List of TV Guide covers (1970s)

This is a list of issue covers of TV Guide magazine from the decade of the 1970s, from January 1970 to December 1979. 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; any one-time-only special issues are not included.

1970

Issue date Cover subject Type of cover Artist
1970-01-03 "Here Come the 70s: How They Will Change the Way You Live" Photograph
1970-01-10 Fred MacMurray & Beverly Garland of My Three Sons Photograph
1970-01-17 The cast of Ironside Photo montage
1970-01-24 Tom Jones of This is Tom Jones Photo montage Roger Prigent
1970-01-31 Debbie Reynolds of The Debbie Reynolds Show Photograph
1970-02-07 Elizabeth Montgomery & Dick Sargent of Bewitched Illustration Bob Peak
1970-02-14 Karen Jensen, Laraine Stephens & Linda Harrison of Bracken's World Photograph
1970-02-21 James Daly & Chad Everett of Medical Center Photograph
1970-02-28 Clarence Williams III, Michael Cole & Peggy Lipton of The Mod Squad Photograph
1970-03-07 The Cast of Hee Haw Photo montage
1970-03-14 Diahann Carroll of Julia Photograph
1970-03-21 Jackie Gleason of The Jackie Gleason Show Photograph Philippe Halsman
1970-03-28 The cast of Laugh-In Illustration Jack Davis
1970-04-04 The cast of The Brady Bunch Photograph Gene Trindl
1970-04-11 Carol Burnett of The Carol Burnett Show Illustration Al Hirschfeld
1970-04-18 Burl Ives, James Farentino & Joseph Campanella of The Bold Ones Photograph
1970-04-25 Raquel Welch & John Wayne of Raquel! Photograph
1970-05-02 Glen Campbell of The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour Illustration
1970-05-09 David Frost Photograph
1970-05-16 Vice President Spiro Agnew Illustration Norman Rockwell
1970-05-23 Mike Wallace, Tricia Nixon & Harry Reasoner Photograph
1970-05-30 Julie Sommars of The Governor and J.J. Photograph
1970-06-06 Robert Young of Marcus Welby, M.D. Photograph
1970-06-13 Johnny Cash of The Johnny Cash Show Illustration
1970-06-20 Susan Neher, Joyce Menges, John Forsythe & Melanie Fullerton of To Rome With Love Photograph
1970-06-27 Liza Minnelli Photograph
1970-07-04 Miyoshi Umeki, Brandon Cruz & Bill Bixby of The Courtship of Eddie's Father Photograph
1970-07-11 The cast of The Beverly Hillbillies Illustration Raymond Ameijide
1970-07-18 The Golddiggers Photograph
1970-07-25 The cast of Mayberry, R.F.D. Photograph
1970-08-01 Chet Huntley Illustration
1970-08-08 Ted Bessell & Marlo Thomas of That Girl Photograph
1970-08-15 Johnny Carson Illustration Norman Rockwell (1968 painting)
1970-08-22 Ken Curtis, Milburn Stone, James Arness & Amanda Blake of Gunsmoke Illustration Jack Davis
1970-08-29 Eddie Albert of Green Acres Photograph
1970-09-05 Richard Burton, Lucille Ball & Elizabeth Taylor on the set of Here's Lucy Photograph
1970-09-12 Fall Preview Word art
1970-09-19 Mary Tyler Moore of The Mary Tyler Moore Show Photograph
1970-09-26 The cast of Room 222 Photograph Ivan Nagy / Camera 5
1970-10-03 Red Skelton of The Red Skelton Show Illustration
1970-10-10 Herschel Bernardi of Arnie Photograph
1970-10-17 The cast of The Partridge Family Photograph
1970-10-24 Don Knotts of The Don Knotts Show Photograph
1970-10-31 Mike Connors of Mannix Photograph Gene Trindl
1970-11-07 Renne Jarrett, John Fink & Celeste Holm of Nancy Photograph
1970-11-14 Christopher George of The Immortal Photograph
1970-11-21 Sally Marr, actress/model and subject of the report "What It Takes to Be a Starlet in the 70s" Photograph
1970-11-28 John Wayne and various guests of the special Sing Out, Sweet Land Photo montage
1970-12-05 Dick Cavett of The Dick Cavett Show Illustration
1970-12-12 Ed Sullivan & The Muppets Photograph
1970-12-19 Christmas Photo montage
1970-12-26 Diahann Carroll & Fred Williamson of Julia Photograph

