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.

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
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
2/17/199 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 III, and James Woods and Melanie Griffith in Women and Men 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, Dawn 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 & 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
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
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 Christine 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: Judgement 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 Priestly 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
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
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 Illustration
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 & 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 Rodham 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: Darryl 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 & 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
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 "SuperBowl 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
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 fo 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 Picures; 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 Tea 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
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-Dreyfuss 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 Millenium 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)
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 Farve 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
(Farve/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 Hasek, 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 Fraiser (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
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 Dreyfuss, & 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 Fraiser, 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
10/24/1998 Walter Cronkite & John Glenn Daniela Stallinger for TV Guide
10/31/1998 Steve Burns and Blue from Blue's Clues photo 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 Alyssa Milano, Shannen Doherty and Holly Marie Combs of Charmed
12/12/1998
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
1/2/1999 Diane Sawyer and Barbara Walters of ABC News Photograph
1/9/1999 Dilbert by United Features Syndicate, Jennifer Grey, John Larroquette by Tony Esparza for CBS, & Eddie Murphy by Archive Photos/Express News
1/16/1999 Rick Schroder of NYPD Blue & Katie Holmes of Dawson's Creek
1/23/1999 Carol Burnett, Lucille Ball, & Jerry Seinfeld
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 CPI
2/13/1999 * Storm of the Century
*Four separate NASCAR covers featuring Dale Jarrett, Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin, and Rusty Wallace
* Storm: Illustration
*NASCAR: Photograph
* Storm: 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 in Alice in Wonderland
3/6/1999 "7th Heaven: The Best Show You're Not Watching," featuring cast members Catherine Hicks, Stephen Collins, Jessica Biel, Mackenzie Rosman, Beverley Mitchell, and Barry Watson
3/13/1999 Jenna Elfman & Matthew McConaughey of the film EDtv photograph
3/20/1999 Oscar preview, featuring Gwyneth Paltrow, Tom Hanks, Nick Nolte, and Meryl Streep
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, Heather Locklear, and Garth Brooks(national)
* Philadelphia Flyers players John LeClair, Rod Brind'Amour, Eric Lindros, and Mark Recchi appearing separately on 4 different covers(Philadelphia area)
5/1/1999 Calista Flockhart of Ally McBeal
5/8/1999 Camryn Manheim of The Practice
5/15/1999 The film Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (4 covers):
* Anakin Skywalker, C-3PO, and R2-D2
* Qui-Gon Jinn and Darth Maul
* Darth Maul and Obi-Wan Kenobi
* Queen Padme Amidala
5/22/1999 Patricia Richardson & Tim Allen; Home Improvement Cast from 1992
5/29/1999 *The finale of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine(4 newsstand covers)
** Avery Brooks
** Nana Visitor and Rene 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)
6/12/1999 Characters Jabba the Hutt, Jar Jar Binks, Watto, and Boss Nass from the film Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace appearing on 4 separate covers
6/19/1999 Sable
6/26/1999 Pamela Anderson Lee of V.I.P.
7/3/1999 "The 50 Greatest Commercials of All Time," featuring John Gilchrist, Gidget, the Taco Bell dog, Michael Jordan & the Energizer Bunny Photo montage
7/10/1999 Chris Rock Photograph Frank W. Ockenfels
7/17/1999 NASCAR stars Bobby Labonte, Tony Stewart, Jeremy Mayfield, and Jeff Burton appearing on 4 separate covers
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 on separate covers Photograph Alberto Tolot for TV Guide
8/14/1999 *Wrestlers Kimberly Page, Kevin Nash, Randy Savage, and Sting appearing on 4 separate covers(newsstand cover)
* "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
8/28/1999 NFL preview issue, featuring 34 regional covers
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
9/18/1999 Faith Hill
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)
* New York Mets players Mike Piazza, Edgardo Alfonzo, Al Leiter, and Robin Ventura appearing on 4 separate covers(regional)
* "Best": Photo Montage
*Mets: Photograph
Ward: Challenge Roddie for TV Guide; Lowe: Kevin Foley for NBC
10/2/1999 Melissa Joan Hart of Sabrina the Teenage Witch
10/9/1999 Katie Couric of Today
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
10/30/1999 Characters from Pokemon appearing on 4 separate covers Illustration
11/6/1999 Regis Philbin of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Photograph Josef Astor for TV Guide
11/13/1999 Pierce Brosnan Cliff Watts for TV Guide
11/20/1999 * Celine Dion(national)
*Remembering Walter Payton(Chicago area)
11/27/1999 Rosie O'Donnell of The Rosie O'Donnell Show
12/4/1999 Michael Jackson
12/11/1999 Amy Brenneman of Judging Amy Photograph Kate Garner for TV Guide
12/18/1999 The cast of Ally McBeal Illustration Al Hirschfeld
12/25/1999 Dennis Haysbert, Eric Close, & Margaret Colin of Now and Again Photograph Stephen Danelian for TV Guide

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