List of TV Guide covers (1990s)
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This is a list of issue covers of TV Guide magazine from the decade of the 1990s, from January 1990 to December 1999. The entries on this table include each cover's subjects and their artists (photographer or illustrator). This list is for the regular weekly issues of TV Guide, and includes covers that are national or regional in nature, along with any covers that were available exclusively to subscribers. Any one-time-only special issues of TV Guide are not included.
1990[edit]
| Issue date | Cover subject | Type of cover | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/6/1990 | Rock Hudson Inset: "Zapped" featuring John Tesh, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Andrew Dice Clay, Cher, Roseanne Barr and Tom Arnold |
Photograph | |
| 1/13/1990 | Roseanne Barr of Roseanne and Craig T. Nelson of Coach | Illustration | John Solie |
| 1/20/1990 | "Dynamite Dozen: 12 Who Will Blaze Across The Decade", featuring Catherine Crier of CNN, Arsenio Hall of The Arsenio Hall Show, and Dana Delany of China Beach | Photo montage | Tony Costa |
| 1/27/1990 | "Super Bowl Spectacular" and Harrison Ford of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Inset: Charlie Brown, Bugs Bunny, and Fred Flintstone |
Word illustration/photograph | |
| 2/3/1990 | "Oh, What A Week!" featuring Lesley Ann Warren of Family of Spies: The Walker Spy Ring; Anna Maria Horsford and Clifton Davis of Amen; Jennifer Grey of Murder in Mississippi; and Sammy Davis Jr., Goldie Hawn, Frank Sinatra, Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormé of Sammy Davis Jr's 60th Anniversary Celebration | Photo montage | |
| 2/10/1990 | "A Valentine Guide to TV Romance", featuring couples Michael Tucker & Jill Eikenberry, Maury Povich & Connie Chung, and Patricia Wettig & Ken Olin | Photo montage | |
| 2/17/1990 | Michael St. Gerard as Elvis Presley of the TV series Elvis | Photo montage | |
| 2/24/1990 | Space Shuttle Challenger; Brian Kerwin, Joe Morton, Julie Fulton, Richard Jenkins, Barry Bostwick, Karen Allen, & Keone Young of the film Challenger | Photo montage | Challenger photo by NASA; cast photo by Danny Field |
| 3/3/1990 | "Parent's Guide to Children's Television", featuring Fred Savage of The Wonder Years, characters from Muppet Babies, Babar the Elephant, Winnie the Pooh, Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, and Pee-wee Herman of Pee-wee's Playhouse | Photo montage | |
| 3/10/1990 | Larry Drake, Susan Ruttan, Corbin Bernsen, Alan Rachins, Jimmy Smits, Richard A. Dysart, Michelle Greene, Michael Tucker, Susan Dey, Blair Underwood, Harry Hamlin, and Jill Eikenberry of L.A. Law Insets: Bob Newhart and Jane Pauley |
Photograph | |
| 3/17/1990 | Bart, Lisa, Maggie, Marge, and Homer of The Simpsons Inset: Timothy Busfield of Thirtysomething |
Illustration | |
| 3/24/1990 | "Oscar Night" preview, featuring host Billy Crystal Inset: Paula Zahn |
Photograph | |
| 3/31/1990 | "Here's lookin' at you, America!" with Bob Saget of America's Funniest Home Videos pointing a video camera towards the reader | Photograph | Tony Costa |
| 4/7/1990 | "Spring Fling!" featuring Valerie Bertinelli of Sydney; Michael Woods, Lloyd Bridges, Helen Slater, of Capital News; and Carol Burnett of Carol & Company | Photo montage | |
| 4/14/1990 | "America's Top TV Critics Tell: What's In, What's Out" | Illustration | |
| 4/21/1990 | Arnold Schwarzenegger on the week of his directorial debut (on Tales from the Crypt) | Photograph | |
| 4/28/1990 | "May Sweeps", featuring Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal of HBO's Comic Relief '90; The Kentucky Derby; the television film The Beach Boys Story; and the video release of The Little Mermaid | Photo montage | |
| 5/5/1990 | Oprah Winfrey of Brewster Place | Photograph | |
| 5/12/1990 | Barbara Cameron with son Kirk and his Growing Pains castmate Joanna Kerns | Photograph | |
| 5/19/1990 | Carol Burnett of Carol & Company | Illustration | Al Hirschfeld |
| 5/26/1990 | "TV Goes to the Movies", featuring Madonna in Dick Tracy, Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future Part III, and James Woods and Melanie Griffith in Women and Men: Stories of Seduction | Photo montage | |
| 6/2/1990 | "Summer Shape-Up Special", featuring Barbara Crampton of The Young and the Restless and Steve Bond of Santa Barbara | Photograph | |
| 6/9/1990 | "America's New Love Affair with Cartoons", featuring Bart Simpson, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and The Little Mermaid | Illustration | |
| 6/16/1990 | Dana Delany of China Beach | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 6/23/1990 | "TV Person of the Year": Arsenio Hall of The Arsenio Hall Show | Photograph | Charles William Bush |
| 6/30/1990 | "Your Summer TV Survival Guide", featuring Jose Canseco of the Oakland Athletics, Carey Lowell and Timothy Dalton of the film Licence to Kill, and Isabella Rossellini and John Lithgow of The Last Elephant | Photo montage | |
| 7/7/1990 | "The Best and Worst We Saw", featuring the Newhart finale, the Energizer Bunny, Twin Peaks, Andrew Dice Clay, Baywatch, Prime Time Live, and Chicken Soup | Photo montage/illustration | |
| 7/14/1990 | Sinbad, Dawnn Lewis, Jasmine Guy and Kadeem Hardison of A Different World | Photograph | |
| 7/21/1990 | "TV's Top Teen Super Stars", featuring Malcolm-Jamal Warner of The Cosby Show, David Faustino of Married... with Children, Neil Patrick Harris of Doogie Howser, M.D., and Alyssa Milano of Who's the Boss? | Photo montage | |
| 7/28/1990 | "Guide to Home Video's High-Flying New Season", featuring Peter Pan Inset: Rue McClanahan of The Golden Girls |
Illustration | |
| 8/4/1990 | "Dressed to Thrill", featuring Candice Bergen of Murphy Brown, Nicollette Sheridan of Knots Landing, and Kirstie Alley of Cheers | Photo montage | |
| 8/11/1990 | "Special Report: TV, Sports and Money", featuring Michael Jordan, Joe Montana, and Bo Jackson | Illustration | |
| 8/18/1990 | Dixie Carter, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, and Annie Potts of Designing Women | Illustration | |
| 8/25/1990 | "1990 Beauty Poll Results", featuring Nicollette Sheridan, Jaclyn Smith, and Dana Delany | Photo montage | |
| 9/1/1990 | "MTV: Why Women Now Rule Rock", featuring Madonna and Janet Jackson & Paula Abdul | Photo montage | |
| 9/8/1990 | Sheryl Lee, Lara Flynn Boyle, and Peggy Lipton of Twin Peaks | Photograph | |
| 9/15/1990 | Fall Preview | Illustration | Mike Radencich |
| 9/22/1990 | "Fall Preview II" featuring Bill Cosby of The Cosby Show and (resting on Cosby's shoulder) Bart Simpson of The Simpsons | Photograph | |
| 9/29/1990 | "Fall Preview III: The Hot New Faces of Fall", featuring Lenny Clarke of Lenny, Will Smith of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and Laila Robins of Gabriel's Fire | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 10/6/1990 | "Fall Preview IV: What's Best... and What's Waiting in the Wings" | Illustration | Michael D. Radencich |
| 10/13/1990 | "A High-School Report Card on the New Teen Shows", featuring Corin Nemec of Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Will Smith of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and Charlie Schlatter of Ferris Bueller Inset: The film Pretty Woman (on the week of its home video release) and the 1990 World Series |
Photo montage | |
| 10/20/1990 | "The Best and Worst Dressed on TV", featuring Marge Simpson, Delta Burke, and Oprah Winfrey | Photo montage | |
| 10/27/1990 | "Why We Go Batty for Horror on TV", featuring Ari Lehman, The Crypt-Keeper, Ben Cross, and Robert Englund | Illustration/photo montage | |
| 11/3/1990 | "A November to Remember", featuring the cast of Cheers on the occasion of its 200th episode | Photograph | |
| 11/10/1990 | Susan Lucci of All My Children | Photograph | |
| 11/17/1990 | Miss Piggy, Kermit, and Bert and Ernie with Muppets creator Jim Henson Inset: Andy Griffith of Matlock |
Photograph | |
| 11/24/1990 | Linda Evans of I'll Take Romance Inset: Malcolm-Jamal Warner of The Cosby Show |
Photograph | |
| 12/1/1990 | "Viewers' Guide to the Holidays", featuring Dolly Parton; Chevy Chase of the film Christmas Vacation; and Jasmine Guy and Kadeem Hardison of A Different World with guest Patti LaBelle | Photo montage | |
| 12/8/1990 | David Coulier with Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen of Full House | Photograph | |
| 12/15/1990 | Dixie Carter of Designing Women | Photograph | |
| 12/22/1990 | "How Hollywood Brings Our Comic-Book Heroes to Life", featuring Michael Keaton of the film Batman, John Wesley Shipp of the series The Flash, Warren Beatty of the film Dick Tracy | Photo montage | |
| 12/29/1990 | "New Year, New Season", featuring Charles Kimbrough, Candice Bergen, Joe Regalbuto, Robert Pastorelli, Faith Ford, Grant Shaud and Pat Corley of Murphy Brown | Photograph |
1991[edit]
