Thanksgiving on TV has always been about more than turkey. It's about chaos, confession, found family, and the kind of emotional honesty that only emerges after the second helping of mashed potatoes. Over decades of sitcoms and dramas, certain shows carved out their place in the Thanksgiving Hall of Fame - shaping how we imagine the holiday, how we laugh at it, and sometimes, how we survive it. 1. Friends - The Complete Thanksgiving Canon (A Three-Course Feast) ''What's not to like? Custard? Good. Jam? Good. Meat? Gooooood.