1971

Issue date Cover subject Type of cover Artist
1971-01-02 "Remember 1970?" Photo montage
1971-01-09 Andy Griffith of The New Andy Griffith Show Photograph
1971-01-16 Johnny Cash & June Carter of The Johnny Cash Show Photograph
1971-01-23 Flip Wilson of The Flip Wilson Show Illustration
1971-01-30 James Arness of Gunsmoke Photograph
1971-02-06 Tony Randall & Jack Klugman of The Odd Couple Photograph
1971-02-13 Goldie Hawn of the special Pure Goldie Photograph
1971-02-20 Doris Day of The Doris Day Show Photograph
1971-02-27 Sharon Acker & Hal Holbrook of The Senator Photograph
1971-03-06 Broderick Crawford of The Interns Illustration
1971-03-13 Gene Barry & Robert Stack of The Name of the Game Photograph
1971-03-20 Harry Reasoner of ABC Evening News Photograph
1971-03-27 Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker & Mitch Vogel of Bonanza Photograph
1971-04-03 "Cable TV: What's All The Talk About?" Illustration
1971-04-10 Academy Awards host Bob Hope Illustration Jack Davis
1971-04-17 Paul Newman Photograph
1971-04-24 Elena Verdugo & Robert Young of Marcus Welby, M.D. Photograph
1971-05-01 Lisa Gerritsen & Mary Tyler Moore of The Mary Tyler Moore Show Photograph
1971-05-08 Henry Fonda of The Smith Family Illustration
1971-05-15 "Television Journalism: An Inside Story" Word art
1971-05-22 David Cassidy of The Partridge Family Photograph
1971-05-29 The cast of All in the Family Photograph Gene Trindl
1971-06-05 Dan Rowan & Dick Martin of Laugh-in Photograph
1971-06-12 Lucille Ball of Here's Lucy Illustration
1971-06-19 Brandon Cruz & Bill Bixby of The Courtship of Eddie's Father Photograph
1971-06-26 Martin Milner & Kent McCord of Adam-12 Photograph
1971-07-03 Michael Cole, Peggy Lipton & Clarence Williams III of The Mod Squad Photograph Raphael
1971-07-10 Cookie Monster of Sesame Street eating away at the TV Guide logo Illustration Jack Davis
1971-07-17 Chad Everett of Medical Center Photograph
1971-07-24 Lefty, titular star of The Wonderful World of Disney's Ding-a-Ling Lynx Photograph
1971-07-31 Henry VIII, the subject of The Six Wives of Henry VIII Illustration
1971-08-07 The cast of As the World Turns Photograph Sheldon Secunda
1971-08-14 Mitch Vogel, Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker & Michael Landon of Bonanza Illustration
1971-08-21 "Public Television: Is Anybody Watching?" Word art
1971-08-28 Howard Cosell, Don Meredith & Frank Gifford of Monday Night Football Photograph
1971-09-04 Jack Lord of Hawaii Five-O Illustration
1971-09-11 Fall Preview Illustration
1971-09-18 Sandy Duncan of Funny Face Photograph
1971-09-25 Shirley MacLaine of Shirley's World Photograph
1971-10-02 James Stewart of The Jimmy Stewart Show Photograph
1971-10-09 Hope Lange & Dick Van Dyke of The New Dick Van Dyke Show Photograph
1971-10-16 Mia Farrow Photo montage
1971-10-23 James Franciscus of Longstreet Photograph
1971-10-30 Larry Hagman & Donna Mills of The Good Life Photograph
1971-11-06 William Conrad of Cannon Photograph
1971-11-13 Rupert Crosse & Don Adams of The Partners Photograph
1971-11-20 Sally Struthers, Jean Stapleton, Carroll O'Connor & Rob Reiner Illustration Jack Davis
1971-11-27 Joanne Woodward of All The Way Home Photograph
1971-12-04 Julie Andrews & Carol Burnett of Julie & Carol at Lincoln Center Photo montage
1971-12-11 James Garner of Nichols Photograph
1971-12-18 The cast of The Partridge Family Photograph
1971-12-25 Christmas Illustration

1972

Issue date Cover subject Type of cover Artist
1972-01-01 "Remember 1971?" Illustration Bob Peak
1972-01-08 Flip Wilson of The Flip Wilson Show Photograph Gene Trindl
1972-01-15 "America Out of Focus: How - and Why - European Television Distorts Our Image" Text graphic Uncredited
1972-01-22 The cast of Mission: Impossible Photograph Don Ornitz
1972-01-29 David Janssen of O'Hara, U.S. Treasury Illustration Bernard Fuchs
1972-02-05 Raymond Burr & Elizabeth Baur of Ironside Photograph Gene Trindl
1972-02-12 Arthur Hill of Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law Photograph Gene Trindl
1972-02-19 A preview of U.S. President Richard Nixon's visit to China featuring Nixon shaking hands with Premier Chou En-lai Illustration John Huehnergarth
1972-02-26 Mary Tyler Moore Photograph Sherman Weisburd
1972-03-04 Johnny Carson Photograph
1972-03-11 Robert Young & James Brolin of Marcus Welby, M. D. Illustration Bob Peak
1972-03-18 Sonny Bono & Cher Photograph
1972-03-25 Peter Falk of Columbo Illustration
1972-04-01 Glenn Ford of Cade's County Photograph
1972-04-08 "TV Political Coverage: Fair or Biased?" Illustration John Huehnergarth
1972-04-15 Apollo 16 Astronauts Photograph Philippe Halsman
1972-04-22 Don Rickles Photograph Sherman Weisburd
1972-04-29 Susan St. James & Rock Hudson of McMillan & Wife Photograph Don Ornitz
1972-05-06 Sandy Duncan Photograph Bob Willoughby
1972-05-13 Redd Foxx & Demond Wilson of Sanford and Son Photograph Gene Trindl
1972-05-20 Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. of The F.B.I. with real-life F.B.I. director J. Edgar Hoover Illustration Bernard Fuchs
1972-05-27 Carroll O'Connor & Jean Stapleton of All in the Family Illustration Ronald Searle
1972-06-03 Rod Serling of Night Gallery Photograph Gene Trindl
1972-06-10 Doris Day of The Doris Day Show Photograph Sherman Weisburd
1972-06-17 Julie London of Emergency! Photograph Martin Mills
1972-06-24 Mike Connors of Mannix Illustration Bob Peak
1972-07-01 Carol Burnett of The Carol Burnett Show Photograph
1972-07-08 Merv Griffin Photograph Gene Trindl
1972-07-15 David Cassidy of The Partridge Family Photograph Gene Trindl
1972-07-22 Martin Milner & Kent McCord of Adam-12 with series producer Jack Webb Illustration Mark English
1972-07-29 All About Love, American Style Illustration Rowland B. Wilson
1972-08-05 Countess Tolstoy Writes of Her Father As War and Peace Comes to Television photo montage ABC
1972-08-12 Leonardo da Vinci Illustration Leonardo da Vinci, Scala
1972-08-19 Chad Everett of Medical Center Photograph Ivan Nagy
1972-08-26 Olympics Illustration Bob Peak
1972-09-02 Jack Klugman & Tony Randall of The Odd Couple Illustration Jack Davis
1972-09-09 Fall Preview text graphic uncredited
1972-09-16 Yul Brynner & Samantha Eggar of Anna and the King Photograph John Bryson
1972-09-23 George Peppard of Banacek
1972-09-30 Meredith Baxter & David Birney of Bridget Loves Bernie Photograph Philippe Halsman
1972-10-07 Bonanza Illustration
1972-10-14 Robert Conrad of Assignment Vienna
1972-10-21 Carroll O'Connor & Cloris Leachman of Of Thee I Sing
1972-10-28 Snoopy, Woodstock & Charlie Brown of the Peanuts special You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown Illustration Charles M. Schulz
1972-11-04 John Wayne Photograph David Sutton
1972-11-11 Alistair Cooke
1972-11-18 Beatrice Arthur of Maude Photograph Martin Mills
1972-11-25 Search Illustration Bob Peak
1972-12-02 Mike Douglas Photograph Philippe Halsman
1972-12-09 Julie Andrews Photograph Mario Casilli
1972-12-16 Duke & Duchess of Windsor Illustration Richard Amsel
1972-12-23 Christmas
1972-12-30 Barbara Walters Photograph Philippe Halsman