| Issue date | Cover subject | Type of cover | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/5/1991 | Jane Pauley of Real Life | Photograph | |
| 1/12/1991 | Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal of Good Sports | Photograph | |
| 1/19/1991 | Morley Safer, Harry Reasoner, Ed Bradley, and Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes | Illustration | |
| 1/26/1991 | * Cybill Shepherd of Which Way Home * Super Bowl XXV |
*Shepherd: photograph *Super Bowl: illustration |
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| 2/2/1991 | "Fab Feb", featuring Grammy nominee MC Hammer, Gary Cole of Son of the Morning Star, and Barbara Walters Special guest Julia Roberts | Photo montage | |
| 2/9/1991 | Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz | Photograph | |
| 2/16/1991 | "Watching The War", the effect of TV's coverage of Operation Desert Storm | Illustration | Schafle Inverso |
| 2/23/1991 | "TV's War Stars", featuring Arthur Kent of NBC News and CNN reporters Peter Arnett and Christiane Amanpour Inset: Fred Rogers |
Photo montage | |
| 3/2/1991 | "Parents' Guide to Children's Television", featuring Jaleel White of Family Matters and assorted cartoon characters | Photograph/illustration | White: Mario Casilli; cartoons: Bob Jones |
| 3/9/1991 | "Dreyfuss" the dog of Empty Nest Inset: Fred Dryer of Hunter |
Photograph | |
| 3/16/1991 | "Cartoons Grow Up", featuring Barbara Walters with the Ninja Turtles | Photograph | |
| 3/23/1991 | 63rd Academy Awards preview, featuring nominees Whoopi Goldberg of Ghost, Kevin Costner of Dances with Wolves, and Julia Roberts of Pretty Woman | Illustration | |
| 3/30/1991 | Cheryl Ladd of Changes | Photograph | |
| 4/6/1991 | ""Baseball TV Preview", featuring trading cards of Bo Jackson, Nolan Ryan, Roger Clemens, and Jose Canseco Inset: "Lessons Learned From the Gulf War" |
Photo montage | Jackson: Score Trading Cards; Ryan: Topps; Clemens: Donruss; Canseco: Fleer; Inset: United States Marine Corps |
| 4/13/1991 | "What's It Cost?" featuring Delta Burke of Designing Women | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 4/20/1991 | Burt Reynolds and Marilu Henner with baby of Evening Shade | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 4/27/1991 | May sweeps preview, featuring Earl Sinclair from Dinosaurs, Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers, and Patrick Bergin of Robin Hood | Photo montage | |
| 5/4/1991 | Larry Hagman of Dallas | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 5/11/1991 | John Spencer, Cecil Hoffman, Amanda Donohoe of L.A. Law | Photograph | |
| 5/18/1991 | Candice Bergen of Murphy Brown with guest stars Robin Thomas and Jay Thomas | Photograph | |
| 5/25/1991 | Summer Movie Preview, featuring 101 Dalmatians, Julia Roberts of Sleeping with the Enemy, and Arnold Schwarzenegger of Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Photo montage | |
| 6/1/1991 | "How Stars are Spending Their Summer Vacations", featuring Jasmine Guy of A Different World | Photograph | |
| 6/8/1991 | Michael Landon | Photograph | Curt Gunther |
| 6/15/1991 | "The 50 Best Videos to Watch Over and Over Again", featuring images from Mary Poppins, Casablanca, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Tootsie, & The Wizard of Oz | Photo montage | The Kobal Collection |
| 6/22/1991 | Gerald McRaney of Major Dad and Delta Burke | Photograph | |
| 6/29/1991 | "The Battle for Carson's Crown", featuring David Letterman, Arsenio Hall, Johnny Carson, and Jay Leno | Illustration | Ted Michener |
| 7/6/1991 | "The Best and The Worst: The TV year in review", featuring Baby Sinclair of Dinosaurs, Abraham Lincoln of The Civil War, Katie Couric of Today, an image from Lucy and Desi: Before the Laughter, and Roseanne Barr | Photo montage | |
| 7/13/1991 | * "What Michael Landon Meant To Us" | Photograph | |
| 7/20/1991 | "Michael Landon's Final Days" | Illustration | |
| 7/27/1991 | The 2000th Issue of TV Guide | Cover montage | |
| 8/3/1991 | "The MTV Revolution", featuring Madonna | Photograph | Lorraine Day |
| 8/10/1991 | "TV's Most Beautiful Women", featuring Candice Bergen, Jaclyn Smith, Vanna White | Photo montage | |
| 8/17/1991 | Home video preview, featuring Kevin Costner of the film Dances With Wolves and Macaulay Culkin of the film Home Alone | Illustration | |
| 8/24/1991 | Shannen Doherty of Beverly Hills, 90210 | Photograph | |
| 8/31/1991 | Patrick Stewart of Star Trek: The Next Generation and William Shatner of Star Trek | Illustration | Kinuko Y. Craft |
| 9/7/1991 | Janine Turner of Northern Exposure | Photograph | |
| 9/14/1991 | Fall preview issue | Word art | Michael D. Radencich |
| 9/21/1991 | Jan Hooks and Julia Duffy of Designing Women | Photograph | |
| 9/28/1991 | "Parents Guide to the New Kids' Shows", featuring characters from Where's Waldo, Darkwing Duck, Doug, and Hammerman | Illustration | |
| 10/5/1991 | "The Best And Worst Dressed On TV", featuring Sharon Gless of The Trials of Rosie O'Neill and Arsenio Hall of The Arsenio Hall Show | Photograph | |
| 10/12/1991 | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the subject of the miniseries A Woman Named Jackie | Photograph | Jacques Lowe |
| 10/19/1991 | Joan Collins and Linda Evans of Dynasty: The Reunion | Photograph | |
| 10/26/1991 | "Joan Rivers Before & After Nip & Tuck" | Photo montage | |
| 11/2/1991 | Michael Jackson on the occasion of his "Black or White" music video release | Photograph | |
| 11/9/1991 | "Is Network News Crumbling?" featuring anchors Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings, and Dan Rather Inset: Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen of Full House |
Illustration | Inset: photo by Ron Tom for Lorimar Productions |
| 11/16/1991 | Valerie Bertinelli of In a Child's Name | Photograph | |
| 11/23/1991 | Madonna | Photograph | |
| 11/30/1991 | Naomi Judd and Wynonna Judd | Photograph | |
| 12/7/1991 | Christmas TV preview, featuring Winnie the Pooh, Bob Hope, Mickey Mouse & Goofy, and Andy Rooney | Photo montage | |
| 12/14/1991 | Luke Perry and Jason Priestley of Beverly Hills, 90210 | Photograph | |
| 12/21/1991 | John Corbett of Northern Exposure posing alongside a moosehead | Photograph | |
| 12/28/1991 | John Goodman of Roseanne | Photograph |
1992[edit]
| Issue date | Cover subject | Type of cover | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/4/1992 | Roseanne as Lucy Ricardo | Photograph | |
| 1/11/1992 | Jane Fonda with a photo of Henry Fonda | Photograph | |
| 1/18/1992 | A grading of "TV's Top 20 Shows", featuring "Dreyfuss" the dog of Empty Nest | Photograph | |
| 1/25/1992 | "Your Number 1 Guide to Super Bowl XXVI" | Illustration | Peter Max |
| 2/1/1992 | Jessica Lange of Hallmark Hall of Fame's O Pioneers! | Photograph | |
| 2/8/1992 | 1992 Winter Olympics preview, featuring Kristi Yamaguchi Inset: Grant Shaud of Murphy Brown |
Photograph | |
| 2/15/1992 | "What Makes TV Couples Click", featuring Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford of Live with Regis & Kathie Lee | Photograph | |
| 2/22/1992 | An investigation into "Fake News" Insets: Grammy nominees Garth Brooks and Natalie Cole; Allison Doody and Benedict Taylor of Duel of Harts |
Word art | Inset photos by E. J. Camp, Jeff Katz, and Danny Feld |
| 2/29/1992 | Corey Carrier of Young Indiana Jones | Photograph | |
| 3/7/1992 | "Parents' Guide to Kids' TV", featuring Macaulay Culkin | Photograph | Timothy Greenfield-Sanders/Onyx |
| 3/14/1992 | "Jane Pauley on Ice" | Illustration | Kinuko Y. Craft |
| 3/21/1992 | Magic Johnson and kids from his Nickelodeon special | Photograph | John Strauss for TV Guide |
| 3/28/1992 | Oscars preview, featuring the Beast from Beauty and the Beast | Illustration | Chris Notarile for TV Guide |
| 4/4/1992 | Ronn Moss & Katherine Kelly Lang of The Bold and the Beautiful | Photograph | Jeff Katz for TV Guide |
| 4/11/1992 | "Save Our Shows" recommendations Inset: Jay Leno |
Word art | Leno: Mark Terrill for Wide World Photos |
| 4/18/1992 | Patricia Richardson and Tim Allen of Home Improvement | Photograph | Phillip Saltonstall for TV Guide |
| 4/25/1992 | Burt Reynolds of Evening Shade | Photograph | John Strauss for TV Guide |
| 5/2/1992 | Woody Harrelson and Jackie Swanson of Cheers | Photograph | |
| 5/9/1992 | Goodbye Johnny: Johnny Carson | Illustration | Chris Notarile for TV Guide |
| 5/16/1992 | Oprah Winfrey of Oprah: Behind the Scenes | Photograph | |
| 5/23/1992 | Jerry Seinfeld of Seinfeld | Photograph | Jeffery Newbury for TV Guide |
| 5/30/1992 | Dan Lauria, Alley Mills, Jason Hervey, and Fred Savage of The Wonder Years | Photograph | Jeffery Newbury for TV Guide |
| 6/6/1992 | Grant Show of Melrose Place Inset:Drew Barrymore of 2000 Malibu Road |
Photograph | |
| 6/13/1992 | Bob Saget of Full House | Photograph | |
