# List of TV Guide covers (1980s)

This is a list of issue covers of TV Guide magazine from the decade of the 1980s, from January 1980 to December 1989. 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.

## 1980

| Issue date | Cover subject | Type of cover | Artist |
| 1980-1-5 | Jamie Farr, Loretta Swit and Alan Alda of M*A*S*H | Illustration | Ronald Searle |
| 1980-1-12 | Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox of CHiPs | Photograph | Scott Enyart |
| 1980-1-19 | "Super Bowl '80" | Illustration | Nick Fasciano |
| 1980-1-26 | Richard Mulligan and Cathryn Damon of Soap | Illustration | Charles Santore |
| 1980-2-2 | Conrad Bain, Todd Bridges and Gary Coleman of Diff'rent Strokes | Photograph | Gene Trindl |
| 1980-2-9 | Olympics preview | Illustration | Wilson McLean |
| 1980-2-16 | Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether of Barnaby Jones | Illustration | John Thompson |
| 1980-2-23 | "Selecting Our Leaders: The TV Drama Begins" | Illustration | George Giusti |
| 1980-3-1 | Hervé Villechaize and Ricardo Montalbán of Fantasy Island | Illustration | Al Hirschfeld |
| 1980-3-8 | Mary Crosby, Larry Hagman and Linda Gray of Dallas | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1980-3-15 | The cast of Family | Photograph | Ken Whitmore |
| 1980-3-22 | Claude Akins, Brian Kerwin and Mills Watson of The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | Illustration | Charles Santore |
| 1980-3-29 | Martin Balsam and Carroll O'Connor of Archie Bunker's Place | Illustration | Bernie Fuchs |
| 1980-4-5 | 1980 Baseball season preview | Illustration | John Berkey |
| 1980-4-12 | Olivia Newton-John on the week of her ABC Special | Photograph | Herb Ritts |
| 1980-4-19 | Linda Lavin, Vic Tayback, Beth Howland and Diane Ladd of Alice | Photograph | Larry Dale Gordon |
| 1980-4-26 | Beau Bridges and Helen Shaver of United States | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1980-5-3 | Robin Williams and Pam Dawber of Mork & Mindy | Illustration | Bob Peak |
| 1980-5-10 | Mackenzie Phillips, Bonnie Franklin and Valerie Bertinelli of One Day at a Time | Illustration | Richard Amsel |
| 1980-5-17 | Franklin Cover, Isabel Sanford, Roxie Roker and Sherman Hemsley of The Jeffersons | Photograph | Ken Whitmore |
| 1980-5-24 | "Situation Comedies: Are They Getting Better--or Worse?" *first issue with YEAR on cover | Illustration | Don Weller |
| 1980-5-31 | Bart Braverman, Greg Morris, Robert Urich and Phyllis Davis of Vega$ | Illustration | Wilson McLean |
| 1980-6-7 | Joan Van Ark and Ted Shackelford of Knots Landing | Photograph | Robert Phillips |
| 1980-6-14 | Lynn Redgrave of House Calls | Photograph | Jim Britt |
| 1980-6-21 | Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers of Hart to Hart | Illustration | Richard Amsel |
| 1980-6-28 | Gregory Harrison and Pernell Roberts of Trapper John, M.D. | Photograph | Robert Phillips |
| 1980-7-5 | The cast of Little House on the Prairie | Illustration | Teresa Fasolino |
| 1980-7-12 | John Schneider, Catherine Bach and Tom Wopat of The Dukes of Hazzard | Illustration | John Thompson |
| 1980-7-19 | Lauren Tewes, Gavin MacLeod and Ted Lange of The Love Boat | Illustration | Raymond Ameijide |
| 1980-7-26 | Judd Hirsch, Marilu Henner and Tony Danza of Taxi | Illustration | Bob Peak |
| 1980-8-2 | Sarah Purcell of Real People | Photograph | George Schlatter Productions |
| 1980-8-9 | "Children's Television: Experts Pick the Best—and Worst—Shows" | Photograph | Charles Santore |
