There are some common themes that span across most TV shows' Thanksgiving-themed episodes: Dysfunctional families reach their breaking points, characters with control issues lose their minds in the kitchen, and special guest stars pop in to play rarely-seen uncles or brand-new love interests.
Whether the TV will serve as a place to gather with your loved ones over your second helpings of mashed potatoes or a sacred refuge to drown out their annual interrogation about whether you'll ever have children, there are plenty of content options to put you in a festive mood.
And the Hall of Fame honorable mention of great Thanksgiving TV moments goes out "WKRP in Cincinnati" for its legendary "Turkey's Away" episode that aired as the seventh installment of the CBS comedy's first season in 1978-79. The episode immortalized one line of dialogue in pop culture forever: "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."