| 6/20/1992 | "The Year's Best and Worst", featuring Ross Perot, Burt Reynolds and Michael Jeter of Evening Shade, Candice Bergen of Murphy Brown, Anita Hill, and Bette Midler and Johnny Carson from The Tonight Show | Photo montage | Reynolds & Jeter: Geraldine Overton/CBS; Bergen: Richard Cartwright/CBS; Midler & Carson: Alice S. Hall for NBC |
| 6/27/1992 | Phil Donahue | Photograph | |
| 7/4/1992 | Delta Burke of Delta | Photograph | Bob D'Amico for ABC |
| 7/11/1992 | Luke Perry and Shannen Doherty of Beverly Hills, 90210 | Photograph | Jeff Katz for TV Guide |
| 7/18/1992 | "TV's Top Turn-ons", featuring Cindy Crawford of MTV and Patrick Stewart of Star Trek: The Next Generation | Photograph | |
| 7/25/1992 | 1992 Summer Olympics preview, featuring gymnast Kim Zmeskal | Photograph | Nancy Raymond for International Gymnast |
| 8/1/1992 | Dana Carvey of Saturday Night Live and David Letterman of Late Night | Photo montage | |
| 8/8/1992 | The "soap opera" of Princess Diana and Prince Charles | Photo montage | |
| 8/15/1992 | "America Zaps! The All-Powerful Remote Control", featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Roseanne Arnold, Homer Simpson, Michelle Pfeiffer, & Ted Koppel | Illustration | Chris Notarile for TV Guide |
| 8/22/1992 | "Is TV Violence Battering Our Kids?" | Word art/photo montage | Dennis Mosner for TV Guide |
| 8/29/1992 | Roseanne | Photograph | |
| 9/5/1992 | Joan Lunden of Good Morning America | Photograph | |
| 9/12/1992 | Fall preview issue | Word art | Jeff Lynch |
| 9/19/1992 | Candice Bergen of Murphy Brown | Photograph | Theo Westenberger for TV Guide |
| 9/26/1992 | Country Music Association Awards preview, featuring Billy Ray Cyrus & Reba McEntire | Photograph | |
| 10/3/1992 | Bob Newhart of Bob | Illustration | |
| 10/10/1992 | "Would You Take $1 Million To Give Up TV Forever?" Inset:Paul Reiser & Helen Hunt of Mad About Youand John Ritter & Markie Post of Hearts Afire |
Word art | Jeff Katz |
| 10/17/1992 | "TV's Best Dressed", featuring Leeza Gibbons of Entertainment Tonight and Jay Leno of The Tonight Show | Photograph | Jeff Katz for TV Guide |
| 10/24/1992 | "Parents' Guide to New Kids' Shows", featuring Goofy & Max of Goof Troop Inset: Kathie Lee Gifford of Live with Regis and Kathie Lee |
Illustration | Goofy & Max: Willardson & Associates; Gifford: photo by James McGoon |
| 10/31/1992 | November sweeps preview, featuring Julia Roberts, Peter Falk of Columbo, Jaclyn Smith, and an image from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Photo montage | Roberts: Everett Collection; Smith: Ron Tom for Universal; E.T.: Kobal Collection |
| 11/7/1992 | Frank Sinatra, with an inset of Philip Casnoff of the miniseries Sinatra | Photo montage | Casnoff: Albert Sanchez for TV Guide |
| 11/14/1992 | Michael Jackson | Photograph | |
| 11/21/1992 | Diane Sawyer of ABC News | ||
| 11/28/1992 | John Ritter & Markie Post of Hearts Afire Inset: Maggie and Bart Simpson of The Simpsons |
Photograph | Simpsons: Bart Simpson by Matt Groening for 20th Century Fox |
| 12/5/1992 | John Stamos with Blake and Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit of Full House | Photograph | |
| 12/12/1992 | Katey Sagal of Married... with Children | Photograph | |
| 12/19/1992 | Characters from Tiny Toon Adventures | Illustration | Warner Bros. Animation |
| 12/26/1992 | * Angela Lansbury of Murder, She Wrote * "The Year in Cheers & Jeers", featuring Madonna, Ted Danson of Cheers, and Michael Jordan (with Angela Lansbury in an inset) |
Photo montage | Madonna: Steven Meisel; Danson: from TV Guide archives |
1993[edit]
| Issue date | Cover subject | Type of cover | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/2/1993 | Patrick Stewart of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Avery Brooks of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine on the week of the latter series' debut | Photograph | |
| 1/9/1993 | Bill & Hillary Clinton | Photograph | |
| 1/16/1993 | "How To Be a Funny President", featuring Saturday Night Live's Dana Carvey as "George H. W. Bush" and Phil Hartman as "Bill Clinton" | Photograph | Jeff Katz for TV Guide |
| 1/23/1993 | Will Smith of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air | Photograph | Marc Bryan-Brown for TV Guide |
| 1/30/1993 | Craig T. Nelson of Coach | Photograph | Jeff Katz for TV Guide |
| 2/6/1993 | Katie Couric of Today | Photograph | |
| 2/13/1993 | Billy Ray Cyrus | Photograph | George Lange for TV Guide |
| 2/20/1993 | Jane Seymour of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Photograph | George Lange for TV Guide |
| 2/27/1993 | "Parents' Guide to Kids' TV", featuring Jane Pauley & Barney | Photograph | Marc Bryan-Brown for TV Guide |
| 3/6/1993 | Regis Philbin of Live with Regis & Kathie Lee Inset: Cher |
Photograph | Marc Bryan-Brown for TV Guide |
| 3/13/1993 | Mary Tyler Moore of Stolen Babies | Photograph | |
| 3/20/1993 | Antonio Sabato, Jr. of General Hospital and Hunter Tylo of The Bold and the Beautiful | Photograph | |
| 3/27/1993 | Billy Crystal & "friends" | Photograph | |
| 4/3/1993 | Heather Locklear of Melrose Place | Photograph | Jeff Katz for TV Guide |
| 4/10/1993 | Ted Danson of Cheers Inset: Shelley Long |
Photograph | Paul Drinkwater/NBC |
| 4/17/1993 | TV Guide's 40th Anniversary Issue | Word art | |
| 4/24/1993 | Patricia Richardson and Tim Allen of Home Improvement | Photograph | |
| 5/1/1993 | Michele Lee, Joan Van Ark, and Nicollette Sheridan of Knots Landing Inset: Donna Mills |
Photograph | |
| 5/8/1993 | Arsenio Hall of The Arsenio Hall Show Inset: Tori Spelling of Beverly Hills 90210 |
Photograph | Jeff Katz for TV Guide |
| 5/15/1993 | Kirstie Alley, Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson, Rhea Perlman, Kelsey Grammer, John Ratzenberger, and George Wendt of Cheers on the week of the series' finale (fold-out cover) | Photograph | |
| 5/22/1993 | Linda Ellerbee of Nick News | Photograph | |
| 5/29/1993 | Richard Simmons | Photograph | Timothy White |
| 6/5/1993 | Connie Chung of CBS Evening News | Photograph | Tony Esparza for CBS |
| 6/12/1993 | "Summerwatch Top 10 Issue", featuring Joey Lawrence of Blossom | Photograph | Jeff Katz for TV Guide |
| 6/19/1993 | A Martinez of L.A. Law with his son, Cody Inset: The cast of Little House on the Prairie, one of TV Guide readers' choices for all-time favorites |
Photograph | |
| 6/26/1993 | Cindy Crawford, Lauren Hutton, Naomi Campbell, and Beverly Johnson Inset: Marge Simpson of The Simpsons sporting a Hillary Clinton hair styling |
Photograph | Frank Micelotta for MTV |
| 7/3/1993 | Vanna White of Wheel of Fortune | Photograph | |
| 7/10/1993 | Larry Hagman of Staying Afloat | Photograph | Jeffery Newbury for TV Guide |
| 7/17/1993 | "Hot-Blooded Hollywood", featuring Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett | Photograph | |
| 7/24/1993 | "Summer Sci-Fi Issue", featuring Armin Shimerman of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Photograph | Jeff Katz for TV Guide |
| 7/31/1993 | Patrick Stewart of Star Trek: The Next Generation | Photograph | |
| 8/7/1993 | Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen of Full House | Photograph | Jeffery Newbury for TV Guide |
| 8/14/1993 | "The Furor Over R-Rated Network TV" | Photograph | William Duke for TV Guide |
| 8/21/1993 | Loni Anderson | Photograph | |
| 8/28/1993 | "Late Night Star Wars", featuring Jay Leno, Chevy Chase, David Letterman, Ted Koppel, Conan O'Brien, and Arsenio Hall (fold-out cover) | Illustration | John Kascht |
| 9/4/1993 | William Shatner of Star Trek | Photograph | |
| 9/11/1993 | Kelsey Grammer of Frasier | Photograph | Jeffery Newbury for TV Guide |
| 9/18/1993 | Fall Preview Issue | Word art | |
| 9/25/1993 | *Wynonna Judd & Clint Black *Remembering Raymond Burr (with Judd and Black in an inset) |
Photograph | *Judd & Black: by Jeff Katz for TV Guide |
| 10/2/1993 | Victoria Principal of River of Rage | Photograph | Jeff Katz for TV Guide |
| 10/9/1993 | Harry Anderson of Dave's World Inset: John Larroquette of The John Larroquette Show |
Photograph | Jeffery Newbury for TV Guide |
| 10/16/1993 | Anthony Geary and Genie Francis of General Hospital | Photograph | |
| 10/23/1993 | "Best and Worst Dressed" issue, featuring Kelly Rutherford of The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., Paula Poundstone of The Paula Poundstone Show, Jason Alexander of Seinfeld, & Faye Dunaway of It Had to Be You | Photograph | Poundstone: ABC, Alexander: George Lange for NBC |
| 10/30/1993 | "TV That's Good For Your Kids", featuring Bert and Ernie of Sesame Street | Photograph | Marc Bryan-Brown for TV Guide |
| 11/6/1993 | Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes | Photograph | Steve Hill for TV Guide |
| 11/13/1993 | Hillary Clinton & Big Bird Inset: Mariah Carey |
Photograph | Clinton/Big Bird: Marc Bryan-Brown for TV Guide |
| 11/20/1993 | Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, & Michael Learned of A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion | Photograph | Theo Westenberger for TV Guide |