| 1980-8-16 | "TV's Incredible Hunks", featuring Tom Wopat of The Dukes of Hazzard, Erik Estrada of CHiPs and Greg Evigan of B. J. and the Bear | Photograph | Jim Britt |
| 1980-8-23 | Genie Francis of General Hospital | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1980-8-30 | Football Preview | Illustration | Wilson McLean |
| 1980-9-6 | Richard Chamberlain of Shōgun | Illustration | Richard Amsel |
| 1980-9-13 | "Fall Preview" | Word art | Barry Zaid |
| 1980-9-20 | Priscilla Presley of Those Amazing Animals | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1980-9-27 | A preview of Cosmos | Illustration | courtesy KCET |
| 1980-10-4 | Ed Asner and Mason Adams of Lou Grant | Photograph | Ken Whitmore |
| 1980-10-11 | World Series | Illustration | Don Weller |
| 1980-10-18 | Sophia Loren of Sophia Loren: Her Own Story | Photograph | Tazio Secchiaroli |
| 1980-10-25 | James Gregory and Hal Linden of Barney Miller | Illustration | Al Hirschfeld |
| 1980-11-1 | "Election Preview," featuring presidential candidates John Anderson, Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter | Illustration | Jim Sharpe |
| 1980-11-8 | Polly Holliday of Flo | Photograph | Bob Peak |
| 1980-11-15 | Larry Hagman of Dallas | Photograph | Gene Trindl |
| 1980-11-22 | Pam Dawber of Mork & Mindy | Photograph | Robert Phillips |
| 1980-11-29 | Don Meredith, Howard Cosell, Fran Tarkenton and Frank Gifford of Monday Night Football | Illustration | Jack Davis |
| 1980-12-6 | Todd Bridges and Gary Coleman of Diff'rent Strokes | Photograph | Gene Trindl |
| 1980-12-13 | Diana Canova of I'm a Big Girl Now | Photograph | Robert Phillips |
| 1980-12-20 | Christmas | Illustration | John Alcorn |
| 1980-12-27 | Tom Selleck of Magnum, P.I. | Photograph | Robert Phillips |

## 1981

| Issue date | Cover subject | Type of cover | Artist |
| 1981-1-3 | Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Ted Knight and Lydia Cornell of Too Close for Comfort | Photograph | Jim Britt |
| 1981-1-10 | David Hartman of Good Morning America | Photograph | Robert Barclay |
| 1981-1-17 | The Presidential Inauguration of Ronald Reagan | Illustration | Bob Peak |
| 1981-1-24 | "Super Bowl '81: The Inside Story" | Illustration | Brad Holland |
| 1981-1-31 | Bob Hope, Johnny Carson and George Burns of A Love Letter to Jack Benny | Photograph-Illustration | Gene Trindl; background illustration of Jack Benny is by René Bouché |
| 1981-2-7 | Jane Seymour of East of Eden | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1981-2-14 | The cast of WKRP in Cincinnati | Illustration | Jack Davis |
| 1981-2-21 | Faye Dunaway of Evita Peron | Photograph | Terry O'Neill |
| 1981-2-28 | "Hollywood's Cocaine Connection" | Illustration | Milton Glaser |
| 1981-3-7 | Tom Wopat, John Schneider, Sorrell Booke and Catherine Bach of The Dukes of Hazzard | Photograph | Jim Britt |
| 1981-3-14 | Suzanne Somers | Photograph | Jim Britt |
| 1981-3-21 | Wayne Rogers and Lynn Redgrave of House Calls | Photograph | Jim Britt |
| 1981-3-28 | Johnny Carson of The Tonight Show | Illustration | Richard Amsel |
| 1981-4-4 | Baseball Preview | Illustration | David Wilcox |
| 1981-4-11 | Ed Asner of Lou Grant | Photograph | Gene Trindl |
| 1981-4-18 | Ted Koppel of ABC News | Photograph | David Hume Kennerly |
| 1981-4-25 | Alan Alda of M*A*S*H | Illustration | Al Hirschfeld |
| 1981-5-2 | John Davidson, Cathy Lee Crosby and Fran Tarkenton of That's Incredible! | Photograph | Robert Peak |
| 1981-5-9 | Patrick Duffy and Larry Hagman of Dallas | Illustration | Charles Santore |
