List of TV Guide covers (2020s)
The following is a list of issue covers of TV Guide magazine from the decade of the 2020s, with dates from January 2020 to the present day. This list reflects only the regular bi-weekly issues of TV Guide (no one-time special issues). The entries on this table include each cover's subjects and their artists (photographer or illustrator).
2020
| Issue start | Issue end | Cover subject[1] | Cover type (credit) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-06 | 2020-01-19 | Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan of Outlander | Photograph |
| 2020-01-20 | 2020-02-02 | Patrick Stewart of Star Trek: Picard | Photograph |
| 2020-02-03 | 2020-02-16 | Scott Bakula of NCIS: New Orleans | Photograph |
| 2020-02-17 | 2020-03-01 | Laurie Metcalf, John Goodman, and Sara Gilbert of The Conners | Photograph |
| 2020-03-02 | 2020-03-17 | Spring Preview | Photo montage |
| 2020-03-18 | 2020-03-29 | Milo Ventimiglia and Mandy Moore of This Is Us | Photograph |
| 2020-03-30 | 2020-04-12 | Pauley Perrette of Broke | Photograph |
| 2020-04-13 | 2020-04-26 | LL Cool J, Chris O’Donnell, and Linda Hunt (inset) of NCIS: Los Angeles | Photograph |
| 2020-04-27 | 2020-05-10 | Catherine Bell and James Denton of Good Witch | Photograph |
| 2020-05-11 | 2020-05-24 | Angela Bassett and Peter Krause of 9-1-1 | Photograph |
| 2020-05-25 | 2020-06-07 | Steve Carell, John Malkovich, and Lisa Kudrow of Space Force | Photograph |
| 2020-06-08 | 2020-06-21 | Matthew Rhys of Perry Mason | Photograph |
| 2020-06-22 | 2020-07-05 | Mark Harmon of NCIS | Photograph |
| 2020-07-06 | 2020-07-19 | Rocsi Diaz and The Miz of Cannonball | Photograph |
| 2020-07-20 | 2020-08-02 | Valerie Bertinelli of Valerie's Home Cooking | Photograph |
| 2020-08-03 | 2020-08-16 | "Your Fan Favorites" issue | Photo Montage |
| 2020-08-17 | 2020-08-30 | Soap operas return to production (4 issues) *Denise Richards, Thorsten Kaye, and Katherine Kelly Lang of The Bold and the Beautiful *Deidre Hall and Drake Hogestyn of Days of Our Lives *Maurice Benard and Laura Wright of General Hospital *Eric Braeden and Melody Thomas Scott of The Young and the Restless |
Photograph |
| 2020-08-31 | 2020-09-13 | 2020 NFL season (2 issues) *Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers *Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs |
Photograph |
| 2020-09-14 | 2020-09-27 | "Fall Sneak Peek" issue | Photo montage |
| 2020-09-28 | 2020-10-11 | "The 68th Annual Fall Preview" | Word art |
| 2020-10-12 | 2020-10-25 | Michael Weatherly of Bull | Photograph |
| 2020-10-26 | 2020-11-08 | Mark Harmon and David McCallum of NCIS | Photograph |
| 2020-11-09 | 2020-11-22 | The cast of Supernatural on the occasion of the series' finale | Illustration |
| 2020-11-23 | 2020-12-06 | Hallmark Channel's "Countdown to Christmas 2020" (4 covers) *Ana Ayora and Robert Buckley of The Christmas House *Lacey Chabert and Will Kemp of The Christmas Waltz *Adrian Holmes and Holly Robinson Peete of The Christmas Doctor *Tamera Mowry-Housley and Michael Xavier of Christmas Comes Twice |
Photograph |
| 2020-12-07 | 2020-12-20 | Tom Selleck of Blue Bloods | Photograph |