| 11/27/1993 | Dolly Parton | Photograph | Dolly Parton Inc. |
| 12/4/1993 | "Holiday Viewing Guide", featuring The Grinch and Max the dog of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, a scene from It's A Wonderful Life, Will Smith of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and Jennie Garth of Beverly Hills, 90210 | Photo montage | Grinch & Max: John Hazard; Life: RHI Entertainment; Smith: Chris Haston for NBC; Garth: Andrew Semel for Fox |
| 12/11/1993 | Bette Midler of Gypsy Inset: Daryl Hannah of Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman |
Photograph | Midler: Greg Gorman; Hannah: Michael Ferguson for Globe Photos |
| 12/18/1993 | "Our 40th Anniversary Show", featuring hosts Heather Locklear, Robert Wagner, and Lindsay Wagner with a montage of stars including Adam West of Batman; Candice Bergen of Murphy Brown; Jackie Gleason; Jean Stapleton and Carroll O'Connor of All in the Family; Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke of The Dick Van Dyke Show; Leonard Nimoy of Star Trek; Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, & Jaclyn Smith of Charlie's Angels; Carol Burnett; Jerry Seinfeld of Seinfeld; Don Johnson of Miami Vice; Johnny Carson of The Tonight Show; Larry Hagman of Dallas; Sonny Bono & Cher; Lucille Ball; and Don Adams and Barbara Feldon of Get Smart | Photo montage | Locklear/Wagner/Wagner: Jeff Katz for TV Guide; Gleason: Martin Mills; Stapleton/O'Connor, Burnett, and Hagman: TV Guide Archives; Moore/Van Dyke and Adams/Feldon: Ivan Nagy; Nimoy: Ken Whitmore; Angels: Dick Zimmerman; Seinfeld: Chris Haston for NBC; Johnson: Douglas Keeve; Sonny & Cher: Sherman Weisburd; Ball: Philippe Halsman |
| 12/25/1993 | Kennedy Center Honoree Johnny Carson | Illustration | Drew Struzan |
1994[edit]
| Issue date | Cover subject | Type of cover | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/1/1994 | Tim Allen of Home Improvement | Photograph | Jeff Katz for TV Guide |
| 1/8/1994 | David Caruso of NYPD Blue | Photograph | Jeff Katz for TV Guide |
| 1/15/1994 | Avery Brooks of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Photograph | Jeff Katz for TV Guide |
| 1/22/1994 | "Winter Preview", featuring Henry Winkler of Monty; Dan Cortese of Traps; Ellen DeGeneres of These Friends of Mine; Ed Begley Jr. of Winnetka Road; and Tim Reid, Tamera Mowry, Tia Mowry, & Jackee Harry of Sister, Sister | Photo montage | Sister, Sister: Bob D'Amico for ABC |
| 1/29/1994 | "Super Bowl SuperGuide", featuring Valerie Bertinelli of Cafe Americain in a football-themed photo | Photograph | Jeff Katz for TV Guide |
| 2/5/1994 | Courtney Thorne-Smith and Heather Locklear of Melrose Place Inset: Fabio |
Photo montage | Thorne-Smith: Albert Sanchez; Locklear: Jeff Jatz; Fabio: Jeffery Newbury |
| 2/12/1994 | 1994 Winter Olympics preview, featuring American figure skater Nancy Kerrigan | Photograph | Nancie Battaglia |
| 2/19/1994 | British Ice dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean Inset: Cybill Shepherd |
Photograph | |
| 2/26/1994 | Whitney Houston | Photograph | |
| 3/5/1994 | Dennis Franz and "Caesar" the dog of NYPD Blue | Photograph | Timothy White |
| 3/12/1994 | "Parents' Guide to Kids' TV", featuring Erin Davis of The Sinbad Show | Photograph | |
| 3/19/1994 | Academy Awards preview, featuring Oscar emcee Whoopi Goldberg and ABC's Barbara Walters | Photo montage | Walters: Theo Westenberger; Goldberg: Jeffery Newbury |
| 3/26/1994 | Diane Sawyer of ABC News | Photograph | |
| 4/2/1994 | Loni Anderson | Photograph | |
| 4/9/1994 | Kirstie Alley of David's Mother | Photograph | |
| 4/16/1994 | Nicollette Sheridan of A Time To Heal | Photograph | Jeff Katz for TV Guide |
| 4/23/1994 | Jason Alexander of Seinfeld | Photograph | Jeffery Newbury for TV Guide |
| 4/30/1994 | Garth Brooks of the special This is Garth Brooks, Too! | Photograph | |
| 5/7/1994 | Rob Lowe and Laura San Giacomo of Stephen King’s The Stand | Photograph | Jeffery Newbury for TV Guide |
| 5/14/1994 | The cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation | Photo montage | |
| 5/21/1994 | Farrah Fawcett of The Substitute Wife Inset: Carol Burnett |
Photograph | Jeff Katz for TV Guide |
| 5/28/1994 | Andrew Shue of Melrose Place | Photograph | |
| 6/4/1994 | Elizabeth Taylor | Photograph | |
| 6/11/1994 | "The Best and Worst of the Year in TV", featuring David Caruso of NYPD Blue, Laura Leighton of Melrose Place, Brett Butler of Grace Under Fire, and Madonna from her appearance on Late Show with David Letterman | Photo montage | Madonna: Patrick Pagnano for CBS |
| 6/18/1994 | "TV’s Top Dogs", featuring Frasier’s "Eddie" and Mad About You’s "Murray" | Photograph | |
| 6/25/1994 | A ranking of "Hollywood's Best-Loved Stars", featuring Jane Seymour of Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman, Tim Allen of Home Improvement, and Jay Leno of The Tonight Show | Photo montage | |
| 7/2/1994 | * Reba McEntire of Is There Life Out There? * Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny of The X-Files (with Reba McEntire in an inset) |
Photograph | |
| 7/9/1994 | Red Ranger of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers | Photograph | Jeff Katz for TV Guide |
| 7/16/1994 | Cindy Crawford of House of Style | Photograph | Deborah Feingold for TV Guide |
| 7/23/1994 | Oprah Winfrey | Photograph | Simon Kreitem |
| 7/30/1994 | The O. J. Simpson murder case | Photo illustration | Mark Malabrigo for TV Guide |
| 8/6/1994 | Paul Reiser of Mad About You | Photograph | Jeff Katz for TV Guide |
| 8/13/1994 | Alexandra Paul, Pamela Anderson, David Hasselhoff, and Yasmine Bleeth of Baywatch | Photograph | |
| 8/20/1994 | Barbra Streisand | Illustration | John Kascht for TV Guide |
| 8/27/1994 | David Letterman of Late Show | Photograph | Christopher Little |
| 9/3/1994 | "The NFL Now"(7 covers): * Troy Aikman of the Dallas Cowboys * John Elway of the Denver Broncos * Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins * Joe Montana of the Kansas City Chiefs * Barry Sanders of the Detroit Lions * Thurman Thomas of the Buffalo Bills * John Madden of Fox Sports |
Photograph | Madden: Bill Reitzel for TV Guide |
| 9/10/1994 | "Emmy Uproar", featuring Tim Allen of Home Improvement and David Caruso of NYPD Blue | Photograph | |
| 9/17/1994 | Fall Preview | Word art | |
| 9/24/1994 | John Mahoney, David Hyde Pierce, Kelsey Grammer, & "Eddie" the dog of Frasier | Photograph | Jeff Katz for TV Guide |
| 10/1/1994 | Christie Brinkley, host of Ford's Supermodel of the World 1994 | Photograph | |
| 10/8/1994 | Kate Mulgrew of Star Trek: Voyager | Photograph | Jeff Katz for TV Guide |
| 10/15/1994 | Melissa Gilbert of Sweet Justice | Photograph | |
| 10/22/1994 | Suzanne Somers of Step by Step Inset: Jay Leno of The Tonight Show |
Photograph | Jeff Katz for TV Guide |
| 10/29/1994 | "Parents' Guide to Kids' TV", featuring the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers | Photograph | |
| 11/5/1994 | Shannen Doherty of The Margaret Mitchell Story | Photograph | Albert Sanchez for TV Guide |
| 11/12/1994 | Joanne Whalley-Kilmer and Timothy Dalton of Scarlett | Photograph | Bob Green for RHI |
| 11/19/1994 | Sherry Stringfield, Anthony Edwards, and Noah Wyle of ER | Photograph | Jeff Katz for TV Guide |
| 11/26/1994 | Ellen DeGeneres of Ellen | Photograph | Jeffery Newbury for TV Guide |
| 12/3/1994 | "Holiday Viewing Guide", featuring Crystal Bernard of Wings | Photograph | Jeffery Newbury for TV Guide |
| 12/10/1994 | Jane Pauley of Dateline NBC Inset: Matthew Fox and Scott Wolf of Party of Five |
Photograph | Pauley: Deborah Feingold; Fox and Wolf: Jeffery Newbury |
| 12/17/1994 | Kathie Lee Gifford of Looking for Christmas | Photograph | Michael O'Neill for TV Guide |
| 12/24/1994 | "The Year in Cheers & Jeers", featuring Roseanne of Roseanne, Dorothy Letterman of Late Show with David Letterman, and Burt Reynolds of Evening Shade | Photo montage | Roseanne: AP/Wide World; Letterman: Mary Ann Carter for CBS |
| 12/31/1994 | "Viewers' Guide to College Bowls", 7 covers featuring Joe Paterno, Kerry Collins, Lawrence Phillips, Danny O'Neil, Danny Wuerffel, Danny Kanell, Jay Barker, Joey Galloway, Lou Holtz, Ron Powlus, Rashaan Salaam, and Frank Costa | Photo montage |
1995[edit]
| Issue date | Cover subject | Type of cover | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/7/1995 | Oprah Winfrey of The Oprah Winfrey Show | Photograph | Paul Elledge for TV Guide |
| 1/14/1995 | Kate Mulgrew, Tim Russ, and Robert Beltran of Star Trek: Voyager | Photograph | Jeff Katz for TV Guide |
| 1/21/1995 | "Winter Preview", featuring Shawn & Marlon Wayans of The Wayans Bros., Delta Burke of Women of the House, Richard Grieco of Marker, John Leguizamo of House of Buggin', and Julia Campbell of A Whole New Ballgame | Photo montage | Wayans Bros.: Warner Bros.; Burke: Bill Reitzel; Grieco: Jeff Katz for UPN; Leguizamo: Michael Levine for Fox; Campbell: Jeffery Newbury |