| 1981-5-16 | Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers and Lionel Stander of Hart to Hart | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1981-5-23 | Barbara Eden of Harper Valley P.T.A. | Photograph | Robert Phillips |
| 1981-5-30 | Dan Rather of The CBS Evening News | Illustration | Bernie Fuchs |
| 1981-6-6 | Judd Hirsch and Andy Kaufman of Taxi | Photograph | Gene Trindl |
| 1981-6-13 | Pernell Roberts, Charles Siebert and Gregory Harrison of Trapper John, M.D. | Illustration | Wilson McLean |
| 1981-6-20 | John Barbour, Skip Stephenson, Bill Rafferty, Byron Allen and Sarah Purcell of Real People *last stapled issue | Photograph | Gene Trindl |
| 1981-6-27 | Linda Evans of Dynasty | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1981-7-4 | Dana Plato and Gary Coleman of Diff'rent Strokes | Photograph | Gene Trindl |
| 1981-7-11 | "Prime-Time Vixens", featuring Donna Mills of Knots Landing, Morgan Fairchild of Flamingo Road and Pamela Sue Martin of Dynasty | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1981-7-18 | Greg Evigan, Judy Landers and Bear of B. J. and the Bear | Photograph | Jim Britt |
| 1981-7-25 | The wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer | Illustration | Richard Amsel |
| 1981-8-1 | Miss Piggy | Photograph | John E Barrett |
| 1981-8-8 | Carroll O'Connor of Archie Bunker's Place | Illustration | Richard Hess |
| 1981-8-15 | "How TV Reacted the Day Elvis Died: A Classic Study of News Judgment" | Illustration | Bob Peak |
| 1981-8-22 | Ann Jillian of It's a Living | Photograph | Jim Britt |
| 1981-8-29 | Pro Football '81 | Illustration | Bernie Fuchs |
| 1981-9-5 | Backstage with Miss America | Illustration | Don Weller |
| 1981-9-12 | Fall Preview: Special Issue | illustration | Ivan Chermayeff |
| 1981-9-19 | Kate Mulgrew as Rachel Manion of The Manions of America | Illustration | Richard Amsel |
| 1981-9-26 | "The Battle for Northern Ireland: How TV Tips the Balance" | Photograph | Campion - Gamma/Liaison |
| 1981-10-3 | Valerie Bertinelli of One Day at a Time | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1981-10-10 | Jaclyn Smith of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy | Photograph | Robert Phillips |
| 1981-10-17 | "Secrets of Successful World Series Pitching" | Illustration | Walt Spitzmiller |
| 1981-10-24 | "Blind Spot in Middle East" | Illustration | Robert Giusti |
| 1981-10-31 | Bruce Weitz, Daniel J. Travanti and Michael Conrad of Hill Street Blues | Photograph | Rober Phillips |
| 1981-11-7 | Mimi Kennedy and Peter Cook of The Two of Us | Photograph | Robert Phillips |
| 1981-11-14 | Loretta Lynn | Photograph | Robert Phillips |
| 1981-11-21 | "TV and the John Lennon Tragedy: One Year Later" | Illustration | Richard Hess |
| 1981-11-28 | Merlin Olsen of Father Murphy | Photograph | Robert Phillips |
| 1981-12-5 | Lorna Patterson of Private Benjamin | Photograph | Ken Whitmore |
| 1981-12-12 | A Shopper's Guide to 1981's Best Video Games | Illustration | Jerry Allen |
| 1981-12-19 | Christmas 1981 | Illustration | Raymond Ameijide |
| 1981-12-26 | Henry Fonda | Photograph | Mary Ellen Mark |

## 1982

| Issue date | Cover subject | Type of cover | Artist |
| 1982-1-2 | John Hillerman and Tom Selleck of Magnum, P.I. | Photograph | Gene Trindl |
| 1982-1-9 | Michael Landon of Little House on the Prairie | Illustration | Richard Hess |
| 1982-1-16 | "Bending the Rules in Hollywood: How TV's Movers and Shakers Operate" | Word art | |