1973

Issue date Cover subject Type of cover Artist
1973-01-06 1972: The Year in Review Illustration Jim Sharpe
1973-01-13 China photo montage Audrey Topping/NBC
1973-01-20 Bob Newhart & Suzanne Pleshette photograph Sherman Weisburd
1973-01-27 The Rookies photograph Gene Trindl
1973-02-03 Bill Cosby Illustration Bernard Fuchs
1973-02-10 Paul Lynde et al. photograph Gene Trindl
1973-02-17 Rock Hudson & Susan St. James photograph Albert MacKenzie Watson
1973-02-24 M*A*S*H photograph Sherman Weisburd
1973-03-03 William Conrad Illustration Charles Santore
1973-03-10 Marlo Thomas photograph Ken Regan/Camera 5
1973-03-17 Redd Foxx & Demond Wilson photograph Gene Trindl
1973-03-24 Ann-Margret photograph Harry Langdon
1973-03-31 Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz, Jr. photograph Sherman Weisburd
1973-04-07 "When is Children's TV Going to Grow Up?" Illustration Isadore Seltzer
1973-04-14 Brian Keith & Shelley Fabares photograph Gene Trindl
1973-04-21 Raymond Burr photograph Gene Trindl
1973-04-28 The Waltons Illustration Paul Davis
1973-05-05 Peter Falk photograph Albert MacKenzie Watson
1973-05-12 Shirley Booth of A Touch of Grace photograph Ivan Nagy
1973-05-19 Mary Tyler Moore Illustration Richard Amsel
1973-05-26 Karl Malden & Michael Douglas of The Streets of San Francisco Illustration Charles Santore
1973-06-02 Carroll O'Connor & Michael Evans photograph Gene Trindl
1973-06-09 Richard Widmark of Madigan Illustration Bernard Fuchs
1973-06-16 Bea Arthur & Bill Macy Illustration Al Hirschfeld
1973-06-23 David Carradine of Kung Fu photo montage Gene Trindl
1973-06-30 Dennis Weaver of McCloud photograph Gene Trindl
1973-07-07 Dick Cavett Illustration Bob Peak
1973-07-14 Sonny & Cher photograph Prigent
1973-07-21 Robert Young & Chad Everett photo montage Mark English
1973-07-28 "The Lie That Wouldn't Die: TV's Great Sex Movie Scare" text graphic uncredited
1973-08-04 Kent McCord & Martin Milner of Adam-12 Illustration Charles Santore
1973-08-11 Roy Clark Illustration Jack Davis
1973-08-18 Robert Fuller of Emergency! photograph Gene Trindl
1973-08-25 Buddy Ebsen of Barnaby Jones Illustration Bob Peak
1973-09-01 Miss America Illustration Barry Zaid
1973-09-08 Fall Preview text graphic uncredited
1973-09-15 "Pro Football '73: What's New? Who'll Win?" Illustration LeRoy Neiman
1973-09-22 Jack Lord & James McArthur of Hawaii Five-O Illustration Mark English
1973-09-29 "The War in Vietnam: What Happened vs. What We Saw" Illustration George Giusti
1973-10-06 Diana Rigg photograph Albert MacKenzie Watson
1973-10-13 "Does TV Go Too Far?" text graphic Herb Lubalin
1973-10-20 Telly Savalas of Kojak photograph Gene Trindl
1973-10-27 Ken Howard & Blythe Danner of Adam's Rib photograph Sherman Weisburd
1973-11-03 Deirdre Lenihan of Needles and Pins photograph Philippe Halsman
1973-11-10 A Very Special Week Illustration Charles Santore
1973-11-17 Frank Sinatra Illustration Bob Peak
1973-11-24 Jacques Cousteau photograph Cousteau Group
1973-12-01 Bill Bixby of The Magician photo Illustration Gene Trindl
1973-12-08 Mary Tyler Moore, Georgia Engel & Valerie Harper photograph Albert Watson
1973-12-15 Katharine Hepburn Illustration Bernard Fuchs
1973-12-22 Christmas photograph Bill Holland
1973-12-29 "Mason Reese: 7 Year Old Huckster" photograph Roger Prigent