| 1/28/1995 | "Super Bowl Spectacular" | Illustration | Steve Krongard for TV Guide |
| 2/4/1995 | Jerry Seinfeld of Seinfeld Inset: Roseanne of Roseanne |
Photograph | Frank W. Ockenfels III for TV Guide |
| 2/11/1995 | Heather Locklear of Texas Justice | Photograph | Davis Factor for TV Guide |
| 2/18/1995 | Sally Field of A Woman of Independent Means | Photograph | Bill Reitzel for TV Guide |
| 2/25/1995 | George Clooney of ER | Photograph | Jeffery Newbury for TV Guide |
| 3/4/1995 | "Parents' Guide to Kids' TV", featuring Genie of Aladdin, Blue Ranger of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers & Beast of X-Men | Photo montage | Alladin: Buena Vista Television; X-Men: Saban Entertainment |
| 3/11/1995 | Gillian Anderson & David Duchovny of The X-Files | Photograph | Karen Moskowitz for TV Guide |
| 3/18/1995 | "TV's 10 Most Powerful Stars", featuring Roseanne, Tim Allen, Oprah Winfrey, & Jerry Seinfeld | Photo montage | Winfrey: Paul Elledge; Seinfeld: Frank W. Ockenfels III |
| 3/25/1995 | Academy Awards preview, featuring emcee David Letterman | Photograph | Christopher Little for ABC |
| 4/1/1995 | "Are Talk Shows Out of Control?" featuring Jenny Jones, Jerry Springer, Ricki Lake, & Montel Williams | Photo montage | Lake: Marc Bryan-Brown; Williams: Steve Hill |
| 4/8/1995 | Jennie Garth of Beverly Hills, 90210 | Photograph | Jeffery Newbury for TV Guide |
| 4/15/1995 | Fran Drescher of The Nanny | Photograph | Jeff Katz for TV Guide |
| 4/22/1995 | Susan Lucci of Seduced and Betrayed | Photograph | Deborah Feingold for TV Guide |
| 4/29/1995 | "Invasion of the Prime-time Boss Ladies", featuring Courtney Thorne-Smith of Melrose Place, Roxanne Hart of Chicago Hope, & Kate Mulgrew of Star Trek: Voyager | Photograph | |
| 5/6/1995 | Jane Seymour and Joe Lando of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Photograph | Bill Reitzel for TV Guide |
| 5/13/1995 | Naomi, Wyonna, and Ashley Judd | Photograph | |
| 5/20/1995 | Gail O'Grady and Sharon Lawrence of NYPD Blue | Photograph | |
| 5/27/1995 | Pamela Anderson of Baywatch | Photograph | |
| 6/3/1995 | Larry King of Larry King Live Inset: Connie Chung |
Photograph | Katherine Lambert for TV Guide |
| 6/10/1995 | "Summer Preview", featuring George Clooney, Barry White, David Charvet, Barbara Mandrell, Lisa Marie Presley & Michael Jackson, and an image from the film Pocahontas | Photo montage | Pocahontas: Walt Disney Pictures; Presley/Jackson: Jonathan Exley for ABC |
| 6/17/1995 | Brett Butler of Grace Under Fire Inset: Bryant Gumbel of Today |
Photograph | Richard Corman for TV Guide |
| 6/24/1995 | Jason David Frank of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers | Photograph | Bill Reitzel for TV Guide |
| 7/1/1995 | Victoria Principal in Dancing in the Dark | Photograph | |
| 7/8/1995 | Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles Inset: The rage over "May–December Romances", featuring Jerry Seinfeld & Shoshanna Lonstein |
Photograph | Ripken Jr.: Focus on Sports; Seinfeld/Lonstein: Kevin Winter for Celebrity Photo |
| 7/15/1995 | Jennifer Lien and Ethan Phillips of Star Trek: Voyager | Photograph | Philip Saltonstall for TV Guide |
| 7/22/1995 | Dean Cain of Lois & Clark | Photograph | Karen Moskowitz for TV Guide |
| 7/29/1995 | Josie Bissett of Melrose Place | Photograph | |
| 8/5/1995 | Tom Selleck of Broken Trust | Photograph | Jeffery Newbury for TV Guide |
| 8/12/1995 | "Best Dressed Stars!" featuring Cybill Shepherd of Cybill and Jimmy Smits of NYPD Blue | Photograph | Karen Moskowitz for TV Guide |
| 8/19/1995 | Regis Philbin | Photograph | Carol Friedman for TV Guide |
| 8/26/1995 | * Tiffani-Amber Thiessen and Brian Austin Green of Beverly Hills, 90210 * Southeastern Conference football preview(4 regional covers) |
Photograph | Theissen/Green: Bill Reitzel for TV Guide |
| 9/2/1995 | 1995 NFL season preview(24 regional covers) | Photograph | |
| 9/9/1995 | Emmy Awards preview, featuring Paul Reiser of Mad About You, Kelsey Grammer of Frasier, and Garry Shandling of The Larry Sanders Show Inset: Candice Bergen of Murphy Brown with guest star John F. Kennedy Jr. |
Photograph | Emmy: Karen Moskowitz for TV Guide; Bergen/Kennedy: Byron J. Cohen for CBS |
| 9/16/1995 | Fall Preview | Word art | Studio Macbeth |
| 9/23/1995 | Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc, Courteney Cox, & Matthew Perry of Friends | Photograph | |
| 9/30/1995 | Mary McCormack, Daniel Benzali, & Jason Gedrick of Murder One | Photograph | Davis Factor/Visages for TV Guide |
| 10/7/1995 | Avery Brooks & Michael Dorn of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Photograph | Darryl Estrine for TV Guide |
| 10/14/1995 | George Clooney & Julianna Margulies of ER | Photograph | Lance Staedler for TV Guide |
| 10/21/1995 | Andrew, Matthew, & Joey Lawrence of Brotherly Love Inset: Mary Tyler Moore of New York News |
Photograph | Lawrence Brothers: Darryl Estrine for TV Guide |
| 10/28/1995 | Sarah "Fergie" Ferguson, the Duchess of York | Photograph | |
| 11/4/1995 | Brooke Shields of Nothing Lasts Forever | Photograph | Alberto Tolot for TV Guide |
| 11/11/1995 | Oprah Winfrey | Photograph | Chris Sanders for TV Guide |
| 11/18/1995 | "Beatles '95", featuring John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, & Ringo Starr in a recreation of the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover | Photo illustration | Peter Blake for TV Guide |
| 11/25/1995 | Jane Seymour of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Photograph | Diego Uchitel for TV Guide |
| 12/2/1995 | "Holiday Viewing Guide", featuring Téa Leoni of The Naked Truth | Photograph | |
| 12/9/1995 | Matthew Fox, Scott Wolf, & Neve Campbell of Party of Five Inset: Martha Stewart |
Photograph | Stewart: Jesse Frohman |
| 12/16/1995 | Kathie Lee Gifford of Live with Regis & Kathie Lee with children Cody & Cassidy Inset: Howard Stern |
Photograph | Giffords: Deborah Feingold for TV Guide |
| 12/23/1995 | "The Big Hair Issue", featuring Lisa Kudrow of Friends and, in insets, Jennifer Aniston, Lorenzo Lamas, Heather Locklear, and Daniel Benzali | Photograph | Kudrow: Diego Uchitel for TV Guide; Aniston: Andrew Eccles for NBC; Lamas: Genesis Entertainment; Locklear: Diego Uchitel for Fox; Benzali: Bill Reitzel |
| 12/30/1995 | * "Viewers' Guide to College Bowls"(7 covers) * James Brown of the Texas Longhorns * Darnell Autry of the Northwestern Wildcats with coach Gary Barnett |
Bowls: photo montage; Brown: photograph; Autry/Barnett: photograph |
1996[edit]
| Issue date | Cover subject | Type of cover | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/6/1996 | "The Best (and the worst) of '95", featuring Jerry Seinfeld, Oprah Winfrey, David Schwimmer, & Cybill Shepherd | Photo montage | |
| 1/13/1996 | Morgan Fairchild of The City | Photograph | |
| 1/20/1996 | "Sci-Fi & Fantasy Issue", featuring Lucy Lawless and Kevin Sorbo of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, William Shatner, and cast members from Space: Above & Beyond | Photo montage | |
| 1/27/1996 | Super Bowl XXX preview, featuring quarterbacks Troy Aikman of the Dallas Cowboys and Neil O'Donnell of the Pittsburgh Steelers | Photo montage | |
| 2/3/1996 | Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen of Gulliver's Travels | Photograph | |
| 2/10/1996 | David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston of Friends | Photograph | |
| 2/17/1996 | John de Lancie and Kate Mulgrew of Star Trek: Voyager Inset: Julia Louis-Dreyfus of Seinfeld |
Photograph | |
| 2/24/1996 | Tori Spelling of Beverly Hills, 90210 | Photograph | |
| 3/2/1996 | Jimmy Smits and Dennis Franz of NYPD Blue | Photograph | |
| 3/9/1996 | "50 Greatest Things About Television Now" | Word art | |
| 3/16/1996 | "Parents' Guide to Kids' TV", featuring Billy Crystal with Muppets Animal, Kermit, & Gonzo | Photograph | |
| 3/23/1996 | Oscars preview, featuring Sharon Stone of Casino, Mel Gibson of Braveheart, Brad Pitt of 12 Monkeys, and "Babe" the pig of Babe | Photo montage | Pitt: David Fisher/London Features; Babe: Carolyn Jones/Universal City Studios |
| 3/30/1996 | Joan Lunden of Good Morning America | Photograph | |
| 4/6/1996 | Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny of The X-Files | Photograph | |
| 4/13/1996 | * Anthony Edwards of ER * Stanley Cup preview, featuring Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Eric Lindros, and Steve Yzerman(4 separate covers) |
Photograph | |
| 4/20/1996 | Cybill Shepherd of Cybill | Photograph | |
| 4/27/1996 | Morley Safer, Ed Bradley, Mike Wallace, Lesley Stahl, Steve Kroft, & Andy Rooney of 60 Minutes | Photograph | Darryl Estrine |
| 5/4/1996 | Whitney Houston, host of The Kids’ Choice Awards on Nickelodeon | Photograph | |
| 5/11/1996 | Tom Selleck & Courteney Cox of Friends | Photograph | |
| 5/18/1996 | Candice Bergen of Murphy Brown | Photograph | |
