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Sunday, November 8th, 2020 6:07 AM

LIVE POLL: Which Thanksgiving TV Episode Is the Biggest Turkey?

Which of these select televised Thanksgiving-themed episodes is the biggest turkey* of them all? * turkey (slang) - little appeal; dud; flop; loser; poor and unsuccessful theatrical production

LIVE POLL:  https://www.imdb.com/poll/20QqeRJl5is/

Vote in the companion poll:  Best Thanksgiving TV Episode

See the partial list of lower rated Thanksgiving-themed episodes (qualifying episode parameters: IMDb votes 20+, 1.00 < IMDb rating < 6.99,  2 entries per series limit) here: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls086266997/

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4 years ago

Urb,

Thank you for acknowledging Jen's poll: Best Thanksgiving TV Episode

You poll encapsulates the dregs of Thanksgiving episodes.

My vote:

Family Matters (1989–1998)
Episode: Chick-a-Boom (1996)

Chick-a-Boom

This is a truly painful episode to watch.

By the way, Jaleel White (Steve Urkel) was born in Pasadena, California, USA. November 27, 2020 is on the Friday after Thanksgiving in the US.

I am thankful that Sprinklr finally corrected the problem with copying formatted texts and images.

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ANY MISSING THANKSGIVING EPISODES SUGGESTIONS???

I used as sources Wikipedia Category: Thanksgiving television episodes and IMDb keyword tagged thanksgiving episodes. So, anything that lacks the tag isn't going to be listed. I also cross-searched with thanksgiving and turkey to find omissions (there 200 more episodes listed w/the thanksgiving tag over the thanksgiving episode tag). If anyone notices any omissions, suggestions would be appreciated as some episodes maybe un-tagged as thanksgiving episodes.

It seemed natural to list the JEN'S counterpart poll, as I thought poll takers would be interested in the flip side of the question too. I was a bit surprised the question hasn't be asked after a decade of polls.

I wasn't sure how to approach this. I went with an absolute scale lowest rated IMDb rated episodes. I could have alternatively rated them relatively picking the lowest rated Thanksgiving episode from each series, which would have yielded some more widely watched episodes.

I might play around with the qualifying minimum IMDb vote total (somewhere between 25-50) or limit it to a single episode per series (except for anthologies) to get more variety. As of now, I need to play around with requirements or use a selection to get it down under 30 total (currently @ 45 answer options). There are some even worse episodes out there, but I felt dipping below 25 votes for an episode was too low to go.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Thanksgiving_television_specials#Action/adventure_series

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I moved these thanksgiving episodes on the cusp of inclusion to the honorable mention list of the answer pool (currently @29) to open up some room for notable missing thanksgiving episodes, poll board suggestion thanksgiving episodes and thanksgiving episodes from the current year from popular series.

HONORABLE MENTION WORST THANKSGIVING EPISODES

THANKSGIVING EPISODES, LOWER VOTE TOTALS (25-75 VOTES)
Grandpa's Visit 1976 | TV Episode 6.9 (35)
Talking Turkey 1999 | TV Episode 5.6 (30)
Something Old, Something New 2000 | TV Episode 6.8 (27)
Who Ordered the Hot Turkey? 1978 | TV Episode 6.6 (28)
Thanksgiving with the Savages 2004 | TV Episode 6.7 (32)
Mission Control 1991 | TV Episode 6.9 (33)
Chapter Sixteen: Thanksgiving 2008 | TV Episode 6.7 (53)
They Shoot Turkeys, Don't They? 1995 | TV Episode 6.9 (43)
Thanksgiving 2013 | TV Episode 6.9 (69)
THANKSGIVING EPISODES, SERIES SECOND TO LAST RATED (25+ VOTES)
Don't Let the Turkeys Get You Down 1990 | TV Episode 6.9 (24)
Flesh & Blood 2018 | TV Episode 6.2 (1,759)
Thanksgiving 2004 | TV Episode 6.5 (43)
The Kindness of Strangers 1992 | TV Episode 6.2 (120)
The Hunters 2004 | TV Episode 6.2 (86)
The Last Thursday in November 1995 | TV Episode 6.2 (172)
A General Thanksgiving Episode 2012 | TV Episode 6.4 (142)
Peter's Sister 2015 | TV Episode 6.5 (834)
THANKSGIVING EPISODES - SOMEWHAT POPULAR (< 25 VOTES)
The Big Sleep... Not! 1992 | TV Episode 6.0 (24)
Thanksgiving in Hawaii: Part 1 1995 | TV Episode 5.2 (23)
Thanksgiving Episode 2004 | TV Episode 6.9 (23)
Mom's the Word 2004 | TV Episode 6.5 (20)
Tantric Turkey 1998 | TV Episode 6.8 (18)
Cold Turkey 1996 | TV Episode 6.2 (17)
Thanksgiving at the Westons 1992 | TV Episode 6.5 (11)
Never P.E.T.A. Squirrel 1998 | TV Episode 6.4 (7)
Turkey Day Blues 2000 | TV Episode 6.3 (6)
Oh Thank Heaven for Seven-Eleven  2000 | TV Episode 4.2 (5)
Village of the Darned: Part 2 1984 | TV Episode 6.2 (21)
Thanks for the Memories 1989 | TV Episode 6.7 (10)

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Less Popular 6.8 rated & 6.9 rated Thanksgiving Episode cuts

2003 | TV Episode 6.8 (72)
The First Thanksgiving 1978 | TV Episode 6.9 (72)
from the broadcast series, Happy Days (1974)
Mission Control 1991 | TV Episode 6.9 (33)
from the broadcast series, Murphy Brown (1988)
Thanksgiving Day 1954 | TV Episode 6.8 (39)
from the broadcast series, Father Knows Best (1954)
The Waitin1979 | TV Episode 6.8 (56)
from the broadcast series, The Waltons (1972)
Thanksgiving Crossover: Part 1 1979 | TV Episode 6.9 (55)
from the broadcast series, Diff'rent Strokes (1978)

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4 years ago

I have only seen the Supergirl episode. I like the series, and that was my favorite season. But the episode was one of the weakest of the season according to my ratings.

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3 years ago

Urb,

It just occurred to me that Paxton Whitehead is in one of the worst Thanksgiving episodes ....

Mad About You (1992–2019): (1998) as Hal Conway

... and one of the best.

Frasier (TV Series): A Lilith Thanksgiving (1996) as Dr. Campbell

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3 years ago

Congratulations, urbanemovies!

Which Thanksgiving TV Episode Is the Biggest Turkey?

Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/20QqeRJl5is/

Please change "Poll Suggestion" to "Live Poll" in the discussion thread title and change the settings so that it appears under "Praise" now, rather than "Idea."

 

FAQ: Updating Threads After Poll Goes Live

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fyi

in the published poll The Thanksgiving Promise (1986)

(displays as) from the broadcast series, The Magical World of Disney (1954) aka The Magical World of Disney
instead of displaying as shown in the list, from the broadcast series original title, Disneyland (1954) aka The Magical World of Disney
so I removed the unnecessary aka The Magical World of Disney

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@dan_dassow THANKS, updated poll title, moved from idea to praise, added poll link