| 2020-12-21 | 2021-01-03 | Mayim Bialik of Call Me Kat[2] | Photograph |
2021
| Issue start | Issue end | Cover subject[3] | Cover type (credit) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-04 | 2021-01-17 | Holly Hunter and Ted Danson of Mr. Mayor | Photograph |
| 2021-01-18 | 2021-01-31 | Jared Padalecki of Walker | Photograph |
| 2021-02-01 | 2021-02-14 | Sam Heughan of Men in Kilts | Photograph |
| 2021-02-15 | 2021-02-28 | Chris McNally, Erin Krakow, and Kevin McGarry of When Calls the Heart | Photograph |
| 2021-03-01 | 2021-03-14 | Jonathan Tucker and Riann Steele of Debris | Photograph |
| 2021-03-15 | 2021-03-28 | "TV's True Crime Craze!" | Photo Montage |
| 2021-03-29 | 2021-04-11 | Christopher Meloni of Law & Order: Organized Crime | Photograph |
| 2021-04-12 | 2021-04-25 | "Secrets of WWE Legends" | Photo Montage |
| 2021-04-26 | 2021-05-09 | Supergirl (2 covers) *Melissa Benoist *Benoist with Chyler Leigh |
Photograph |
| 2021-05-10 | 2021-05-23 | Scott Bakula and Chelsea Field of NCIS: New Orleans, on the occasion of the series' finale | Photograph |
| 2021-05-24 | 2021-06-06 | "Summer Preview," featuring Zooey Deschanel and Michael Bolton of The Celebrity Dating Game | Photograph |
| 2021-06-07 | 2021-06-20 | "Sci-Fi Spectacular," featuring Tom Hiddleston of Loki | Photograph |
| 2021-06-21 | 2021-07-04 | "First Look at Fall TV," featuring Mariska Hargitay of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Mark Harmon of NCIS, Missy Peregrym of FBI, and William Petersen of CSI: Vegas | Photo Montage |
| 2021-07-05 | 2021-07-18 | A preview of Discovery Channel's "Shark Week" | Photograph |
| 2021-07-19 | 2021-08-01 | A preview of the Tokyo Olympics, featuring Team USA athletes Simone Biles, Carli Lloyd, Caeleb Dressel, and Allyson Felix | Photo Montage |
| 2015-08-02 | 2021-08-15 | Meghan Ory, Robert Buckley, and Treat Williams of Chesapeake Shores | Photograph |
| 2021-08-16 | 2021-08-29 | "Fall Sneak Peek," featuring Vanessa Lachey of NCIS: Hawaii | Photograph |
| 2021-08-30 | 2021-09-12 | "Fall TV Preview," featuring Jorja Fox and William Petersen of CSI: Vegas | Photograph |
| 2021-09-13 | 2021-09-26 | "Returning Favorites" issue, featuring Mariska Hargitay of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Christopher Meloni of Law & Order: Organized Crime | Photo Montage |
| 2021-09-27 | 2021-10-10 | The Sopranos star James Gandolfini and, in inset, Michael Gandolfini of Sopranos prequel film The Many Saints of Newark | Photograph |
| 2021-10-11 | 2021-10-24 | Kate Walsh, on the occasion of her return to Grey's Anatomy | Photograph |
| 2021-10-25 | 2021-11-07 | Barry Watson and Jill Scott of Lifetime's Highway to Heaven movie reboot (original Highway star Michael Landon appears in an inset) | Photograph |
| 2021-11-08 | 2021-11-21 | "Hallmark Kicks Off the Holidays" (3 covers) *Will Adams and Olivia Washington of A Holiday in Harlem *Teri Hatcher and James Denton of A Kiss Before Christmas *Jordin Sparks and Michael Xavier of A Christmas Treasure |
Photograph |
| 2021-11-22 | 2021-12-05 | *Michael C. Hall of Dexter: New Blood *The Beatles of the documentary Get Back (flipside bonus cover) |