| 5/25/1996 | Heather Locklear of Melrose Place | Photograph | |
| 6/1/1996 | Jerry Seinfeld of Seinfeld | Photograph | Stephen Danelian for TV Guide |
| 6/8/1996 | Jenny McCarthy of Singled Out | Photograph | |
| 6/15/1996 | Teri Hatcher of Lois & Clark | Photograph | |
| 6/22/1996 | Conan O'Brien | Photograph | Stephen Danelian for TV Guide |
| 6/29/1996 | "100 Most Memorable Moments In TV History", featuring The Beatles & Ed Sullivan; Muhammad Ali & George Foreman; Richard Nixon; the cast of Bonanza; and Anthony Geary & Genie Francis of General Hospital | Photo montage | |
| 7/6/1996 | Gillian Anderson of The X-Files | Photograph | |
| 7/13/1996 | "What Happened to Family TV?" featuring an archived photo of Jerry Mathers and Barbara Billingsley from Leave It to Beaver | Photograph | Garrett-Howard |
| 7/20/1996 | 1996 Summer Olympics viewing guide, featuring US swimmer Janet Evans | Photograph | |
| 7/27/1996 | US Olympic women's basketball team members Lisa Leslie, Rebecca Lobo, and Dawn Staley | Photograph | |
| 8/3/1996 | "TV's Best and Worst Dressed", featuring Dean Cain of Lois and Clark and Jennie Garth of Beverly Hills, 90210 | Photograph | |
| 8/10/1996 | "Stars We Still Love", featuring Maureen McCormick, Barbara Feldon, and Chad Everett | Photograph | Karen Moskowitz for TV Guide |
| 8/17/1996 | Matthew Perry of Friends | Photograph | Jeffery Newbury for TV Guide |
| 8/24/1996 | The 30th birthday of Star Trek, featuring William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Kate Mulgrew, and Avery Brooks on 4 separate covers | Photograph | Shatner, Mulgrew, and Brooks: Greg Lavy for TV Guide; Stewart: Paramount Television |
| 8/31/1996 | * 1996 NFL season preview(26 regional covers) * Drew Carey of The Drew Carey Show(Cleveland area) |
Photograph | |
| 9/7/1996 | Helen Hunt and Paul Reiser of Mad About You | Photograph | Greg Lavy for TV Guide |
| 9/14/1996 | Fall Preview | Word art | |
| 9/21/1996 | "Returning Favorites" issue, featuring Cybill Shepherd of Cybill, Brandy Norwood of Moesha, Teri Hatcher of Lois & Clark, Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny of The X-Files, Jerry Seinfeld of Seinfeld, and the cast of Party of Five | Photo montage | |
| 9/28/1996 | Michael J. Fox of Spin City | Photograph | |
| 10/5/1996 | * Jay Leno of The Tonight Show * "Baseball Playoff Preview"(10 regional covers) |
Photograph | Leno: Mark Hanauer |
| 10/12/1996 | Robyn Lively, Shannon Sturges, & Jamie Luner of Savannah | Photograph | Cathrine Wessel for TV Guide |
| 10/19/1996 | * Brooke Shields of Suddenly Susan * Presidential candidates Bill Clinton and Bob Dole(separate covers) |
Photograph | |
| 10/26/1996 | "Parents' Guide to Kids' TV", featuring the Rugrats | Illustration | |
| 11/2/1996 | Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls | Photograph | |
| 11/9/1996 | Robert Urich | Photograph | Fergus Greer for TV Guide |
| 11/16/1996 | Lance Henriksen of Millennium | Photograph | |
| 11/23/1996 | Carey Lowell of Law & Order and Kyle Chandler of Early Edition | Photograph | |
| 11/30/1996 | Roma Downey of Touched by an Angel | Photograph | |
| 12/7/1996 | * Kathy Kinney & Drew Carey of The Drew Carey Show * Selena |
Photograph | |
| 12/14/1996 | "50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time", featuring Michael Landon, Roseanne, Carroll O'Connor, Bill Cosby, Mary Tyler Moore, Lassie, and Jackie Gleason | Photo montage | Landon: Curt gunther: Roseanne: Bob D'Amico for ABC; Cosby: TV Guide Archives; Moore: Peter Sorel |
| 12/21/1996 | David Duchovny of The X-Files(2 covers) | Photograph | David Lavy |
| 12/28/1996 | * Michelle Forbes, Andre Braugher, and Kyle Secor of Homicide: Life on the Street *College Bowl Preview(9 covers) ** Dameyune Craig of the Auburn Tigers and Kevin Jackson of the Alabama Crimson Tide ** Jake Plummer of the Arizona State Sun Devils ** Steve Sarkisian of the Brigham Young Cougars **Coach Steve Spurrier of the Florida Gators ** Warrick Dunn of the Florida State Seminoles with coach Bobby Bowden ** Pat Fitzgerald of the Northwestern Wildcats with coach Gary Barnett ** Pepe Pearson of the Ohio State Buckeyes **Coach Joe Paterno of the Penn State Nittany Lions ** Peyton Manning of the Tennessee Volunteers |
Photograph (Craig/Jackson: photo montage) |
1997[edit]
| Issue date | Cover subject | Type of cover | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/4/1997 | "The Best Of ’96", featuring "Performer of the Year" Oprah Winfrey | Photograph | |
| 1/11/1997 | Dilbert | Illustration | |
| 1/18/1997 | Winter Preview | Word art | Tom Nikosey for TV Guide |
| 1/25/1997 | Super Bowl XXXI preview (6 covers) * Brett Favre of the Green Bay Packers and Drew Bledsoe of the New England Patriots * Tony Boselli and Natrone Means of the Jacksonville Jaguars (separate covers) * Reggie White of the Green Bay Packers * Drew Bledsoe and Curtis Martin of the New England Patriots (separate covers) |
Photograph (Favre/Bledsoe: photo montage) |
|
| 2/1/1997 | Kevin Sorbo of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys | Photograph | |
| 2/8/1997 | Neve Campbell of Party of Five | Photograph | |
| 2/15/1997 | * David Letterman of Late Show with Radio City Rockettes Beth Woods Nolan, Lillian Colon and Susan Heart * NASCAR drivers Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, Dale Jarrett, and Terry Labonte (separate covers) |
Photograph | |
| 2/22/1997 | Chuck Norris of Walker, Texas Ranger | Photograph | |
| 3/1/1997 | John Lithgow, Kristen Johnston, French Stewart, Jane Curtin, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt of 3rd Rock from the Sun (fold-out cover) | Photograph | Greg Lavy for TV Guide |
| 3/8/1997 | * Howard Stern * Ekaterina Gordeeva |
Photograph | |
| 3/15/1997 | "Parents' Guide to Kids TV", featuring Elmo of Sesame Street | Photograph | |
| 3/22/1997 | "Oscar Preview", featuring nominees Tom Cruise, Kristin Scott Thomas, Barbara Hershey, & Woody Harrelson | Photo montage | Thomas: Everett Collection; Harrelson: Sidney Baldwin for Columbia/TriStar |
| 3/29/1997 | "God and Television" | Illustration | |
| 4/5/1997 | * Rosie O'Donnell of The Rosie O'Donnell Show * Stanley Cup Playoff Preview, featuring players Dominik Hašek, Mario Lemieux, Eric Lindros, Andy Moog, Patrick Roy, Brendan Shanahan, Keith Tkachuk, and John Vanbiesbrouck (separate covers) |
Photograph | O'Donnell: Michael Daks for TV Guide |
| 4/12/1997 | NBA Playoff Preview, featuring Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon, Grant Hill, Kevin Garnett, Eddie Jones, Tim Hardaway, Gary Payton, Dikembe Mutombo, Patrick Ewing, & John Stockton (fold-out cover) | Photograph | |
| 4/19/1997 | "The Big Hair Issue", featuring Jenny McCarthy of MTV | Photograph | |
| 4/26/1997 | Tom Hanks | Photograph | |
| 5/3/1997 | * Lucy Lawless of Xena: Warrior Princess * Kentucky Derby and Triple Crown Preview", featuring jockey Shane Sellers aboard Pulpit |
Photograph | Lawless: Gary Heery for TV Guide |
| 5/10/1997 | * Kate Mulgrew of Star Trek: Voyager * Adam Arkin, Christine Lahti, and Mark Harmon of Chicago Hope |
Photograph | |
| 5/17/1997 | Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, Nicholas Lea, Mitch Pileggi, William B. Davis, Dean Haglund, Bruce Harwood, Tom Braidwood, and series creator Chris Carter of The X-Files(fold-out cover) | Photograph | |
| 5/24/1997 | "20 Great Faces", featuring Kim Delaney of NYPD Blue | Photograph | |
| 5/31/1997 | Michael Richards of Seinfeld | Photograph | James Minchin for TV Guide |
| 6/7/1997 | * Farrah Fawcett on her 50th birthday * LeAnn Rimes * Rod Brindamour and John LeClair of the Philadelphia Flyers * Mike Vernon and Slava Kozlov of the Detroit Red Wings |
Photograph | |
| 6/14/1997 | "Punch Up Your Workout", featuring Lea Thompson of Caroline in the City | Photograph | |
| 6/21/1997 | Joan Lunden of Good Morning America | Photograph | |
| 6/28/1997 | "100 Greatest Episodes of All Time" | Text graphic | |
| 7/5/1997 | "Summer Sci-Fi Special", featuring Claudia Christian, Bruce Boxleitner, and Jerry Doyle of Babylon 5 | Photograph | Michael Tighe for TV Guide |
| 7/12/1997 | "Animation's New Wave", featuring Hank Hill of King of the Hill and the title characters of Daria and Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist | Illustration | |
| 7/19/1997 | Kathie Lee Gifford of Live with Regis & Kathie Lee | Photograph | |
| 7/26/1997 | Jennifer Aniston of Friends | Photograph | |
| 8/2/1997 | * Sarah Michelle Gellar of Buffy the Vampire Slayer * NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon |
Photograph | |
| 8/9/1997 | "TV's Best (and Worst!) Dressed Stars", featuring Jennifer Love Hewitt of Party of Five and French Stewart of 3rd Rock from the Sun | Photograph | |
| 8/16/1997 | Elvis Presley, on the 20th anniversary of his death(4 covers) | Photograph | |
| 8/23/1997 | * "Look What They've Done to Miss America", featuring Madison Michele * "The Past Is Now", marking the addition of The History Channel to TV Guide's listings |