| 1982-1-23 | "How Brains Win the Super Bowl" | Illustration | Jim Sharpe |
| 1982-1-30 | Robert Pine, Larry Wilcox and Erik Estrada of CHiPs | Illustration | Wilson McLean |
| 1982-2-6 | Sherman Hemsley of The Jeffersons | Illustration | Bernie Fuchs |
| 1982-2-13 | A review of TV depictions of the Holocaust | Illustration | Bob Peak |
| 1982-2-20 | Ed Bradley, Morley Safer, Mike Wallace and Harry Reasoner of 60 Minutes | Illustration | Richard Anderson |
| 1982-2-27 | Pamela Sue Martin, John Forsythe and Linda Evans of Dynasty | Photograph | Robert Phillips |
| 1982-3-6 | Swoosie Kurtz, Tony Randall and Kaleena Kiff of Love, Sydney | Photograph | Robert Phillips |
| 1982-3-13 | Priscilla Barnes, John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt of Three's Company | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1982-3-20 | President Ronald Reagan | Photograph | Dennis Brack/Black Star |
| 1982-3-27 | Larry Hagman of Dallas | Photograph | Douglas W. Dubler |
| 1982-4-3 | Baseball '82 | Illustration | C. Michael Dudash |
| 1982-4-10 | Tom Brokaw of NBC Nightly News | Photograph | Robert Phillips |
| 1982-4-17 | Scott Baio, Henry Winkler and Erin Moran of Happy Days | Photograph | Jim Britt |
| 1982-4-24 | Ingrid Bergman as Golda Meir of A Woman Called Golda | Illustration | Richard Amsel |
| 1982-5-1 | John Schneider, Catherine Bach and Tom Wopat of The Dukes of Hazzard | Illustration | Richard Anderson |
| 1982-5-8 | Goldie Hawn | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1982-5-15 | Ken Marshall in Marco Polo | Illustration | Richard Hess |
| 1982-5-22 | Billy Moses, Lorenzo Lamas and Jane Wyman of Falcon Crest | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1982-5-29 | "Anatomy of a Smear", featuring Mike Wallace and George Crile III of CBS News and Gen. William Westmoreland | Photo montage | Richard Newton |
| 1982-6-5 | Lauren Tewes and Gavin MacLeod of The Love Boat | Illustration | Bernie Fuchs |
| 1982-6-12 | "Why American TV Is So Vulnerable to Foreign Disinformation" | Illustration | Richard Newton |
| 1982-6-19 | Daniel J. Travanti and Veronica Hamel of Hill Street Blues | Photograph | Gene Trindl |
| 1982-6-26 | Michele Lee of Knots Landing | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1982-7-3 | Ted Knight, Lydia Cornell and Deborah Van Valkenburgh of Too Close for Comfort | Illustration | Richard Amsel |
| 1982-7-10 | Nancy McKeon, Charlotte Rae, Lisa Whelchel, Kim Fields and Mindy Cohn of The Facts of Life | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1982-7-17 | Rick Springfield of General Hospital | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1982-7-24 | William Katt of The Greatest American Hero | Illustration | Richard Newton |
| 1982-7-31 | Katherine Cannon and Merlin Olsen of Father Murphy | Photograph | Gene Trindl |
| 1982-8-7 | Carroll O'Connor and Denise Miller of Archie Bunker's Place | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1982-8-14 | William Shatner of T. J. Hooker | Photograph | Gene Trindl |
| 1982-8-21 | Nell Carter and Dolph Sweet of Gimme a Break | Illustration | C. Michael Dudash |
| 1982-8-28 | Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams of Laverne & Shirley | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1982-9-4 | Almost Miss America '82 | Illustration | James Mathemuse |
| 1982-9-11 | Fall Preview '82 | illustration | uncredited |
| 1982-9-18 | Victoria Principal of Dallas | Photograph | Robert Phillips |
