MOVIES & SITCOMS

Must Watch Thanksgiving TV Episodes!


Family Sitcoms

This list contains must watch Thanksgiving TV episodes-Family Sitcom edition! From all the familiar favorite shows of the 90s, early 2000’s, and the 2010’s this section will have all the Thanksgiving episodes included!

  • Modern Family:
  • Season 3, Episode 9: “Punkin Chunkin”
    Season 6, Episode 8: “Three Turkeys”
    Season 8, Episode 7: “Thanksgiving Jamboree”
    Season 9, Episode 7: “Winner Winner Turkey Dinner”
    Season 11, Episode 7: “The Last Thanksgiving”


  • Roseanne
  • Season 2, Episode 9: “We Gather Together”
    Season 4, Episode 10: “Thanksgiving ’91”
    Season 6, Episode 10: “Thanksgiving ’93”
    Season 7, Episode 10: “Thanksgiving ’94”
    Season 8, Episode 8: “The Last Thursday in November”
    Season 9, Episode 10′: “Home Is Where the Afghan Is”  
  • The Fresh Prince of Bel-air
  • Season 1, Episode 12: “Talking Turkey” (1990)
    Season 6, Episodes 9: “There’s the Rub (Part 1) (1995)
    Season 6, Episode 10 “There’s the Rub (Part 2)” (1995)

  • George Lopez
  • Season 2, Episode 9: “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Honey” (2002)
    Season 3, Episode 10: “Would You Like a Drumstick or a Kidney?” (2003)

  • Home Improvement
  • 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)


  • The Middle
  • Season 1, Episode 8: “Thanksgiving” (2009)
    Season 2, Episode 9: “Thanksgiving II” (2010)
    Season 3, Episode 10: “Thanksgiving III” (2011)
    Season 4, Episode 8: “Thanksgiving IV” (2012)
    Season 5, Episode 7: “Thanksgiving V” (2013)
    Season 6, Episode 7: “Thanksgiving VI” (2014)
    Season 7, Episode 8: “Thanksgiving VII” (2015)
    Season 8, Episode 6: “Thanksgiving VIII” (2016)
    Season 9, Episode 7: “Thanksgiving IX” (2017)

  • Gilmore Girls
  • Season 3, Episode 9: “A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving” (2002)
    Season 6, Episode 10: “He’s Slippin ’em Bread…Dig?” (2005)
  • Everybody Loves Raymond
  • 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)


  • The Goldbergs
  • Season 1, Episode 9: “Stop Arguing and Start Thanking” (2013)
    Season 2, Episode 7: “A Goldberg Thanksgiving” (2014)
    Season 3, Episode 8: “In Conclusion, Thanksgiving” (2015)
    Season 4, Episode 7: “Ho-ly K.I.T.T.” (2016)
    Season 5, Episode 7: “A Wall Street Thanksgiving” (2017)
    Season 7, Episode 8: “Angst-Giving” (2019)
    Season 9, Episode 8: “A Light Thanksgiving Nosh” (2021)
    Season 10, Episode 8: “Another Turkey in the Trot” (2022)


  • This Is Us
  • Season 1, Episode 8: “Pilgrim Rick” (2016)
    Season 3, Episode 8: “Six Thanksgivings” (2018)
    Season 4, Episode 9: “So Long, Marianne” (2019)
    Season 6, Episode 7: Taboo” (2022)


  • The King of Queens
  • 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)


Adult Friendships

Nothing beats Friends Thanksgiving episodes! And we have the whole list for you to check out! But if you only want to watch the best, in my opinion check out Seasons 5 and 6 Thanksgiving episodes.

From the iconic flashback scenes in “The One With All The Thanksgivings” to Rachel’s disastrous trifle with Ross and Monica hilariously snitching to their parents! These easily make the top two.


Some honorable mentions would be Season 3:9 “The One with the Football” where Monica and Ross battle for the Geller Cup. And “The One with the Rumor which guest stars Brad Pitt.

