List of Thanksgiving TV Show Episodes
Children's
Adventures from the Book of Virtues: Generosity (1997)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Alvin’s Thanksgiving Celebration (2008)
B.C.: The First Thanksgiving (1973)
Bozo, Gar and Ray: WGN TV Classics (2005)
The Care Bears: Grams Bear's Thanksgiving Surprise (1986)
Calvin and the Colonel: Thanksgiving Dinner (1961)
Garfield's Thanksgiving (1989)
Hey Arnold!: Arnold's Thanksgiving (1997)
The Mighty B! Thanksgiving Beeninactment (2008)
The Mouse on the Mayflower (1968)
Planet Sheen: Thanksgetting (2010)
Rugrats: The Turkey Who Came to Dinner (1997)
The Spectacular Spider-Man: Nature vs. Nurture (2008)
The Thanksgiving that Almost Wasn't (1972)
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz (1980)
Looney Tunes/Warner Bros. Animation
Animaniacs: Turkey Jerky (1993)
Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet (1978)
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special (1980)
Peanuts (Charlie Brown)
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973)
This is America, Charlie Brown: The Mayflower Voyagers (1988)
Winnie the Pooh
A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving (1998)
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (1999)
Action/Adventure
The A-Team: Family Reunion (1986)
Alias: Color Blind (2001)
Daniel Boone: The Thanksgiving Story (1965)
MacGyver: The Outsiders (1988)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Peking, March 1910 (1993)
American TV Drama
AfterMASH: Thanksgiving of '53 (1983)
Ally McBeal: Troubled Water (1999)
Boston Legal: Thanksgiving (2008)
Boston Public: Chapter Five (2000)
Brothers & Sisters: Just a Sliver (2008)
Chicago Hope: Tantric Turkey (1998)
Chuck: Chuck Versus the Nemesis (2007)
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd: Here's a Quick and Easy Recipe for Leftovers (1990)
Dirty Sexy Money: The Facts (2009)
Dexter: Hungry Man (2009)
Doogie Howser, M.D.: Don't Let the Turkeys Get You Down (1990)
Eight Is Enough: All the Vice-President's Men (1978)
Friday Night Lights: Thanksgiving (2010)
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)
Life Goes On: A Thatcher Thanksgiving (1990)
Lipstick Jungle: 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)
My Own Worst Enemy: High Crimes and Turducken (2008)
NCIS: Child's Play (2009)
Northern Exposure: Thanksgiving (1992)
Parenthood: Happy Thanksgiving (2010)
Picket Fences: Thanksgiving (1992)
Reunion: 1992 (2005)
Sisters: Georgie Through the Looking Glass (1991)
Spenser: For Hire: Thanksgiving (1987)
Sports Night: Thespis (1998)
St. Elsewhere: A Wing and a Prayer (1983)
Thirtysomething: We Gather Together (1987)
Trapper John, M.D.: Thanks for Giving (1982)
Trauma: Thank You (2009)
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)
American Dreams
American Dreams: The End of the Innocence (2002)
American Dreams: What Dreams May Come (2004)
Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives: Don't Walk on the Grass (2009)
Desperate Housewives: Sorry Grateful (2010)
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: Freefall (2005)
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)
Mad Men
Mad Men: The Wheel (2007)
Mad Men: Public Relations (2010)
Melrose Place
Melrose Place: Cold Turkey (1993)
Melrose Place: The Days of Wine and Vodka (1994)
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)
A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain (1982) - TV movie
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion (1993) - TV movie
The West Wing
The West Wing: Shibboleth (2000)
The West Wing: The Indians in the Lobby (2001)
Teen Dramas
Dawson's Creek: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1999)
Jack & Bobby: Lost Boys (2004)
Life Unexpected: Thanks Ungiven (2010)
One Tree Hill: Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace (2010)
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)