| 1982-9-25 | "How Americans Rate TV Newspeople," featuring Harry Reasoner of 60 Minutes, David Brinkley of This Week and John Chancellor of NBC News | Photo montage | Art by Richard Newton |
| 1982-10-2 | Genie Francis of General Hospital | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1982-10-9 | World Series '82 | Illustration | Bernie Fuchs |
| 1982-10-16 | Erik Estrada and Morgan Fairchild in Honey Boy | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1982-10-23 | Linda Evans and Joan Collins of Dynasty | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1982-10-30 | Pernell Roberts of Trapper John M.D. | illustration | Bernard Fuchs |
| 1982-11-6 | Gene Anthony Ray and Erica Gimpel of Fame | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1982-11-13 | A profile of The Blue and the Gray | Illustration | Kinuko Y. Craft |
| 1982-11-20 | Richard Kline, Joyce DeWitt, John Ritter and Priscilla Barnes of Three's Company | Illustration | Joseph Cellini |
| 1982-11-27 | Meredith Baxter Birney of Family Ties | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1982-12-4 | A Shopper's Guide to 1982's Best Video games | illustration | uncredited |
| 1982-12-11 | Sally Struthers of Gloria with daughter Samantha | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1982-12-18 | Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Ted Knight, Michael Phillip, William Thomas Cannon, Nancy Dussault and Lydia Cornell of Too Close for Comfort | Photograph | Jim Britt |
| 1982-12-25 | Christmas 1982 | Illustration | Teresa Fasolino |

## 1983

| Issue date | Cover subject | Type of cover | Artist |
| 1983-1-1 | Bob Newhart and Mary Frann of Newhart | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1983-1-8 | John Madden of CBS Sports | Photograph | Christopher Little |
| 1983-1-15 | Rita Moreno, Valerie Curtin, Rachel Dennison, Jean Marsh and Peter Bonerz of 9 to 5 | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1983-1-22 | "Rating TV's Investigative Reporters", featuring Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes, Geraldo Rivera of 20-20 and Brian Ross of NBC Nightly News | Photo montage | CBS; NBC; Ken Regan/Camera 5 |
| 1983-1-29 | Robert Mitchum and Ali MacGraw in The Winds of War | Illustration | Richard Hess |
| 1983-2-5 | Cheryl Ladd as Grace Kelly | Illustration | Richard Amsel |
| 1983-2-12 | A salute to M*A*S*H (fold-out cover) | Photograph | Sherman Weisburd; Curt Gunther; Mario Casilli |
| 1983-2-19 | Armand Assante, Jaclyn Smith and Ken Howard in Rage of Angels | Photograph | |
| 1983-2-26 | Kim Delaney, Laurence Lau and Susan Lucci of All My Children | Photograph | Robert Phillips |
| 1983-3-5 | Valerie Bertinelli of One Day at a Time | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1983-3-12 | Bruce Weitz of Hill Street Blues | Illustration | Richard Hess |
| 1983-3-19 | Gary Coleman of Diff'rent Strokes with First Lady Nancy Reagan | Photograph | Robert Phillips |
| 1983-3-26 | Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward of The Thorn Birds | Photograph | Dennis Piel/ABC |
| 1983-4-2 | Donna Mills of Knots Landing | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1983-4-9 | Elvis Presley | Illustration | Richard Amsel |
| 1983-4-16 | How Good is 60 Minutes Now: Ed Bradley, Mike Wallace, Harry Reasoner and Morley Safer | Illustration | Richard Hess |
| 1983-4-23 | Linda Purl and Henry Winkler of Happy Days | Photograph | Jim Britt |
| 1983-4-30 | Tom Selleck | Illustration | Richard Amsel |
| 1983-5-7 | Erin Gray, Ricky Schroder and Joel Higgins of Silver Spoons | Photograph | John Cahoon |