1974

Issue date Cover subject Type of cover Artist
1974-01-05 "How You Saw the World on Television in 1973" Illustration
1974-01-12 Beatrice Arthur, Bill Macy & Conrad Bain of Maude Photograph Denis Plehn
1974-01-19 Bob Hope Photograph Sheldon Secunda
1974-01-26 David Carradine of Kung Fu Illustration Paul Davis
1974-02-02 Dom DeLuise of Lotsa Luck Photograph Gene Trindl
1974-02-09 Cast of M*A*S*H Illustration Jack Davis
1974-02-16 Michael Douglas & Karl Malden of The Streets of San Francisco Photograph Curt Gunther
1974-02-23 Richard Boone of Hec Ramsey Photograph Gene Trindl
1974-03-02 Jimmy Stewart of Hawkins Illustration Bernard Fuchs
1974-03-09 "How Show Biz Takes Over Our Local News" text graphic
1974-03-16 Carol Burnett & Vicki Lawrence Illustration Richard Amsel
1974-03-23 James Franciscus of Doc Elliot Photograph Ivan Nagy
1974-03-30 Susan Strasberg & Tony Musante of Toma Photograph Gene Trindl
1974-04-06 Carroll O'Connor of All in the Family, Bill Macy of Maude, Redd Foxx of Sanford and Son & their series' producer, Norman Lear Illustration Jack Davis
1974-04-13 Richard Thomas, Michael Learned & Ralph Waite of The Waltons Photograph Albert Watson
1974-04-20 Peter Falk of Columbo Photograph Ivan Nagy
1974-04-27 Bruce Bould, Dan O'Herlihy, Anthony Quayle, Ben Gazzara & Lee Remick of QB VII Photograph Mike Sheil / ABC
1974-05-04 Sam Melville, Georg Stanford Brown & Michael Ontkean of The Rookies Illustration Charles Santore
1974-05-11 Bob Newhart & Peter Bonerz of The Bob Newhart Show Photograph Albert Watson
1974-05-18 Lee Majors of The Six Million Dollar Man Illustration Bob Peak
1974-05-25 J.D. Cannon & Dennis Weaver of McCloud Photograph Carl Furuta
1974-06-01 Sonny & Cher Illustration Al Hirschfeld
1974-06-08 KQED-TV reporter Marilyn Baker who covered the SLA's kidnapping of Patricia Hearst[1] Photograph Curt Gunther
1974-06-15 Kathy O'Dare & Ron Howard of Happy Days Photograph Albert Watson
1974-06-22 John Chancellor Illustration Mark English
1974-06-29 Esther Rolle & John Amos of Good Times Photograph Gene Trindl
1974-07-06 Lucille Ball Illustration Richard Amsel
1974-07-13 Johnny Carson Illustration Bernard Fuchs
1974-07-20 "The Boom in Made-for-TV Films" Illustration Robert Weber
1974-07-27 Lee McCain & Ronny Cox of Apple's Way Photograph Ivan Nagy
1974-08-03 Kevin Tighe & Randolph Mantooth of Emergency! Illustration Bob Peake
1974-08-10 "Games Viewers Play" Illustration Talone & La Brasca
1974-08-17 Police Story Illustration Mark English
1974-08-24 Susan Blakely montage uncredited
1974-08-31 Telly Savalas of Kojak Illustration Charles Santore
1974-09-07 Fall Preview Illustration George Giusti
1974-09-14 "They're Off and Running!" (The cover uses the mock-up of then-sister publication The Daily Racing Form with the shows listed in place of the horses) Illustration Logotype, format and type adapted from Daily, Racing Form®, which is a registered trademark of Triangle Publications, Inc.
1974-09-21 Football Preview Illustration Bob Peak
1974-09-28 Paul Sand of "Friends and Lovers" Photograph Ivan Nagy
1974-10-05 Sanford and Son Illustration Bruce Stark
1974-10-12 Valerie Harper of Rhoda Photograph Carl Furuta
1974-10-19 Freddie Prinze & Jack Albertson of Chico and the Man Photograph Phillipe Halsman
1974-10-26 Ralph Waite, Will Geer & Richard Thomas of The Waltons Illustration David Plourde
1974-11-02 M*A*S*H Illustration Rick Meyerowitz
1974-11-09 Sophia Loren: An Appreciation Photograph Norman Parkinson
1974-11-16 Robert Duvall, Al Pacino, Marlon Brando & James Caan of the film The Godfather Illustration Jack Davis
1974-11-23 "What a Week!" Illustration Playbill style poster of the week's highlights
1974-11-30 Teresa Graves of Get Christie Love Photograph Phillipe Halsman
1974-12-07 Michael Landon of Little House on the Prairie (Image is reversed for unstated reason) Photograph
1974-12-14 Esther Rolle, Jimmie Walker, Ralph Carter, BernNadette Stanis & John Amos of Good Times Photograph
1974-12-21 Christmas Illustration Raymond Ameijide
1974-12-28 "Wonderful Bowl Games, Wacky Parades" Illustration Ronald Searle