Hall: Photograph Beatles: Photo Montage |
| 2021-12-06 | 2021-12-19 | "Lifetime's Christmas Gift," featuring Melissa Joan Hart, Mario Lopez, and Jana Kramer | Photo Montage |
| 2021-12-20 | 2021-01-02 | Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen of The Book of Boba Fett | Photograph |
2022
| Issue start | Issue end | Cover subject[4] | Cover type (credit) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-03 | 2022-01-16 | Cole Hauser and Kelly Reilly of Yellowstone | Photograph |
| 2022-01-17 | 2022-01-30 | "2022 Preview: The Shows We Can't Wait to See" | Photo Montage |
| 2022-01-31 | 2022-02-13 | A tribute to Bob Saget | Photograph |
| 2022-02-14 | 2022-02-27 | Camryn Manheim, Sam Waterston, and Anthony Anderson of the revived Law & Order | Photograph |
| 2022-02-28 | 2022-03-13 | Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan of Outlander | Photograph |
| 2022-03-14 | 2022-03-27 | Tom Selleck, Bridget Moynahan, Donnie Wahlberg, and Will Estes of Blue Bloods | Photograph |
| 2022-03-28 | 2022-04-10 | Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross of Black-ish | Photograph |
| 2022-04-11 | 2022-04-24 | "The Hot List," featuring Alan Ritchson of Reacher | Photograph |
| 2022-04-25 | 2022-05-08 | Ken Jennings of Jeopardy! | Photograph |
| 2022-05-09 | 2022-05-22 | Katrina Law, Sean Murray, Gary Cole, and Wilmer Valderrama of NCIS | Photograph |
| 2022-05-23 | 2022-06-12 | Jensen Ackles of The Boys (TV Guide's first three-week "triple issue") | Photograph |
| 2022-06-13 | 2022-07-03 | Kelly Reilly and, in insets, Kevin Costner and Cole Hauser of Yellowstone | Photograph |
| 2022-07-04 | 2022-07-24 | "First Look at Fall TV," featuring Sylvester Stallone of Tulsa King | Photograph |
| 2022-07-25 | 2022-08-14 | "Summer TV How-To Guide" Inset: "24 Hours of Elvis Presley on TCM" |
Photograph |
| 2022-08-15 | 2022-08-28 | Matt Smith of House of the Dragon | Photograph |
| 2022-08-29 | 2022-09-11 | "70th Annual Fall Preview," featuring Ismael Cruz Córdova, Morfydd Clark, and Robert Aramayo of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Photograph |
| 2022-09-12 | 2022-09-25 | Caitlin Bassett, Raymond Lee, and Ernie Hudson of Quantum Leap | Photograph |
| 2022-09-26 | 2022-10-09 | Tom Selleck and Bridget Moynahan of Blue Bloods | Photograph |
| 2022-10-10 | 10/23/202 | Actors Meg Donnelly & Drake Rodger and (in inset) executive producer Jensen Ackles of The Winchesters | Photograph |
| 2022-10-24 | 2022-11-06 | Brandon Scott Jones, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Rose McIver, and Rebecca Wisocky of Ghosts | Photograph |
| 2022-11-07 | 2022-11-20 | Wes Bentley, Kevin Costner, and Kelly Reilly of Yellowstone | Photograph |
| 2022-11-21 | 2022-12-04 | "Holiday Preview," spotlighting Hallmark Channel's newest seasonal films (4 covers) *Lacey Chabert and Wes Brown of Haul Out the Holly *Shannon Chan-Kent and Shannon Kook of A Big Fat Family Christmas *Nikki DeLoach and Brennan Elliott of The Gift of Peace *Nadine Ellis, B. J. Britt, and Tamala Jones of The Holiday Stocking |
Photograph |