| 1983-5-14 | Kathleen Beller and John James of Dynasty | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1983-5-21 | Bob Hope, on the week of his 80th birthday special | Illustration | Richard Amsel |
| 1983-5-28 | Audrey Landers, Ken Kercheval and Larry Hagman of Dallas | Photograph; Photograph | Peter Kredenser; Gene Trindl |
| 1983-6-4 | Heather Thomas, Doug Barr and Lee Majors of The Fall Guy | Illustration | C. Michael Dudash |
| 1983-6-11 | A survey of casting directors on the acting abilities of TV's top performers, featuring Valerie Bertinelli, Alan Alda, Erik Estrada and Linda Evans | Photo montage | Mario Casilli, Jim Britt, Gene Trindl |
| 1983-6-18 | Jameson Parker and Gerald McRaney of Simon & Simon | Photograph | Gene Trindl |
| 1983-6-25 | David Hasselhoff of Knight Rider, sitting inside KITT's drivers seat | Photograph | Robert Phillips |
| 1983-7-2 | "The Best and Worst We Saw" | Photo montage | |
| 1983-7-9 | Ana Alicia, Jane Wyman and Lorenzo Lamas of Falcon Crest | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1983-7-16 | "TV's Hunks — Isn't Something Missing?" featuring Tom Selleck, Lee Horsley, Pierce Brosnan and Gregory Harrison | Photo montage | Robert Phillips Gene Trindl |
| 1983-7-23 | Ted Shackelford, Joan Van Ark and Donna Mills of Knots Landing | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1983-7-30 | Isabel Sanford and Sherman Hemsley of The Jeffersons | Photograph | Gene Trindl |
| 1983-8-6 | "Why There Are Still No Female Dan Rathers", featuring Judy Woodruff, Lesley Stahl and Anne Garrels | Photograph | Robert Phillips |
| 1983-8-13 | Deidre Hall and Wayne Northrop of Days of Our Lives | Photograph | Mario Cassilli |
| 1983-8-20 | Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers of Hart to Hart | Photograph | Robert Phillips |
| 1983-8-27 | "Who's Toughest on the White House—And Why" | Word art | John Berkey |
| 1983-9-3 | A farewell salute to All in the Family, featuring Rob Reiner, Jean Stapleton, Carroll O'Connor and Sally Struthers patterned after the 1971-5-29 cover | Illustration | Richard Amsel |
| 1983-9-10 | "Fall Preview," featuring the casts of AfterMASH, Hotel and Mr. Smith | Photo montage | Mario Casilli |
| 1983-9-17 | Miss America 1983 | Photograph | Al Levine/NBC |
| 1983-9-24 | Joyce DeWitt, John Ritter and Priscilla Barnes of Three's Company | Illustration | Richard Amsel |
| 1983-10-1 | Gregory Harrison of Trapper John M.D. | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1983-10-8 | Willie Nelson and Anne Murray, co-hosts of the Country Music Association Awards | Photograph | Robert Phillips |
| 1983-10-15 | Larry Hagman of Dallas and Joan Collins of Dynasty | Photograph | Peter Kredenser/Gamma-Liaison; Dick Zimmerman/ABC |
| 1983-10-22 | The title character of Mr. Smith | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1983-10-29 | James Brolin and Connie Sellecca of Hotel | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1983-11-5 | Merete Van Kamp of Princess Daisy | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1983-11-12 | John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy | Illustration | Richard Amsel |
| 1983-11-19 | Doug Scott and John Cullum in The Day After | Photo montage | Dean Williams/ABC |
| 1983-11-26 | Linda Evans and Kenny Rogers of Gambler II | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1983-12-3 | Barbara Walters with interview subject Johnny Carson | Photograph | Gary Null / NBC |
| 1983-12-10 | Tom Selleck of Magnum, P.I. | Illustration | Richard Hess |
