Television and Thanksgiving have gone hand-in-hand for decades. Every year, millions of Americans start off turkey day with the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC before enjoying their meals and eventual leftovers with NFL football games.
There are also a myriad of Thanksgiving specials that have appeared on your favorite shows over the years, from “The One With All the Thanksgivings” on “Friends” and “Blair Waldorf Must Pie!” on “Gossip Girl,” to the long list of holiday episodes from “Bob’s Burgers.” But one special stands head and shoulders above the rest: “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.”
The 10th primetime TV special based on the Peanuts comic strip, the 25-minute episode first premiered in 1973.