1975

Issue date Cover subject Type of cover Artist
1975-01-04 Angie Dickinson of Police Woman Photograph Mario Casilli
1975-01-11 David Janssen of Harry O Photograph Gene Trindl
1975-01-18 Theresa Merritt & Clifton Davis of That's My Mama Photograph Reed Fenton
1975-01-25 Gene Shalit, Jim Hartz & Barbara Walters of Today Illustration Bruce Stark
1975-02-01 James Garner of The Rockford Files Photograph Steven Schapiro
1975-02-08 "Greasing the Wheels of the MTM Comedy Machine," featuring Valerie Harper, Bob Newhart & Mary Tyler Moore Illustration Bob Peak
1975-02-15 Georg Stanford Brown, Bruce Fairbairn, Sam Melville & Gerald S. O'Loughlin of The Rookies Illustration Bernard Fuchs[1]
1975-02-22 Telly Savalas of Kojak Photograph Pete Turner
1975-03-01 Jack Albertson & Freddie Prinze of Chico and the Man Illustration Al Hirschfeld
1975-03-08 Chad Everett of Medical Center Illustration Charles Santore
1975-03-15 Karen Valentine of Karen Photograph Tim Thimmes
1975-03-22 Karl Malden & Michael Douglas of The Streets of San Francisco Illustration Mark English
1975-03-29 Beatrice Arthur & Hermione Baddeley of Maude Illustration Ronald Searle
1975-04-05 Baseball Preview Illustration Ralph Fasanella
1975-04-12 Cher Photograph Pete Turner
1975-04-19 Frank Converse & Claude Akins of Movin' On Photograph Ivan Nagy
1975-04-26 Dennis Weaver, J. D. Cannon & Terry Carter of McCloud Illustration Jack Davis
1975-05-03 Valerie Harper & David Groh of Rhoda Illustration Al Hirschfeld
1975-05-10 Muhammad Ali Illustration Bernard Fuchs
1975-05-17 Barry Newman of Petrocelli Photograph Gene Trindl
1975-05-24 Jason Robards & Colleen Dewhurst of A Moon for the Misbegotten Photograph Bruce McBroom, ABC
1975-05-31 The cast of The Bob Newhart Show Illustration Bruce Stark
1975-06-07 The cast of Little House on the Prairie Illustration Jacob Knight
1975-06-14 "Violence on TV: Does It Affect Our Society" Word art unknown
1975-06-21 Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford & Mike Evans of The Jeffersons Photograph Mario Casilli
1975-06-28 A special preview of the United States Bicentennial Illustration George Giusti
1975-07-05 Tony Orlando & Dawn Photograph Albert Watson
1975-07-12 "The Apollo-Soyuz Mission on Television" Illustration John C. Berkey
1975-07-19 The cast of Barney Miller Photograph Mario Casilli
1975-07-26 Howard K. Smith & Harry Reasoner of ABC Evening News Illustration Bernard Fuchs
1975-08-02 Mike Douglas of The Mike Douglas Show Illustration Richard Amsel
1975-08-09 Buddy Ebsen Photograph John R. Hamilton - Globe
1975-08-16 Randolph Mantooth, Robert Fuller, Julie London, Bobby Troup & Kevin Tighe of Emergency! Photograph Mario Casilli
1975-08-23 Ralph Waite, Richard Thomas & Michael Learned of The Waltons Illustration Ray Ameijide
1975-08-30 Carroll O'Connor of All in the Family Illustration Charles Santore
1975-09-06 Fall Preview Word art unknown
1975-09-13 "Experts Pick Hit Shows, NFL Winners" Illustration Jim Johnson
1975-09-20 Barbara Walters of Today Photograph Dominique Berretty/Black Star
1975-09-27 Howard Cosell of Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell Illustration Al Hirschfeld
1975-10-04 Lee Remick of Jennie Photograph Photographers International Copyright
1975-10-11 The cast of The Family Holvak Illustration David Plourde
1975-10-18 "TV's Sex Crisis" Word art unknown
1975-10-25 Cloris Leachman of Phyllis Photograph Alfred Eisenstaedt
1975-11-01 Lloyd Bridges of Joe Forrester Illustration Bob Peake
1975-11-08 Julie Kavner & Valerie Harper of Rhoda Illustration Robert Heindel
1975-11-15 David Soul & Paul Michael Glaser of Starsky & Hutch Photograph Roger Prigent
1975-11-22 "A Banner Week!" Word art unknown
1975-11-29 Tony Curtis of McCoy Illustration Bernard Fuchs
1975-12-06 "Does America Want Family Viewing Time?" Illustration George Giusti
1975-12-13 Robert Wagner & Eddie Albert of Switch Photograph Albert MacKenzie Watson
1975-12-20 Christmas Illustration Andre Francois
1975-12-27 Robert Blake & Fred the cockatoo of Baretta Photograph Richard R. Hewett