*Michele: photograph *History: photo montage |
|
| 8/30/1997 | NFL Preview (33 regional covers) | Photograph | |
| 9/6/1997 | "Returning Favorites" preview, featuring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny of The X-Files, Candice Bergen of Murphy Brown, Eriq LaSalle and Noah Wyle of ER, Julia Louis-Dreyfus of Seinfeld, and Michael J. Fox of Spin City | Photograph | |
| 9/13/1997 | Fall Preview | Text graphic | Tom Nikosey for TV Guide |
| 9/20/1997 | Remembering Princess Diana | Photograph | |
| 9/27/1997 | * Drew Carey of The Drew Carey Show *Baseball Playoff Preview(4 regional covers) |
Photograph | Carey: Gregory Heisler |
| 10/4/1997 | Gregory Hines of The Gregory Hines Show | Photograph | |
| 10/11/1997 | Ellen DeGeneres of Ellen | Photograph | |
| 10/18/1997 | Melissa Joan Hart of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Photograph | |
| 10/25/1997 | * "Parents' Guide to Kids TV", featuring Larisa Oleynik of The Secret World of Alex Mack and Irene Ng of The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo *Members of the Cleveland Indians and Florida Marlins (6 regional covers) |
Photograph | |
| 11/1/1997 | * Brandy Norwood and Whitney Houston of Cinderella Inset: Calista Flockhart of Ally McBeal *Coach Larry Bird of the Indiana Pacers (regional cover, marking the addition of Fox Sports Midwest to the Indiana listings) |
Photograph | |
| 11/8/1997 | * Terry Farrell of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine * Jeri Ryan of Star Trek: Voyager |
Photograph | |
| 11/15/1997 | Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny of The X-Files with series creator Chris Carter | Photograph | |
| 11/22/1997 | Jenna Elfman of Dharma & Greg | Photograph | Troy House for TV Guide |
| 11/29/1997 | Brooke Shields of Suddenly Susan | Photograph | Diego Uchitel for TV Guide |
| 12/6/1997 | Roma Downey of Touched by an Angel | Photograph | |
| 12/13/1997 | "The Year in Jeers", featuring Peri Gilpin of Frasier (chewing on the "R" in Year") and, in insets, Mike Tyson, Lucy Lawless, & Marv Albert | Photograph | Gilpin: Fergus Greer for TV Guide |
| 12/20/1997 | "The Best of '97", featuring "Performers of the Year" Katie Couric & Matt Lauer of Today | Photograph | Uli Rose for TV Guide |
| 12/27/1997 | "College Bowl Preview" (14 regional covers) | Photograph |
1998[edit]
| Issue date | Cover subject | Type of cover | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/3/1998 | Characters from The Simpsons appearing on 4 covers | Illustration | Matt Groening |
| 1/10/1998 | "Winter Preview", featuring Tom Selleck of The Closer, Vivica A. Fox of Getting Personal, Peta Wilson of La Femme Nikita, and the cast of Dawson's Creek | Photo montage | Fox: Challenge Roddie for TV Guide; Wilson: Michael Daks; Creek: Frank Ockenfels for The WB |
| 1/17/1998 | Steve Harris, Dylan McDermott, & Lara Flynn Boyle of The Practice | Photograph | |
| 1/24/1998 | *Remembering Sonny Bono * Super Bowl XXXII participants Brett Favre, John Elway, Dorsey Levens, Antonio Freeman, and Mark Chmura (separate covers) |
Photograph | |
| 1/31/1998 | Yasmine Bleeth of The Lake | Photograph | |
| 2/7/1998 | 1998 Winter Olympics preview(5 covers) * Joel Otto and John LeClair (ice hockey) * Michelle Kwan (figure skating) * Tara Lipinski (figure skating) * Tommy Moe (skiing) * Keith Tkachuk (ice hockey) |
Photograph | Lipinski: Donna Terek; Moe: Michael Daks; Tkachuk: Jeffrey Lowe |
| 2/14/1998 | * Thomas Gibson and Jenna Elfman of Dharma & Greg * "Legends of NASCAR", on the circuit's 50th anniversary(4 covers) ** Mark Martin and Bobby Allison ** Dale Jarrett and Cale Yarborough ** Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt ** David Pearson and Jeff Gordon |
Photograph | Jarrett/Yarborough: Darrien Davis for TV Guide |
| 2/21/1998 | Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce of Frasier | Photograph | |
| 2/28/1998 | Calista Flockhart, Gil Bellows, and Courtney Thorne-Smith of Ally McBeal | Photograph | |
| 3/7/1998 | * James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson and Michelle Williams of Dawson's Creek appearing separately on 4 covers * Patrick Stewart of Moby Dick *Remembering Harry Caray |
Photograph | |
| 3/14/1998 | "Parents' Guide to Kids' TV", featuring Arthur & D. W. of Arthur | Illustration | |
| 3/21/1998 | "Oscar Preview", featuring nominees Matt Damon, Helen Hunt, Burt Reynolds, and Leonardo DiCaprio & Kate Winslet | Photo montage | |
| 3/28/1998 | *Cartaman, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny of South Park * Benjamin Bratt, Carey Lowell, Sam Waterston, and Jerry Orbach of Law & Order4 |
* Park: illustration * Law: photograph |
Law: Michael Daks for TV Guide |
| 4/4/1998 | TV Guide's 45th Anniversary Celebration | Cover montage | |
| 4/11/1998 | Madonna | Photograph | |
| 4/18/1998 | "Before They Were Movie Stars", featuring then-and-now photos of Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, and Jodie Foster | Photo montage | |
| 4/25/1998 | Peta Wilson of La Femme Nikita | Photograph | Marc Royce for TV Guide |
| 5/2/1998 | Matthew Perry of Friends | Photograph | |
| 5/9/1998 | "A Fond Farwell to Seinfeld, featuring Michael Richards, Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, & Jason Alexander on 4 separate covers | Illustration | Al Hirschfeld for TV Guide |
| 5/16/1998 | Julia Roberts | Photograph | |
| 5/23/1998 | "Summer Movie Preview", featuring Tom Hanks, Jim Carrey, Drew Barrymore, and an image from Godzilla | Photo montage | Hanks: David James for DreamWorks; Carrey: Melinda Sue Gordon/Paramount Pictures; Barrymore: Stephen F. Morley/20th Century Fox; Godzilla: Centropolis Effects/Columbia/TriStar |
| 5/30/1998 | Remembering Frank Sinatra | Photograph | |
| 6/6/1998 | "Summer Preview", featuring Magic Johnson of The Magic Hour | Photograph | Mark Hanauer for TV Guide |
| 6/13/1998 | "Summer Soaps Preview", featuring Jensen Ackles, Laura Wright, Ingo Rademacher Inset: Remembering Phil Hartman |
Photograph | |
| 6/20/1998 | Gillian Anderson & David Duchovny of The X-Files(separate covers) | Photograph | |
| 6/27/1998 | Taylor, Zac & Isaac Hanson of the band Hanson | Photograph | |
| 7/4/1998 | Matt Lauer of Today | Photograph | |
| 7/11/1998 | "TV's 50 Greatest Sports Moments", featuring Kirk Gibson, Tiger Woods, John Elway, Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali, & Kerri Strug | Photo montage | Gibson and Elway: AP/Wide World; Strug: Al Teilemans for Sports Illustrated |
| 7/18/1998 | Brandy Norwood of Moesha The death of Phil Hartman |
Photograph | |
| 7/25/1998 | "TV Confidential!" featuring Jerry Mathers, Johnny Carson, Ted Nugent, Soupy Sales, and the legs of Mary Hart | Photo montage | Carson: NBC; Sales: George Joseph |
| 8/1/1998 | Drew Carey of Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Photograph | Michael Tighe for TV Guide |
| 8/8/1998 | "The 50 Greatest Movies On TV & Video" | Photo montage | |
| 8/15/1998 | TV's commemoration of the anniversary of the death of Princess Diana | Photograph | |
| 8/22/1998 | "TV's 10 Best Dressed", featuring Vivica A. Fox of Getting Personal and Thomas Gibson of Dharma & Greg | Photograph | |
| 8/29/1998 | NFL Preview(32 regional covers) | Photograph | |
| 9/5/1998 | "Returning Favorites" issue, featuring Calista Flockhart of Ally McBeal, Kelsey Grammer of Frasier, Bill Cosby of Cosby, Dylan McDermott of The Practice, Anthony Edwards of ER, and Sarah Michelle Gellar of Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Photo montage | Grammer: Paramount Pictures; Cosby: Tony Esparza/CBS; McDermott: James Minchin |
| 9/12/1998 | Fall Preview | Word art | Michael Doret for TV Guide |
| 9/19/1998 | Tim Allen of Home Improvement | Darien Davis for TV Guide | |
| 9/26/1998 | Lisa Nicole Carson, Calista Flockhart and Jane Krakowski of Ally McBeal | ||
| 10/3/1998 | The cast of Frasier | Kate Garner for TV Guide | |
| 10/10/1998 | Oprah Winfrey | Timothy White for TV Guide | |
| 10/17/1998 | Halloween Preview featuring characters from The Simpsons | Illustration | |
| 10/24/1998 | Walter Cronkite & John Glenn | Daniela Stallinger for TV Guide | |
| 10/31/1998 | Steve Burns and Blue from Blue's Clues | Photograph | John-Francis Bourke for TV Guide |
| 11/7/1998 | David Boreanaz of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Keri Russell of Felicity | Photograph | Challenge Roddie for TV Guide |
| 11/14/1998 | Robin Williams | ||
| 11/21/1998 | Christopher Reeve and Jerry Seinfeld | ||
| 11/28/1998 | Kristen Johnston of 3rd Rock from the Sun | ||
| 12/5/1998 | WWF Superstars Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Undertaker and WCW Wrestlers Goldberg and Hollywood Hulk Hogan (separate covers) | ||
| 12/12/1998 | Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs and Alyssa Milano of Charmed | ||
| 12/19/1998 | Darrell Hammond & Molly Shannon of Saturday Night Live | Uli Rose for TV Guide | |