| 2022-12-05 | 2022-12-18 | Kirsten Vangsness, Joe Mantegna, and A. J. Cook of Criminal Minds: Evolution | Photograph |
| 2022-12-19 | 2023-01-01 | John Krasinski of Jack Ryan | Photograph |
2023
| Issue start | Issue end | Cover subject[5] | Cover type (credit) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-02 | 2023-01-15 | Reba McEntire of Big Sky | Photograph |
| 2023-01-16 | 2023-01-29 | John Larroquette and Melissa Rauch of Night Court | Photograph |
| 2023-01-30 | 2023-02-12 | Max Thieriot and (in inset) Jordan Calloway and Stephanie Arcila of Fire Country | Photograph |
| 2023-02-13 | 2023-02-26 | Perdita Weeks and Jay Hernandez of Magnum P.I. | Photograph |
| 2023-02-27 | 2023-03-12 | The cast of NCIS | Photo montage |
| 2023-03-13 | 2023-03-26 | Beau Mirchoff, Nancy Travis, and Tiera Skovbye of Ride | Photograph |
| 2023-03-27 | 2023-04-09 | The 60th anniversary of General Hospital | Photo montage |
| 2023-04-10 | 2023-04-23 | Donnie Wahlberg of Blue Bloods | Photograph |
| 2023-04-24 | 2023-05-07 | Troy Gentile, Sam Lerner, Hayley Orrantia, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Sean Giambrone, and Bentley the dog of The Goldbergs | Photograph |
| 2023-05-08 | 2023-05-21 | The cast of NCIS: Los Angeles | Photo montage |
| 2023-05-22 | 2023-06-11 | Sadie Stanley and Lexi Underwood of Cruel Summer | Photograph |
| 2023-06-12 | 2023-07-02 | Sam Heughan and Caitríona Balfe of Outlander | Photograph |
| 2023-07-03 | 2023-07-23 | Timothy Olyphant of Justified: City Primeval | Photograph |
| 2023-07-24 | 2023-08-13 | Jonathan Roumie of The Chosen | Photograph |
| 2023-08-14 | 2023-09-03 | Elvis Presley, subject of the Paramount+ documentary Reinventing Elvis: The '68 Comeback | Photograph |
| 2023-09-04 | 2023-09-24 | "Fall Preview," featuring Jesse L. Martin of The Irrational | Photograph |
| 2023-09-25 | 2023-10-15 | Gerry Turner of The Golden Bachelor | Photograph |
| 2023-10-16 | 2023-11-05 | Kelsey Grammer of Frasier | Photograph |
| 2023-11-06 | 2023-11-26 | Hallmark Channel's holiday film preview (4 covers) *Lacey Chabert and Scott Wolf of A Merry Scottish Christmas *Aias Dalman, Lucas Bryant, and Nikki DeLoach of A World Record Christmas *Richard Harmon, Krystal Joy Brown, Juan Riedinger, and Tina Lifford of Heaven Down Here *Kristoffer Polaha and Bethany Joy Lenz of A Biltmore Christmas |
Photograph |
| 2023-11-27 | 2023-12-17 | Olivia Swann and Todd Lasance of NCIS: Sydney | Photograph |
| 2023-12-18 | 2024-01-07 | Abigail Spencer, Jon Cryer, and Donald Faison of Extended Family | Photograph |
2024
| Issue start | Issue end | Cover subject[6] | Cover type (credit) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-08 | 2024-01-28 | Sam Heughan of Outlander and The Couple Next Door | Photograph |
| 2024-01-29 | 2024-02-18 | Tom Selleck and Will Estes of Blue Bloods | Photograph |
| 2024-02-19 | 2024-03-10 | Hiroyuki Sanada of Shōgun | Photograph |
| 2024-03-11 | 2024-03-31 | Tony Goldwyn of Law & Order | Photograph |
| 2024-04-01 | 2024-04-21 | Giancarlo Esposito of Parish | Photograph |
| 2024-04-22 | 2024-05-12 | Justin Hartley of Tracker | Photograph |
| 2024-05-13 | 2024-06-02 | Iain Armitage of Young Sheldon | Photograph |