  • Friends
  • Season 1, Episode 9: “The One Where Underdog Gets Away” (1994)
    Season 2, Episode 8: “The One With the List” (1995)
    Season 3, Episode 9: “The One with the Football” (1996)
    Season 4, Episode 8: “The One with Chandler in a Box” (1997)
    Season 5, Episode 8: “The One with All the Thanksgivings” (1998)
    Season 6, Episode 9: “The One Where Ross Got High” (1999)
    Season 7, Episode 8: “The One Where Chandler Doesn’t Like Dogs” (2000)
    Season 8, Episode 9: “The One with the Rumor” (2001)
    Season 9, Episode 8: “The One with Rachel’s Other Sister” (2002)
    Season 10, Episode 8: “The One with the Late Thanksgiving” (2003)

  • How I Met Your Mother
  • Season 1, Episode 9: “Belly Full of Turkey” (2005)
    Season 3, Episode 9: “Slapsgiving” (2007)
    Season 5, Episode 9: “Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap” (2009)
    Season 6, Episode 10: “Blitzgiving” (2010)
    Season 7, Episode 11: “The Rebound Girl” (2011)
  • Season 9, Episode 14: “Slapsgiving 3: Slappointment in Slapmarra”

  • Girlfriends
  • Season 1, Episode 9: “Fried Turkey” (2000)
    Season 5 Episode 10: “Porn to Write” (2004)


  • New Girl
  • Season 1, Episode 6: “Thanksgiving” (2011)
    Season 2, Episode 8: “Parents” (2012)
    Season 3, Episode 10: “Thanksgiving III” (2013)
    Season 4, Episode 9: “Thanksgiving IV” (2014)
    Season 6, Episode 7: “Last Thanksgiving” (2016)

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


  • The Neighborhood
  • Season 1, Episode 8: “Welcome to Thanksgiving” (2018)
  • Martin
  • Season 2, Episode 13: “Thanks for Nothing” (1993)
    Season 3, Episode 11: “Feast or Famine” (1994)

Teen Shows

  • Boy Meets World
  • Season 4, Episode 10: “Turkey Day” (1996)
    Season 5, Episode 8: “Chasing Angela-Part II” (1997)

  • Beverly Hills, 90210
  • The Kindness of Strangers” (1992)
    “Radar Love” (1993)
    “Breast Side Up” (1995)
    “If I Had a Hammer” (1996)
    “You Say GoodBye, I Say Hello” (1998)
    “What’s in a Name” (1999)

  • Gossip Girl
  • “Blair Waldorf Must Pie” (2007)
    “The Magnificent Archibalds” (2008)
    “The Treasure of Serena Madre” (2009)
    “It’s Really Complicated ” (2012)


  • Moesha
  • Season 2, Episode 13: “Road Trip” (1996)
    Season 5, Episode 10: “Thanksgiving” (1999)
    Season 6, Episode 10: “All This and Turkey, Too” (2000)


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

  • The O.C.
  • “The Homecoming” (2003)
    “The Secret” (2003)
    “The Cold Turkey” (2006)


  • Party of Five
  • “Thanksgiving” (1994)
    “Tender Age” (1998)
    “We Gather Together” (1999)

Animated Shows

  • Bob’s Burger
  • Season 3, Episode 5: “An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal” 2012)
    Season 4, Episode 5: “Turkey in a Can” (2013)
    Season 5, Episode 4: “Dawn of the Peck” (2014)
    Season 6, Episode 4: “Gayle Makin’ Bob Sled” (2015)
    Season 7, Episode 6: “The Quirkducers” (2016)
    Season 8, Episode 5: “Thanks-Hoarding” (2017)
    Season 9, Episode 7: “I Bob Your Pardon” (2018)
    Season 10, Episode 8: “Now We’re Not Cooking with Gas” (2019)
    Season 11, Episode 7: “Diarrhea of a Poopy Kid” (2020)
    Season 12, Episode 8: “Stuck in the Kitchen With You” (2021)
    Season 13, Episode 8: “Putts-giving” (2022)

  • Family Guy
  • Season 10, Episode 6: “Thanksgiving” (2011)
    Season 12, Episode 7: “Into Harmony’s Way” (2013)
    Season 13, Episode 5: “Turkey Guys” (2014)
    Season 14, Episode 6: “Peter’s Sister” (2015)
    Season 18, Episode 8: “Shanksgiving” (2019)

  • The Simpsons
  • Season 2, Episode 7: “Bart vs. Thanksgiving” (1990)
    Season 12, Episode 5: “Homer vs. Dignity” (2000)
    Season 13, Episode 3: “Homer the Moe” (2001)
    Season 17, Episode 18: “The Wettest Stories Ever Told” (2006)
    Season 31, Episode 8: “Thanksgiving of Horror” (2019)
    Season 35, Episode 7: “It’s a Blunderful Life” (2023)

  • Looney Tunes
  • Tom Turk and Daffy (1944)
    Holiday for Drumsticks (1949)
    Bugs Bunny’s Thanksgiving Diet (1979)
    Daffy Duck’s Thanks-for-Giving Special (1980)
    The Sylvester& Tweety Mysteries: Happy Pranksgiving (1997)
    New Looney Tunes: No Thanks Giving (2019)
    Looney Tunes Cartoons: Pilgwim’s Pwogress (2022)


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