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)
Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl: Blair Waldorf Must Pie (2007)
Gossip Girl: The Magnificent Archibalds (2008)
Gossip Girl: The Treasure of Serena Madre (2009)
Supernatural/Sci-Fi
Amazing Stories: Thanksgiving (1986)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Pangs (1999)
A Gifted Man: In Case of Missed Communication (2011)
Heroes: Thanksgiving (2009)
Quantum Leap: The Leap Home (Parts 1 and 2) (1990)
Roswell: Max In The City (2000)
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)
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)
Archie Bunker's Place: Thanksgiving Reunion (1979)
Barney Miller: Thanksgiving Story (1977)
Becker: Sister Spoils the Turkey (2003)
Better with You: Better with Thanksgiving (2010)
Bewitched: Samantha's Thanksgiving to Remember (1967)
The Big Bang Theory: The Pirate Solution (2009)
Bob: Mad Dog on 34th Street (1992)
The Bob Cummings Show: Thanksgiving at Grandpa's (1957)
The Brady Bunch: The Un-Underground Movie (1970)
Burns and Allen: Thanksgiving (1951)
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)
Complete Savages: Thanksgiving with the Savages (2004)
Cybill: They Shoot Turkeys, Don't They? (1995)
Designing Women: Perky's Visit (1986)
A Different World: If You Like Pilgrim Coladas (1988)
The Drew Carey Show: Mimi's Day Parade (1996)
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)
Full House: The Miracle of Thanksgiving (1987)
Gary Unmarried: Gary Gives Thanks (2008)
George & Leo: The Thanksgiving Show (1997)
Girlfriends: Fried Turkey (2000)
Going Places: The Thanksgiving Show (1990)
Good Morning Miami: A Kiss Before Lying (2003)
Greek: The Wish-Pretzel (2009)
Happy Days: The First Thanksgiving (1978)
Happy Family: Not Thanksgiving (2003)
Head of the Class: Cold Turkey (1986)
Hello, Larry/Diff'rent Strokes crossover: Thanksgiving Crossover (1979)
It's All Relative: Thanks, But No Thanks (2003)
The Jeff Foxworthy Show: The Thanksgiving Episode (1996)
Jesse: The Cheese Ship (1998)
Joey: Joey and the Bachelor Thanksgiving (2005)
Just Shoot Me!: The First Thanksgiving (2000)
Kate & Allie: Thanksgiving (1985)
Kenan and Kel: Turkey Day (1997)
The League: Thanksgiving (2011)
Less than Perfect: Claude's Alternative Thanksgiving (2003)
Life's Work: Gobbledegook (1996)
Listen Up!: Thanksgiving (2004)
The Love Boat: The Best of Friends/Too Many Dads/Love Will Find a Way (1982)
Malcolm in the Middle: Thanksgiving (2003)
Mama's Family: An Ill Will (1986)
Married to the Kellys: The Apartment (2003)
Married... with Children: A Bundy Thanksgiving (1996)
The Middle: Thanksgiving (2009)
Mike & Molly: Mike Cheats (2011)
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)
The Munsters: Low-Cal Munster (1964)
Murphy Brown: Mission Control (1991)
My Three Sons: Chip's Harvest (1960)
My Two Dads: Thanks for the Memories (1989)
Ned & Stacey: Thanksgiving Day Massacre (1995)
The New Adventures of Old Christine: Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner? (2008)
New Girl: Thanksgiving (2011)
The New Leave It to Beaver: Thanksgiving Day (1984)
Newhart: Thanksgiving for the Memories (1986)
The Office: WUPHF.com (2010)
Our Miss Brooks: Thanksgiving Show (1953)
Out of Practice: Thanks (2005)
Outsourced: Temporary Monsanity (2010)
Perfect Strangers: Wild Turkey (1991)
Quintuplets: Thanksgiving Day Charade (2004)
Raising Hope: Meet the Grandparents (2010)
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: The Mom and Pop Store (1994)
Sister, Sister: Thanksgiving in Hawaii (Parts 1 and 2) (1995)
Something So Right: Something About Thanksgiving (1996)
Still Standing: Still Thankful (2002)
Suddenly Susan: Cold Turkey (1996)
That Girl: Thanksgiving Comes But Once a Year, Hopefully (1967)
Two and a Half Men: Merry Thanksgiving (2003)
Union Square: Jack Gets a Hot Tip (1997)
Veronica's Closet: Veronica's First Thanksgiving (1997)