1976

Issue date Cover subject Type of cover Artist
1976-01-03 Telly Savalas of Kojak Illustration Bernard Fuchs
1976-01-10 Ron Howard & Henry Winkler of Happy Days Photograph Mindas
1976-01-17 Angie Dickinson & Earl Holliman of Police Woman Illustration Richard Amsel
1976-01-24 Alan Alda, Mike Farrell & Harry Morgan of M*A*S*H Photograph Scott Enyart
1976-01-31 Steve Forrest of S.W.A.T. Illustration Bob Schulz
1976-02-07 Barney Miller Illustration Jack Davis
1976-02-14 Redd Foxx of Sanford and Son Illustration Charles Santore
1976-02-21 William Conrad of Cannon Illustration Jim Sharpe
1976-02-28 Bob Hope Illustration Bernard Fuchs
1976-03-06 Noah Beery, Jr. & James Garner of The Rockford Files Photograph Gene Trindl
1976-03-13 Jack Albertson, Freddie Prinze & Scatman Crothers of Chico and the Man Photograph Dorothy Tanous
1976-03-20 Danny Thomas Illustration Jim Sharpe
1976-03-27 Jack Palance of Bronk Photograph Roger Prigent
1976-04-03 Baseball Preview Illustration Bill Charmatz
1976-04-10 Police Story Illustration Jim Sharpe
1976-04-17 Gabriel Kaplan & Marcia Strassman of Welcome Back, Kotter Photograph Scott Enyart
1976-04-24 Beatrice Arthur of Maude Illustration Robert Heindel
1976-05-01 George Kennedy of The Blue Knight Photograph Gene Trindl
1976-05-08 Lindsay Wagner of The Bionic Woman Photograph Peter Kredenser
1976-05-15 Cast of On the Rocks Illustration Bill Charmatz
1976-05-22 Cindy Williams & Penny Marshall of Laverne & Shirley Photograph Dorothy Tanous
1976-05-29 Little House on the Prairie Photograph Scott Enyart
1976-06-05 Sonny Bono & Cher Photograph Roger Prigent
1976-06-12 David Janssen & Anthony Zerbe of Harry O Photograph Carl Furuta
1976-06-19 Louise Lasser of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman Illustration Bill Nelson
1976-06-26 Mary Tyler Moore in Moscow Photograph Tony Esparza / CBS
1976-07-03 The United States Bicentennial Illustration Bob Peake
1976-07-10 Convention Previews Illustration Ronald Searle
1976-07-17 Olympic Preview Illustration Jim Sharpe
1976-07-24 Bonnie Franklin of One Day at a Time Photograph Peter Kredenser
1976-07-31 "Terrorism and Television: The Medium in the Middle" Illustration unknown
1976-08-07 Donny & Marie Osmond Photograph Peter Kredenser
1976-08-14 Peter Falk Illustration Al Hirschfeld
1976-08-21 Richard Thomas, Will Geer & Ellen Corby of The Waltons Photograph Dick Zimmerman
1976-08-28 Lee Majors of The Six Million Dollar Man Illustration Mark English
1976-09-04 Football Preview Illustration Bernard Fuchs
1976-09-11 Bob Dylan Photograph Richard Howard / Camera 5
1976-09-18 Fall Preview Illustration Bill Charmatz
1976-09-25 Jaclyn Smith, Kate Jackson & Farrah Fawcett of Charlie's Angels Photograph Peter Kredenser
1976-10-02 David Birney of Serpico (first issue to carry a UPC barcode) Photograph Roger Prigent
1976-10-09 Bernadette Peters & Richard Crenna of All's Fair Photograph Peter Kredenser
1976-10-16 World Series Illustration Roland Michaud
1976-10-23 Linda Lavin of Alice Photograph Peter Kredenser
1976-10-30 Election Preview Illustration Bernard Fuchs
1976-11-06 Clark Gable & Vivien Leigh Illustration Richard Amsel
1976-11-13 Dorothy Hamill Photograph John Stember
1976-11-20 NBC's 50th Anniversary Illustration Sam Maitin
1976-11-27 Paul Michael Glaser & David Soul of Starsky and Hutch Illustration Charles Santore
1976-12-04 Tony Randall Illustration Al Hirschfeld
1976-12-11 Valerie Harper Illustration Richard Amsel
1976-12-18 John Chancellor & David Brinkley Illustration Fred Otnes
1976-12-25 Christmas Illustration Ronald Searle

1977

Issue date Cover subject Type of cover Artist
1977-01-01 John Travolta of Welcome Back, Kotter Photograph Gene Trindl
1977-01-08 Super Bowl Illustration Roland Michaud
1977-01-15 Inaugural Guide Illustration Sam Maitin
1977-01-22 Roots Illustration Romare Bearden
1977-01-29 Lynda Carter of Wonder Woman Illustration William Goldberg
1977-02-05 Barbara Walters Photograph Henry Wolf
1977-02-12 Telly Savalas & George Savalas of Kojak Illustration Al Hirschfeld
1977-02-19 Nancy Walker Photograph Philippe Halsman
1977-02-26 Martha Raye & Rock Hudson Illustration Jim Sharpe
1977-03-05 Liv Ullmann Photograph Roger Prigent
1977-03-12 Lauren Hutton Photograph Dick Zimmerman
1977-03-19 "So Long, Mary": Mary Tyler Moore of The Mary Tyler Moore Show posing at the WJM-TV newsroom exit Photograph Peter Kredenser
1977-03-26 Jack Klugman of Quincy, M.E. Illustration Charles Santore
1977-04-02 Dinah Shore Colgate Winner's Circle Photograph John Zimmerman
1977-04-09 Baseball Preview Illustration Bob Peake
1977-04-16 Frank Sinatra Illustration Al Hirschfeld
1977-04-23 Mike Wallace, Morley Safer & Dan Rather of 60 Minutes Illustration Charles Santore
1977-04-30 David Frost & Richard Nixon Photograph John Bryson
1977-05-07 Valerie Bertinelli, Mackenzie Phillips & Bonnie Franklin of One Day at a Time Photograph Peter Kredenser
1977-05-14 Tom Brokaw of Today Photograph Daniel Kramer
1977-05-21 Farrah Fawcett of Charlie's Angels Photograph Douglas Kirkland
1977-05-28 Robert Blake of Baretta Illustration Bob Peak
1977-06-04 Alan Alda of M*A*S*H Illustration Bernard Fuchs
1977-06-11 Dan Haggerty & Bozo of The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams Photograph Richard Hewitt
1977-06-18 Cindy Williams & Penny Marshall of Laverne & Shirley Illustration Jack Davis
1977-06-25 The Waltons Illustration Jacob Knight
1977-07-02 Linda Lavin & Polly Holliday of Alice Illustration Bill Charmatz
1977-07-09 Peter Isacksen & Don Rickles of C.P.O. Sharkey Photograph Gene Trindl
1977-07-16 Barney Miller Illustration Ray Ameijide
1977-07-23 "Public TV in Turmoil" Illustration George Giusti
1977-07-30 Johnny Carson Illustration Al Hirschfeld
1977-08-06 Fozzie Bear & Kermit the Frog of The Muppet Show Photograph Ken Regan / Camera 5
1977-08-13 David Soul of Starsky and Hutch Photograph Peter Kredenser
1977-08-20 James Garner & Joe Santos of The Rockford Files Illustration Bob Peak
1977-08-27 "Sex and Violence: Hollywood Fights Back" text art Jerry Alten
1977-09-03 Jason Robards, Andy Griffith, Cliff Robertson & Robert Vaughn of Washington: Behind Closed Doors Photograph Gene Trindl / ABC
1977-09-10 Fall Preview Illustration Robert Cunningham
1977-09-17 Pro football preview Illustration Romare Bearden
1977-09-24 Betty White & John Hillerman of The Betty White Show Photograph Peter Kredenser
1977-10-01 Squire Fridell & Tony Roberts of Rosetti and Ryan Photograph Gene Trindl
1977-10-08 Donny & Marie Osmond Illustration Richard Amsel
1977-10-15 Ed Asner of Lou Grant Illustration Jim Sharpe
1977-10-22 Ron Palillo, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Gabriel Kaplan, John Travolta & Robert Hegyes of Welcome Back, Kotter Illustration Jack Davis
1977-10-29 Beverly Archer of We've Got Each Other Photograph Douglas Strock
1977-11-05 Parker Stevenson & Shaun Cassidy of The Hardy Boys Mysteries Photograph Richard Hewitt
1977-11-12 The Godfather, Part II Illustration Charles Santore
1977-11-19 Frank Sinatra Illustration Richard Amsel
1977-11-26 Soap Illustration Jack Davis
1977-12-03 Patrick Duffy of The Man from Atlantis Illustration Bob Peak
1977-12-10 "What the Censors Cut...and Why" Photograph Seymour Mednick
1977-12-17 Bonnie Franklin, Mackenzie Phillips, Valerie Bertinelli & Pat Harrington, Jr. of One Day at a Time Illustration David Plourde
1977-12-24 Christmas Illustration Charles Saxon
1977-12-31 Kevin Dobson & Telly Savalas of Kojak Illustration Robert Giusti