| 2024-06-03 | 2024-06-23 | Pat Sajak of Wheel of Fortune | Photograph |
| 2024-06-24 | 2024-07-14 | "First Look at Fall TV," featuring Kaitlin Olson of High Potential | Photograph |
| 2024-07-15 | 2024-08-04 | Bugs Bunny, on the occasion of a MeTV Toons special celebrating the Warner Bros. character's 84th birthday[7] | Illustration |
| 2024-08-05 | 2024-08-25 | Adam Demos, Arielle Kebbel, Kekoa Kekumano of Rescue: HI-Surf | Photograph |
| 2024-08-26 | 2024-09-15 | "Fall Preview," featuring Don Johnson and Joshua Jackson of Doctor Odyssey | Photograph |
| 2024-09-16 | 2024-10-06 | "Returning Favorites" issue, featuring Joan Vassos of The Golden Bachelorette | Photograph |
| 2024-10-07 | 2024-10-27 | The final episodes of Blue Bloods (4 covers) *Will Estes and Vanessa Ray *Bridget Moynahan *Tom Selleck and Len Cariou *Donnie Wahlberg and Marisa Ramirez |
Photograph |
| 2024-10-28 | 2024-11-17 | Allison Tolman, David Alan Grier, and Wendi McLendon-Covey of St. Denis Medical | Photograph |
| 2024-11-18 | 2024-12-08 | Hallmark Channel's Christmas films (4 covers) *Paul Campbell, Andrew Walker, Miles Marthaller, and Tyler Hynes of Three Wiser Men and a Boy *Hynes and Hunter King of Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story *Ser'Darius Blain and Sara Canning of Christmas on Call *Maggie Lawson and Janel Parrish of Sugarplummed |
Photograph |
| 2024-12-09 | 2024-12-29 | Caitríona Balfe and Sam Heughan of Outlander | Photograph |
| 2024-12-30 | 2025-01-19 | Tim Allen and Kat Dennings of Shifting Gears | Photograph |
2025
| Issue start | Issue end | Cover subject[8] | Cover type (credit) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01- | 2025-02-09 | "Winter Preview," featuring Melissa Roxburgh of The Hunting Party | Photograph |
| 2025-02-10 | 2025-03-02 | Josh McDermitt, Lex Scott Davis, Stephen Amell, and Bryan Greenberg of Suits LA | Photograph |
| 2025-03-03 | 2025-03-23 | Ryan Seacrest, Carrie Underwood, Lionel Richie, and Luke Bryan of American Idol Asif Ali, Poorna Jagannathan, and Saagar Shaikh of Deli Boys (streaming flipside cover) |
Photograph |
| 2025-03-24 | 2025-04-13 | Madison Lintz, Titus Welliver, and Mimi Rogers of Bosch Matt Bomer, Nathan Lane, Nathan Lee Graham, and the late Linda Lavin of Mid-Century Modern (streaming flipside cover) |
Photograph |
| 2025-04-14 | 2025-05-04 | Sheryl Lee Ralph and Quinta Brunson of Abbott Elementary Christopher Meloni of Law & Order: Organized Crime (streaming flipside cover) |
Photograph |
| 2025-05-05 | 2025-05-25 | "Nostalgia TV" issue, featuring Ronny Howard and Andy Griffith of The Andy Griffith Show on MeTV Josh Holloway and Rachel Hilson of Duster (streaming flipside cover) |
Photograph |
| 2025-05-26 | 2025-06-15 | Sofía Vergara, Terry Crews, Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel, and Mel B of America's Got Talent Jeffrey Dean Morgan of Destination X (flipside cover) |
Photograph |
| 2025-06-16 | 2025-07-06 | Gordon Ramsay of Gordon Ramsay's Secret Service Jessica Camacho and Jensen Ackles of Countdown (streaming flipside cover) |
Photograph |
