List of Thanksgiving television specials

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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.

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Events not specifically made for television (e.g. parades, theatrical films, unscripted sporting events) are not included in this list; professional wrestling pay-per-view specials, because they are scripted and made primarily for television, are included in this list.

Children's/family

Arthur

The Cartoon Network Minecraft Show

Looney Tunes

The Loud House / The Casagrandes

Max & Ruby

Peanuts (Charlie Brown)

Puppy Dog Pals

Sesame Street

Teen Titans Go!

Winnie the Pooh

Action/adventure series

Chuck

American drama series

7th Heaven

American Dreams

Dirty Sexy Money

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

ER

Everwood

Family

Felicity

Grey's Anatomy

Hawaii Five-0

House M.D.

Mad Men

Melrose Place

NCIS franchise

Once and Again

Private Practice

Promised Land

Providence

This Is Us

Touched by an Angel

The Waltons

The West Wing

Teen dramas

Beverly Hills, 90210

Gossip Girl

The O.C.

Party of Five

Pretty Little Liars

Comedy-drama

Ally McBeal

Desperate Housewives

Doogie Howser, M.D.

Ed

Gilmore Girls

Supernatural/sci-fi series

Into the Dark

Smallville

Supergirl

The Vampire Diaries

Sitcoms

8 Simple Rules

A Different World

According to Jim

Alice

All of Us

American Housewife

The Bernie Mac Show

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Big Bang Theory

The Bob Newhart Show

Boy Meets World

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Brothers

Cheers

The Cosby Show

Cougar Town

Dharma & Greg

Dr. Ken

Everybody Loves Raymond

Frasier

Fresh Off the Boat

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Friends / Joey

Full House/Fuller House

Gary Unmarried

George Lopez

Girlfriends

The Goldbergs / Schooled

Grace Under Fire

Half & Half

Hazel

Home Improvement

Hope & Faith

How I Met Your Mother

The Hughleys

The Jamie Foxx Show

The King of Queens

Last Man Standing

Life in Pieces

Living Single

The Love Boat

Mad About You

Martin

The Middle

Mike & Molly

Modern Family

Moesha

Murphy Brown

My Three Sons

The Neighbors

New Girl

Newhart

Night Court

One on One

The Parkers

Raising Hope

Reba

Roseanne / The Conners

Roseanne

The Conners

The Single Guy

Speechless

Spin City

Suburgatory

That '70s Show

Too Close for Comfort

Two and a Half Men

Two Guys and a Girl

Veronica's Closet

Webster

What I Like About You

Will & Grace

Animated sitcoms

American Dad!

Bless the Harts

Bob's Burgers

The Cleveland Show

Family Guy

King of the Hill

Rick and Morty

The Simpsons

South Park

Professional wrestling

Canadian series

Other

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