1978

Issue date Cover subject Type of cover Artist
1978-01-07 Henry Winkler, Ron Howard, Donny Most & Anson Williams of Happy Days Photograph Carl Furuta
1978-01-14 The First Nighttime Super Bowl Illustration Charles Addams
1978-01-21 Family Photograph Peter Kredenser
1978-01-28 Dan Haggerty & Bozo of The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams Illustration Robert E. Schulz
1978-02-04 Lauren Tewes, Gavin MacLeod, Ted Lange, Bernie Kopell & Fred Grandy of The Love Boat Illustration Rowland B. Wilson
1978-02-11 Jack Klugman & Garry Walberg of Quincy, M.E. Photograph Gene Trindl
1978-02-18 Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith & Cheryl Ladd of Charlie's Angels Photograph Harry Langdon
1978-02-25 M*A*S*H Illustration Ray Ameijide
1978-03-04 Lynnie Greene & Bess Armstrong of On Our Own Photograph Roger Prigent
1978-03-11 Kene Holliday & Victor French of Carter Country Illustration Bob Peak
1978-03-18 Lindsay Wagner of The Bionic Woman Photograph Don Peterson
1978-03-25 Walter Cronkite & Mary Tyler Moore, hosts of CBS: On the Air Photograph Peter Kredenser
1978-04-01 Baseball Preview Illustration Bernard Fuchs
1978-04-08 Alice Illustration Richard Amsel
1978-04-15 Holocaust Illustration Lev Haas
1978-04-22 "Changing the Shape of Television" Illustration John Cayea
1978-04-29 Laverne & Shirley Photograph Douglas Kirkland
1978-05-06 Buddy Ebsen of Barnaby Jones Illustration Mark English
1978-05-13 Little House on the Prairie Illustration Stan Hunter
1978-05-20 Three's Company Illustration Richard Amsel
1978-05-27 Phil Donahue Photograph Arnold Zahn
1978-06-03 Paul Michael Glaser & David Soul of Starsky and Hutch Illustration Robert E. Schulz
1978-06-10 "UFOs on TV: Flying in the Face of Logic" Illustration John Berkey
1978-06-17 Valerie Harper of Rhoda Photograph Douglas Kirkland
1978-06-24 "Can You Believe the Ratings? A New Perspective" Illustration Jerry Alten
1978-07-01 Ricardo Montalbán & Herve Villechaize of Fantasy Island Illustration Bob Peak
1978-07-08 Cast members of The Young and the Restless Photograph Peter Kredenser
1978-07-15 Robert Conrad of The Black Sheep Squadron Illustration David Edward Byrd
1978-07-22 Gavin MacLeod of The Love Boat Photograph Gene Trindl
1978-07-29 Cast of Saturday Night Live Illustration Jack Davis
1978-08-05 Sherman Hemsley, Paul Benedict & Isabel Sanford of The Jeffersons Illustration Charles Santore
1978-08-12 David Hartman of Good Morning America Photograph Henry Grossman
1978-08-19 "America Speaks Out About Sports on TV" Illustration Don Weller
1978-08-26 Cheryl Ladd of Charlie's Angels Photograph Peter Kredenser
1978-09-02 Football Preview Illustration Robert Giusti
1978-09-09 Special Issue: Fall Preview Illustration George Giusti
1978-09-16 Battlestar Galactica Illustration David Byrd
1978-09-23 Mary Tyler Moore Photograph Douglas Kirkland
1978-09-30 Centennial Illustration Jim Thorpe
1978-10-07 World Series Illustration Wilson McLean
1978-10-14 Robert Urich of Vega$ Photograph Douglas Kirkland
1978-10-21 WKRP in Cincinnati Photograph Robert Phillips
1978-10-28 Pam Dawber & Robin Williams of Mork & Mindy Photograph Peter Kredenser
1978-11-04 John Travolta of Welcome Back, Kotter Illustration Richard Amsel
1978-11-11 Ron Leibman of Kaz Illustration Charles Santore
1978-11-18 "Foreign Lobbyists: How They Try to Manipulate U.S. Television" Illustration George Giusti
1978-11-25 Suzanne Somers of Three's Company Photograph Robert Phillips
1978-12-02 "A Benji Special" Photograph Richard Hewett
1978-12-09 Linda Kelsey & Ed Asner of Lou Grant Illustration Bernard Fuchs
1978-12-16 Eight Is Enough cast Photograph Jim McHugh
1978-12-23 Christmas Illustration Ronald Searle
1978-12-30 Dick Clark Illustration Robert Giusti

