B.C. : The First Thanksgiving (1973)

Made for NBC, airing November 19th in the US.

The story: B.C. discovers fire and the Fat Broad is the first person he sees.

Before he can brag about his discovery, she rushes him to get the fire on the sticks so the rock soup can start cooking.

A turkey notices the rock soup and makes the observation that "the only thing that can flavor rock soup, is a dead turkey"....!

With that, the turkey is out of there.

Now the Fat Broad insists that the men go out and get a turkey for the rock soup but none of them know what a turkey is exactly.

Stars (voices by) Daws Butler, Joanie Sommers, Bob Holt, Don Messick, Mel Blanc

Directed by Abe Levitow

Not Rated

ANIMATION/COMEDY/SERIES/THANKSGIVING

Family Guy : Thanksgiving (2011)

Made for Fox, airing November 20th in the US.

Season 10. Episode 6.

The story: This year for Thanksgiving the Griffins are hosting, inviting all their friends and family.

Just as they are all sitting down to eat, there's a knock at the door.

Peter answers the door to find Joe and Bonnie's assumed to be dead son Kevin...

Kevin's parents explain they were told he was killed at war so he tells them all a story of how he was in a coma due to a stupid accident.

Everyone is just happy to see Kevin once again, but the more time they spend with him the more everyone becomes suspicious of his story.

Stars (voices by) Adam West, Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Mike Desilets, Julie Hagerty, Christine Lakin , Patrick Warburton, Jennifer Tilly , Scott Grimes, John Viener

Directed by Jerry Langford

Rated TV14

ANIMATION/COMEDY/THANKSGIVING

"Oh, this looks fantastic. I can't wait to poop this out."

Cosby : Turkey Day (1998)

Made for CBS, airing November 23rd in the US.

Season 3. Episode 10.

The story: Jurnee is scheduled to be in the Thanksgiving Day parade, dressed as a turkey.

But when Hilton sees her self-made costume he believes he can do better.

First, he calls every place in town to get a turkey costume but that's not going to happen.

So he attempts to make a costume himself, but that doesn't work out either.

In a dilemma now with only a day to spare, he asks Erica to help but she's busy making pies for the cafe.

While in the cafe, Martha Stewart shows up for a cappuccino and accidentally leaves her bag behind, which coincidentally has a turkey costume in it.

Just when Hilton thinks he's got it made she returns to get her bag and he has no choice but to give it back to her.

Barney happens to be in the cafe as well and offers some much-needed help from a local sewing workshop.

Stars Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, TKeyah Crystal Keymah, Doug E Doug, Jurnee Smollett, Madeline Kahn, Darien Sills Evans, Martha Stewart, Fred Applegate, Lynne Thigpen

Directed by Don Scardino 

Rated TVPG
COMEDY/SERIES/THANKSGIVING

Bob's Burgers : The Quirk-ducers (2016)

Made for Adult Swim, airing November 20th in the US.

Season 7. Episode 6.

The story: Over dinner, the Belchers talk about Thanksgiving.

Bob is looking for recipes, Tina is writing a Thanksgiving story and Louise complains about the Thanksgiving play at school last year.

It was scheduled as a half-day of school but because of the play, the half-day didn't happen.

So Louise comes up with an idea.

How about they put on the Thanksgiving play, using Tina's story "The Quirky Turkey".

That way they can plan to mess it up, it will get shut down and they will have their scheduled half day before Thanksgiving day.

Stars (voices by ) H Jon Benjamin, Dan Mintz, John Roberts, Eugene Mirman, Kristen Schaal, David Herman, Jenny Slate, Bobby Tisdale, Larry Murphy

Directed by Mauricio Pardo & Bernard Derriman

Rated TVPG

ANIMATION/COMEDY/SERIES/THANKSGIVING

PBS Short Film Festival : All Inclusive (2020)

Made for PBS's POV, airing July 13th in the US.

Season 2020. Episode 24.

The story: Jump aboard so-to-speak on a very magnificent cruise ship.

This cruise has everything anyone could ever want or need.

All excess and luxury is what some people just have to have.

Directed by Corina Schwingruber Ilic

Not Rated

DOCUMENTARY

PBS Short Film Festival : Happy Hounds (2020)

Made for PBS, aired July 13th in the US.

Season 2020. Episode 23.

The story: Linda Domer had been training dogs for two years when she began working for Maryland's Happy Hounds Prison Dog Program in 2016.

She now works with medium security Roxbury Correctional Institution, with inmates training shelter dogs two times a week.

The program helps and teaches both the dogs and the inmates on many levels.

The inmates work with the dogs on any issues they may have, helping ready them for being adopted into their forever homes.

It's a lot of work but it's also very rewarding work.

Stars Linda Domer, Brad Woodfall, Mr. Ennis, Mr. Smith, Jonathan Hughes

Director unknown.

Not Rated

DOCUMENTARY

"When you show that patience with them and you spend that time with them and you commit to that dog, the response out of them is incredible."

Dawson's Creek : Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1999)

Made for The WB Network, airing November 24th in the US.

Season 3. Episode 5.

The story: This year Jen's granny is hosting Thanksgiving dinner for everyone.

At the last minute, Jen is surprised to find that her estranged mom has made it for the holiday.

This isn't settling well with Jen, as she hasn't spoken to her mom in over a year, on top of all the issues she has with their relationship.

But everyone who knows and loves Jen does their best to give her words of encouragement and wisdom...

Because after all, Thanksgiving is a time for acceptance.

Stars Michelle Williams, Joshua Jackson, Mary Beth Peil, James Van Der Beek, Mary Margaret Humes, John Wesley Shipp, Katie Holmes, Nina Repeta, Kerr Smith, Meredith Monroe, Mel Harris

Directed by Jim Chareston

Rated TVPG
DRAMA/SERIES/THANKSGIVING