This article originally ran in 2018. Here it is again for this Thanksgiving so that you can watch TV with your family instead of discussing politics.

While special holiday episodes are a sitcom institution, only a handful of shows can lay claim to specific celebrations. With nearly three dozen “Treehouse of Horror” anthologies , The Simpsons is the undisputed champion of Halloween episodes (with Roseanne close behind), and Bob’s Burgers has a nice collection of Valentine’s Day installments .

But as far as Thanksgiving episodes go, Friends has the most and the best. Maybe they’re the only show to try it because no other show wants to earn itself an unfavorable comparison to the Central Perk Six — after all, almost every single one of the nine Thanksgiving episodes produced ove

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