1979

Issue date Cover subject Type of cover Artist
1979-01-06 Carroll O'Connor & Jean Stapleton of All in the Family Illustration Al Hirschfeld
1979-01-13 "Network News Chiefs on the Hottest TV News Controversies" Photograph Ken Regan / Camera 5
1979-01-20 Super Bowl XIII Illustration George Giusti
1979-01-27 Katharine Hepburn Illustration Richard Amsel
1979-02-03 Larry Wilcox & Erik Estrada of CHiPs Illustration Jim Sharpe
1979-02-10 The Shakespeare Plays Illustration Milton Glaser
1979-02-17 Roots: The Next Generations Illustration Ted Coconis
1979-02-24 James Arness of How the West Was Won Illustration Daniel Swartz
1979-03-03 Gary Coleman of Diff'rent Strokes Photograph Gene Trindl
1979-03-10 Harry Reasoner, Dan Rather, Morley Safer & Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes Illustration Robert Pryor
1979-03-17 Mike Farrell & Alan Alda of M*A*S*H Photograph Tony Korody / Sigma
1979-03-24 Ricardo Montalbán of Fantasy Island Illustration Bernard Fuchs
1979-03-31 Baseball Preview Illustration Ronald Searle
1979-04-07 Maren Jensen of Battlestar Galactica Photograph Peter Kredenser
1979-04-14 John S. Ragin & Jack Klugman of Quincy, M.E. Illustration Bob Peak
1979-04-21 Walter Cronkite Photograph Karsh
1979-04-28 Danny DeVito & Judd Hirsch of Taxi Illustration Charles Santore
1979-05-05 James Stephens & John Houseman of The Paper Chase Illustration Daniel Schwartz
1979-05-12 "What Viewers Love/Hate About Television" Illustration Al Francekevitch
1979-05-19 Cindy Williams & Penny Marshall of Laverne & Shirley Illustration Richard Amsel
1979-05-26 Ken Howard of The White Shadow Photograph Doug Dubler
1979-06-02 James Garner of The Rockford Files Illustration Bernard Fuchs
1979-06-09 Donna Pescow of Angie Photograph Robert Phillips
1979-06-16 Victoria Principal, Patrick Duffy & Jim Davis of Dallas at Enterprise Ranch Photograph Robert Phillips
1979-06-23 Johnny Carson Illustration Jim Sharpe
1979-06-30 John Schneider, Catherine Bach & Tom Wopat of The Dukes of Hazzard Photograph Robert Phillips
1979-07-07 Barney Miller Photograph Pete Turner
1979-07-14 Michael Landon, Melissa Sue Anderson & Linwood Boomer of Little House on the Prairie Photograph Gene Trindl
1979-07-21 Greg Evigan & Sam the chimp of B. J. and the Bear Photograph Pete Turner
1979-07-28 Lou Ferrigno & Bill Bixby of The Incredible Hulk Photograph Pete Turner
1979-08-04 Joyce DeWitt of Three's Company Photograph Martin Mills
1979-08-11 Rod Arrants of Search for Tomorrow Photograph Henry Grossman
1979-08-18 Ed Asner, Nancy Marchand & Mason Adams of Lou Grant Photograph Jim Britt
1979-08-25 Football Preview Illustration Milton Glaser
1979-09-01 Miss America Illustration Richard Amsel
1979-09-08 Fall Preview Illustration Michael Foreman
1979-09-15 Robert Guillaume of Benson Photograph Robert Phillips
1979-09-22 Carroll O'Connor Photograph Robert Phillips
1979-09-29 Pope John Paul II Photograph Sipa Press / Black Star
1979-10-06 World Series Illustration Robert Giusti
1979-10-13 Tom Snyder Photograph Henry Grossman
1979-10-20 Loni Anderson, Howard Hesseman & Gary Sandy of WKRP in Cincinnati Photograph Seymour Mednick
1979-10-27 Muhammad Ali Photograph Howard Bingham
1979-11-03 Stefanie Powers & Robert Wagner of Hart to Hart Photograph Robert Phillips
1979-11-10 The Bee Gees Photograph Robert Phillips
1979-11-17 Wilfrid Hyde-White & Shelley Smith of The Associates Photograph Peter Kredenser
1979-11-24 Pernell Roberts of Trapper John, M.D. Photograph Ken Whitmore
1979-12-01 Barbara Walters Photograph Robert Phillips
1979-12-08 "Talk Show Hosts: Who Are the Best--and Why?" Illustration Don Daily
1979-12-15 Henry Winkler of Happy Days Photograph Gene Trindl
1979-12-22 Christmas Illustration Michael Foreman
1979-12-29 Shelley Hack, Cheryl Ladd & Jaclyn Smith of Charlie's Angels Photograph ABC

References

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Sources

  • 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