Back A Very Gaga Thanksgiving Danish A Very Gaga Thanksgiving Spanish ا وری گاگا تنکسگیوینگ Persian A Very Gaga Thanksgiving Hungarian A Very Gaga Thanksgiving Georgian A Very Gaga Thanksgiving Turkish
| A Very Gaga Thanksgiving | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Directed by | Lady Gaga |
| Starring | Lady Gaga |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
|
| Producers |
|
| Editors |
|
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production companies |
|
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | November 24, 2011 |
| Infobox instructions (only shown in preview) | |
A Very Gaga Thanksgiving is a Thanksgiving television special that originally aired on November 24, 2011, in the United States on the ABC network. Conceived and directed by Lady Gaga, it discusses her personal life and the inspiration behind her music. A 30-second preview of the special premiered on November 20, 2011 on Lady Gaga's YouTube channel. Principal photography took place at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in New York City.
The program features guest appearances by Katie Couric, Art Smith, and Tony Bennett. Gaga performed stripped down, acoustic versions of five songs from her second studio album, Born This Way, along with two Christmas songs and a duet with Bennett. The special received critical acclaim and gave ABC its best ratings in four years for its respective time slot on Thanksgiving Day. At the 2012 Dorian Awards, the special was nominated in the category of Best TV Musical Program of the Year but did not win the award. A live EP of performances from the special, titled A Very Gaga Holiday, was made available for purchase from the iTunes Store. The EP debuted on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the United States at number 52.