 2010)
- Season 3, Episode 10: "Thanksgiving III" (November 23, 2011)
- Season 4, Episode 8: "Thanksgiving IV" (November 14, 2012)
- Season 5, Episode 7: "Thanksgiving V" (November 20, 2013)
- Season 6, Episode 7: "Thanksgiving VI" (November 19, 2014)
- Season 7, Episode 8: "Thanksgiving VII" (November 18, 2015)
- Season 8, Episode 6: "Thanksgiving VIII" (November 22, 2016)
- Season 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)
- 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 2, Episode 13: "Road Trip" (November 26, 1996)
- Season 5, Episode 10: "Thanksgiving" (November 22, 1999)
- Season 6, Episode 10: "All This and Turkey, Too" (November 20, 2000)
- Season 1, Episode 8: "Chip's Harvest" (November 17, 1960)
- TV Movie: "A Thanksgiving Reunion with The Partridge Family and My Three Sons" (November 25, 1977)
- Season 1, Episode 8: "Thanksgiving Is for the Bird-Kersees" (November 14, 2012)
- Season 2, Episode 9: "Thanksgiving Is No Schmuck Bait" (November 22, 2013)
- Season 1, Episode 6: "Thanksgiving" (November 15, 2011)
- Season 2, Episode 8: "Parents" (November 20, 2012)
- Season 3, Episode 10: "Thanksgiving III" (November 26, 2013)
- Season 4, Episode 9: "Thanksgiving IV" (November 25, 2014)
- Season 6, Episode 7: "Last Thanksgiving" (November 22, 2016)
- Season 2, Episode 6: "Don't Rain on My Parade" (November 21, 1983)
- Season 5, Episode 8: "Thanksgiving for the Memories" (November 24, 1986)
- Season 2, Episode 8: "Harry and the Madam" (November 22, 1984)
- Season 6, Episode 6: "The Last Temptation of Mac" (November 23, 1988)
- Season 1, Episode 11: "Thanksgiving It to Me, Baby" (November 19, 2001)
- Season 4, Episode 9: "Who Brought the Jive Turkey?" (November 22, 2004)
- Season 1, Episode 11: "It's a Family Affair" (November 22, 1999)
- Season 2, Episode 10: "Turkey Day Blues" (November 20, 2000)
- Season 1, Episode 9: "Meet the Grandparents" (November 23, 2010)
- Season 2, Episode 7: "Burt's Parents" (November 15, 2011)
- Season 3, Episode 7: "Candy Wars" (November 20, 2012)
- Season 4, Episode 9: "Thanksgiving" (November 19, 2004)
- Season 5, Episode 9: "Invasion" (November 18, 2005)
- 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)
- Season 1, Episode 8: "Sister" (November 16, 1995)
- Season 2, Episode 9: "Davy Jones" (November 21, 1996)
- 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)
- Season 1, Episode 8: "Thanksgiving" (November 23, 2011)
- Season 2, Episode 5: "The Wishbone" (November 14, 2012)
- Season 1, Episode 9: "Thanksgiving" (November 22, 1998)
- Season 5, Episode 8: "Thank You" (December 3, 2002)
- Season 7, Episode 9: "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (November 24, 2004)
- Season 2, Episode 6: "Rafkin's Bum" (November 24, 1981)
- Season 3, Episode 9: "A Thanksgiving Tale" (November 25, 1982)
- Season 2, Episode 10: "Two Guys, a Girl and a Thanksgiving" (November 25, 1998)
- Season 3, Episode 9: "Talking Turkey" (November 17, 1999)
- Season 2, Episode 8: "Thanksgiving Show" (November 16, 1984)
- Season 6, Episode 16: "Thanksgiving with the Four Tops" (January 6, 1989)
- Season 1, Episode 9: "Thanksgiving" (November 22, 2002)
- Season 4, Episode 9: "Ground-Turkey-Hog-Day" (November 18, 2005)
- Season 2, Episode 7: "Homo for the Holidays" (November 25, 1999)
- Season 3, Episode 8: "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)
- Season 6, Episode 6: "There Will Be Bad Blood" (November 28, 2010)
- Season 9, Episode 5: "Kung Pao Turkey" (November 24, 2013)
- 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 1, Episode 7: "A Brown Thanksgiving" (November 22, 2009)
- Season 2, Episode 7: "Another Bad Thanksgiving" (November 28, 2010)
- Season 4, Episode 3: "A General Thanksgiving Episode" (November 18, 2012)
- Season 4, Episode 4: "Turkey Pot Die" (November 25, 2012)
- Season 10, Episode 6: "Thanksgiving" (November 20, 2011)
- Season 12, Episode 7: "Into Harmony's Way" (December 8, 2013)
- Season 13, Episode 5: "Turkey Guys" (November 16, 2014)
- Season 14, Episode 6: "Peter's Sister" (November 15, 2015)
- Season 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)
- 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 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