Who's the Boss?: Thanksgiving at Mrs. Rossini's (1985)
WKRP in Cincinnati: Turkeys Away (1978)
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: Turkey Day (1963)
The Beverly Hillbillies: The Thanksgiving Story (1968)
The Bob Newhart Show
The Bob Newhart Show: An American Family (1974)
The Bob Newhart Show: Over the River and Through the Woods (1975)
Brothers
Brothers: Gobba, Gobba (1985)
Brothers: Thanksgiving (1987)
Cheers
Cheers: Thanksgiving Orphans (1986)
Cheers: Ill-Gotten Gaines (1992)
Cougar Town
Cougar Town: Here Comes My Girl (2009)
Cougar Town: When the Time Comes (2010)
The Cosby Show
The Cosby Show: Bon Jour, Sondra (1984)
The Cosby Show: Cliff's Wet Adventure (1989)
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: 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
Friends: The One Where Underdog Gets Away (1994)
Friends: The One with the List (1995)
Friends: The One with the Football (1996)
Friends: The One With Chandler In A Box (1997)
Friends: The One with All the Thanksgivings (1998)
Friends: The One Where Ross Got High (1999)
Friends: The One Where Chandler Doesn't Like Dogs (2000)
Friends: The One with the Rumor (2001)
Friends: The One with Rachel's Other Sister (2002)
Friends: The One with the Late Thanksgiving (2003)
George Lopez
George Lopez: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Honey (2002)
George Lopez: Would You Like a Drumstick or a Kidney? (2003)
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)
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)
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother: Belly Full of Turkey (2005)
How I Met Your Mother: Slapsgiving (2007)
How I Met Your Mother: Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap (2009)
How I Met Your Mother: Blitzgiving (2010)
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)
Living Single
Living Single: Love Takes a Holiday (1993)
Living Single: Thanks for Giving (1994)
Mad About You
Mad About You: Riding Backwards (1992)
Mad About You: Gibblets for Murray (1994)
Martin
Martin: Thanks for Nothing (1993)
Martin: Feast or Famine (1994)
Moesha
Moesha: Road Trip (1996)
Moesha: Thanksgiving (1999)
Moesha: All This and Turkey, Too (2000)
Night Court
Night Court: Harry and the Madam (1984)
Night Court: The Last Temptation of Mac (1988)
The Parkers
The Parkers: It's a Family Affair (1999)
The Parkers: Turkey Day Blues (2000)
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)
That '70s Show
That 70's Show: Thanksgiving (1998)
That '70s Show: Thank You (2002)
That '70s Show: 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: Movable Feast (2001)
Will & Grace: Queens For A Day: Part 1/Queens For A Day: Part 2 (2004)
Animated Sitcoms
American Dad!: There Will Be Bad Blood (2010)
Aqua Teen Hunger Force: The Dressing (2003)
Beavis and Butt-Head: Beavis and Butt-Head Do Thanksgiving (1997)
Family Guy: Thanksgiving (2011)
Father of the Pride: The Thanksgiving Episode (2004)
King of the Hill: Happy Hank's Giving (1999)
The Cleveland Show
The Cleveland Show: A Brown Thanksgiving (2009)
The Cleveland Show: Another Bad Thanksgiving (2010)
The Simpsons
The Simpsons: Bart vs. Thanksgiving (1990)
The Simpsons: Homer vs. Dignity (2000)
The Simpsons: Homer the Moe (2001)
The Simpsons: The Wettest Stories Ever Told (2006)
South Park
South Park: Starvin' Marvin (1997)
South Park: Helen Keller! The Musical (2000)
South Park: A History Channel Thanksgiving (2011)
Canadian Sitcoms
The Best Years: Destiny (2009)
How To Be Indie: How to Be Thankful (2010)
Other
Conan: The Turducken Kerfuffle (2010)
Glutton for Punishment: Pumpkin Regatta (2008)
King of Cars: Talkin' Turkey (2006)
The Lawrence Welk Show: Thanksgiving Special (1973)
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)
The Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion incident took place the Sunday before Thanksgiving in 1987.