| 12/26/1998 | Robert Young from ABC Photo Archive, Flip Wilson by Gene Trindl, Tammy Wynette by Randee St. Nicholas, Esther Rolle by Don Peterson, Roy Rogers from TV Guide archive, Shari Lewis, & Phil Hartman |
1999[edit]
| Issue date | Cover subject | Type of cover | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/2/1999 | *Diane Sawyer and Barbara Walters of ABC News *Members of the Florida State and Tennessee football teams (6 covers) |
Photograph | |
| 1/9/1999 | "Winter Preview", featuring Eddie Murphy of The PJ's, Jennifer Grey of It's Like, You Know..., John Larroquette of Payne, and the title character of Dilbert | Photo montage | Murphy: Archive Photos/Express News; Larroquette: Tony Esparza for CBS; Dilbert: United Features Syndicate |
| 1/16/1999 | *Rick Schroder of NYPD Blue Inset: Katie Holmes of Dawson's Creek *Mike Tyson |
Photograph | |
| 1/23/1999 | "The 50 Funniest TV Moments of All Time", featuring Carol Burnett, Lucille Ball, and Jerry Seinfeld | Photo montage | |
| 1/30/1999 | "The TV Guide Awards" preview, featuring Jenna Elfman, Bill Cosby, Calista Flockhart, Michael J. Fox, Christina Applegate, Jimmy Smits, Roma Downey, and Tim Allen | Photo montage | Elfman: Bob D'Amico for ABC; Cosby: Tony Esparza for CBS; Flockhart: Davis Factor for Fox; Fox: Timothy White for ABC; Applegate: Sam Jones for NBC; Smits: Gwendolen Cates for ABC; Downey: Cliff Lipsom for CBS; Allen: Kimberly Butler for ABC |
| 2/6/1999 | George Clooney of ER | Photograph | CPI |
| 2/13/1999 | *Colm Feore of Storm of the Century *NASCAR preview, featuring drivers Jeff Gordon, Dale Jarrett, Mark Martin, and Rusty Wallace (separate covers) |
*Feore: illustration *NASCAR: photograph |
*Feore: Matt Mahurin for TV Guide *NASCAR: Marc Royce for TV Guide |
| 2/20/1999 | Patricia Heaton, Ray Romano, & Brad Garrett of Everybody Loves Raymond, recreating the 9/7/1968 Family Affair cover | Photograph | Darien Davis |
| 2/27/1999 | Tina Majorino & Martin Short of Alice in Wonderland | Photo montage | |
| 3/6/1999 | The cast of 7th Heaven | Photograph | |
| 3/13/1999 | *Jenna Elfman & Matthew McConaughey of the film EDtv *Chamique Holdsclaw of the Tennessee Volunteers |
Photograph | |
| 3/20/1999 | "Oscar preview", featuring nominees Gwyneth Paltrow, Tom Hanks, Nick Nolte, and Meryl Streep | Photo montage/word art | |
| 3/27/1999 | Wrestlers Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Sable, and Mankind appearing on 4 separate covers | Photograph | Uli Rose for TV Guide |
| 4/3/1999 | Bender of Futurama | Illustration | |
| 4/10/1999 | Lucy Lawless of Xena: Warrior Princess & Jeri Ryan of Star Trek: Voyager | Photograph | Kate Garner for TV Guide |
| 4/17/1999 | David Duchovny of The X-Files | Photograph | Cliff Watts for TV Guide |
| 4/24/1999 | *"Sweeps Preview", featuring Brandy and Diana Ross of Double Platinum, Heather Locklear of Melrose Place, and Garth Brooks (national) *Philadelphia Flyers players John LeClair, Rod Brind'Amour, Eric Lindros, and Mark Recchi (separate covers) |
*Sweeps: photo montage *Flyers: photograph |
|
| 5/1/1999 | *Calista Flockhart of Ally McBeal *1999 Kentucky Derby preview, featuring General Challenge and jockey Gary Stevens |
Photograph | |
| 5/8/1999 | *Camryn Manheim of The Practice *A salute to John Elway (4 covers) |
Photograph | |
| 5/15/1999 | The film Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (4 covers forming a montage) *Jake Lloyd as Anakin Skywalker with C-3PO and R2-D2 *Liam Neeson as Qui-Gon Jinn with Darth Maul *Darth Maul with Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi *Natalie Portman as Queen Padme Amidala |
Illustration | |
| 5/22/1999 | Patricia Richardson & Tim Allen of Home Improvement, with a 1992 cast photo in inset | Photograph | |
| 5/29/1999 | *The finale of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (4 newsstand covers) ** Avery Brooks ** Nana Visitor and René Auberjonois ** Michael Dorn, Armin Shimerman, and Nicole deBoer ** Alexander Siddig, Colm Meaney, and Cirroc Lofton *The cast of Just Shoot Me (subscriber cover) |
Photograph | |
| 6/5/1999 | *Ricky Martin (2 covers) *Members of the Buffalo Sabres and Colorado Avalanche (8 covers) |
Photograph | |
| 6/12/1999 | Characters Jabba the Hutt, Jar Jar Binks, Watto, and Boss Nass from the film Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (separate covers) | ||
| 6/19/1999 | *Laura Prepon, Topher Grace, and Danny Masterson of That '70s Show *Wrestler Sable |
Photograph | |
| 6/26/1999 | Pamela Anderson Lee of V.I.P. | ||
| 7/3/1999 | "The 50 Greatest Commercials of All Time", featuring Life cereal's Mikey, Taco Bell chihuahua Gidget, Michael Jordan, and the Energizer Bunny | Photo montage | |
| 7/10/1999 | Chris Rock | Photograph | Frank W. Ockenfels |
| 7/17/1999 | *Dennis Franz of NYPD Blue *NASCAR stars Bobby Labonte, Tony Stewart, Jeremy Mayfield, and Jeff Burton (separate covers) |
Photograph | |
| 7/24/1999 | "TV Confidential 2", featuring Madonna, Scott Baio, Susan Olsen, & Bob Eubanks | Photo montage | Olsen: ABC Photo Archive |
| 7/31/1999 | Remembering John F. Kennedy Jr. | Photograph | |
| 8/7/1999 | "TV's 16 Sexiest Stars", featuring David James Elliott of JAG and Alyssa Milano of Charmed (separate covers) | Photograph | Alberto Tolot for TV Guide |
| 8/14/1999 | *Wrestlers Kimberly Page, Kevin Nash, Randy Savage, and Sting (separate newsstand covers) *"TV's Macho Men", featuring Sammo Hung of Martial Law, Kevin Sorbo of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, and Chuck Norris of Walker, Texas Ranger (subscriber cover) |
Photograph | *Page, Nash, and Savage: Frank W Ockenfels III for TV Guide; Sting: Darryl Estrine for TV Guide |
| 8/21/1999 | Cher | Photograph | |
| 8/28/1999 | NFL preview issue (34 regional covers) | Photograph | |
| 9/4/1999 | "Returning Favorites" issue, featuring David Duchovny of The X-Files, Jennifer Aniston of Friends, Ray Romano of Everybody Loves Raymond, Roma Downey of Touched by an Angel, D. L. Hughley of The Hughleys, and Katie Holmes of Dawson's Creek | Photo montage | Downey: Cliff Lipson for CBS; Hughley: George Lange for ABC |
| 9/11/1999 | Fall Preview | Word art | |
| 9/18/1999 | *Faith Hill *Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs |
Photograph | |
| 9/25/1999 | *"The Best New Shows", featuring Shiri Appleby of Roswell, Jay Mohr of Action, Linda Cardellini of Freaks and Geeks, David Boreanaz of Angel, Sela Ward of Once and Again, and Rob Lowe of The West Wing (national) *Cleveland Browns players Lomas Brown, Orlando Brown, Antonio Langham, and Jamir Miller (separate regional covers) *New York Mets players Mike Piazza, Edgardo Alfonzo, Al Leiter, and Robin Ventura (separate regional covers) |
* "Best": photo montage *Browns and Mets: photograph |
Ward: Challenge Roddie for TV Guide; Lowe: Kevin Foley for NBC |
| 10/2/1999 | *Melissa Joan Hart of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch *Baseball playoff preview, featuring members of the Cleveland Indians, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, and Cincinnati Reds (20 separate covers) |
Photograph | |
| 10/9/1999 | Katie Couric of Today | Photograph | |
| 10/16/1999 | "TV's 50 Greatest Characters Ever!" featuring Cosmo Kramer, Mr. Spock, J. R. Ewing, and Mary Richards | Photo montage | |
| 10/23/1999 | *"Grownups are back!" featuring Billy Campbell and Sela Ward of Once and Again *Amanda Bynes of The Amanda Show(Ultimate Cable edition) |
Photograph | |
| 10/30/1999 | Characters from Pokémon (4 covers forming a montage) | Illustration | |
| 11/6/1999 | *Regis Philbin of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire *NBA preview, featuring Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs and Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Timberwolves (separate covers) |
Photograph | Philbin: Josef Astor for TV Guide |
| 11/13/1999 | Pierce Brosnan | Photograph | Cliff Watts for TV Guide |
| 11/20/1999 | *Celine Dion (national) *Remembering Walter Payton (Chicago area) *Members of the Portland Trail Blazers (4 regional covers) |
Photograph | |
| 11/27/1999 | Rosie O'Donnell of The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Photograph | |
| 12/4/1999 | Michael Jackson | Photograph | |
| 12/11/1999 | Amy Brenneman of Judging Amy | Photograph | Kate Garner for TV Guide |
| 12/18/1999 | The cast of Ally McBeal (foldout cover) | Illustration | Al Hirschfeld |
| 12/25/1999 | Dennis Haysbert, Eric Close, & Margaret Colin of Now and Again | Photograph | Stephen Danelian for TV Guide |
Sources[edit]
- Covers and table of contents page descriptions for the various issues.
- TV Guide: Fifty Years of Television, New York, NY: Crown Publishers, 2002. ISBN 1-4000-4685-8
- Stephen Hofer, ed., TV Guide: The Official Collectors Guide, Braintree, Mass.: BangZoom Publishers, 2006. ISBN 0-9772927-1-1.
- "50 Greatest TV Guide Covers", article from the June 15, 2002 edition of TV Guide
- Information from ellwanger.tv's TV Guide collection section