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Monday, December 1, 2025

Inside the Guide: Thanksgiving Day 1975!

I may be a few days late with this, but after all, we are talking about 50 years ago! I don't want to miss the chance to share a few items from a TV Guide in my collection: A Northern Indiana edition for November 22-28, 1975.

Let's focus on Thursday, the Thanksgiving holiday. On the Wednesday page is this ad for some morning programming for the kids:


Speaking of the kids, it's interesting that ABC was just like, hey, let's make this a Saturday morning all day:







You may remember this Waltons episode from our podcast!


Of course there are parades galore:






But here is the oddest thing: Look at the second Donahue here. 


On Thanksgiving Day?