| 2025-07-07 | 2025-07-27 | "Let the Games Begin!" featuring hosts Martin Short of Match Game and, in insets, Steve Harvey of Celebrity Family Feud and Elizabeth Banks of Press Your Luck Ernest Kinglsey, Jr. and Sterling K. Brown of Washington Black (streaming flipside cover) |
Photograph |
| 2025-07-28 | 2025-08-17 | Cote de Pablo and Michael Weatherly of NCIS: Tony & Ziva Alicia Silverstone of Irish Blood (streaming flipside cover) |
Photograph |
| 2025-08-18 | 2025-09-07 | "Fall Sneak Peek," featuring Jessica Capshaw and Chris O'Donnell of 9-1-1: Nashville Chris Hemsworth of Limitless (streaming flipside cover) |
Photograph |
| 2025-09-08 | 2025-09-28 | "Fall Preview," featuring Bozoma Saint John and Jimmy Fallon of On Brand with Jimmy Fallon Zachary Quinto of Brilliant Minds (streaming flipside cover) |
Photograph |
| 2025-09-29 | 2025-10-19 | Jason Beghe of Chicago P.D., Taylor Kinney of Chicago Fire, and S. Epatha Merkerson of Chicago Med Reid Scott, Maura Tierney, Tony Goldwyn, Odelya Halevi, and Hugh Dancy of Law & Order (streaming flipside cover) |
Photograph |
| 2025-10-20 | 2025-11-09 | Molly Parker and Felicity Huffman of Doc Joseph Sikora, Emayatzy Corinealdi, and McKinley Freeman of Reasonable Doubt (streaming flipside cover) |
Photograph |
| 2025-11-10 | 2025-11-30 | A preview of Hallmark Channel's holiday programming *Sarah Drew and Peter Mooney of Mistletoe Murders *Tamera Mowry-Housley of Baked With Love: Holiday *Holland Roden and Matthew Daddario of Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story *Andrew Walker and Lacey Chabert of She's Making a List |
Photograph |
| 2025-12-01 | 2025-12-21 | "A Classic Christmas," promoting FETV's lineup of classic holiday TV episodes Siân Brooke and Katherine Devlin of Blue Lights (streaming flipside cover) |
Photograph |
| 2025-12-22 | 2026-01-11 | Melissa Roxburgh of The Hunting Party Tenika Davis, Nick E. Tarabay, and Graham McTavish of Spartacus: House of Ashur (streaming flipside cover) |
Photograph (Roxburgh: Lindsay Siu/NBC; Spartacus: James Dimmock/Starz Entertainment) |
2026
| Issue start | Issue end | Cover subject[9] | Cover type (credit) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | 2026-02-01 | Annie Potts, Josh Charles, and Abigail Spencer of Best Medicine Stephen Graham, Erin Doherty, and Malachi Kirby of A Thousand Blows (streaming flipside cover) |
Photograph |
| 2026-02-02 | 2026-02-22 | Zahn McClarnon of Dark Winds Aldis Hodge and Isaiah Mustafa of Cross (streaming flipside cover) |
Photograph |
| 2026-02-23 | 2026-03-14 | Bobby Moynihan, Daniel Radcliffe, Tracy Morgan, and Erika Alexander of The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins Adam Levine, Kelly Clarkson, and John Legend of The Voice (streaming flipside cover) |
Photograph |
References
- ^ TV Guide 2020 cover archive
- ^ TV Guide 2020-12-21 on Magzter.com (accessed 2021-01-02)
- ^ TV Guide 2021 cover archive
- ^ TV Guide 2022 cover archive
- ^ TV Guide 2023 cover archive
- ^ TV Guide 2024 cover archive
- ^ "Happy Birthday Bugs Bunny! A Toast to the Greatest ‘Toon Character Ever," from TV Insider, 2024-07-10
- ^ TV Guide 2025 cover archive
- ^ TV Guide 2026 cover archive