| 1983-12-17 | Erin Gray of Silver Spoons | Photograph | Jim Britt |
| 1983-12-24 | Gavin MacLeod, Lauren Tewes, Jill Whelan, Ted Lange, Fred Grandy and Bernie Kopell of The Love Boat | Illustration | Bruce Stark |
| 1983-12-31 | Farrah Fawcett | Photograph | Mario Casilli |

## 1984

| Issue date | Cover subject | Type of cover | Artist |
| 1984-1-7 | William Christopher, Harry Morgan, Rosalind Chao and Jamie Farr of After M*A*S*H | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1984-1-14 | Emmanuel Lewis of Webster | Photograph | Ken Whitmore |
| 1984-1-21 | Game show hosts Pat Sajak, Monty Hall, Bob Barker, Jack Barry, Bill Cullen and Wink Martindale | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1984-1-28 | Cybill Shepherd of The Yellow Rose | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1984-2-4 | 1984 Winter Olympics | Photo montage | Focus on Sports |
| 1984-2-11 | Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner of Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1984-2-18 | Ted Danson, Shelley Long and Rhea Perlman of Cheers | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1984-2-25 | Harry Reasoner, Ed Bradley, Mike Wallace and Morley Safer of 60 Minutes | Photograph | Robert Phillips |
| 1984-3-3 | Ann-Margret and Treat Williams in A Streetcar Named Desire | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1984-3-10 | George Peppard, Dwight Schultz, Dirk Benedict and Mr. T. of The A-Team | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1984-3-17 | Priscilla Presley of Dallas | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1984-3-24 | Veronica Hamel and Daniel J. Travanti of Hill Street Blues | Photograph | Jim Britt |
| 1984-3-31 | Teri Copley of We Got It Made | Photograph | Jim Cornfield |
| 1984-4-7 | Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes and Barry Bostwick as George Washington | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1984-4-14 | Rebecca Holden and David Hasselhoff of Knight Rider | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1984-4-21 | Ben Cross and Amy Irving of The Far Pavilions | Illustration | Richard Amsel |
| 1984-4-28 | Members of the Cast of Happy Days: Tom Bosley, Henry Winkler, Ron Howard, Scott Baio, Marion Ross, Anson Williams, Donny Most, Pat Morita, Al Molinaro, Lynda Goodfriend and Cathy Silvers | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1984-5-5 | Lesley-Anne Down in The Last Days of Pompeii | Illustration | C. Michael Dudash |
| 1984-5-12 | Crystal Gayle, co-host of the Academy of Country Music Awards | Photograph | Harry Langdon |
| 1984-5-19 | Morgan Fairchild as Maid Marian of The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood | Photograph | Robert Phillips |
| 1984-5-26 | Daniel Hugh Kelly and Brian Keith of Hardcastle and McCormick | Illustration | Jim Sharpe |
| 1984-6-2 | Victoria Principal of Dallas | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1984-6-9 | Pierce Brosnan and Stephanie Zimbalist of Remington Steele | Photograph | Mark Sennett |
| 1984-6-16 | A Social Climbers' Guide to TV: Larry Hagman, Stefanie Powers and Joan Collins | Illustration | Bruce Stark |
| 1984-6-23 | Connie Sellecca of Hotel | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1984-6-30 | "The Best and Worst We Saw" | Photo montage | uncredited |
| 1984-7-7 | Valerie Bertinelli of One Day at a Time | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1984-7-14 | Johnny Carson | Photo montage | Joan Hall |
| 1984-7-21 | Donna Mills, Ted Shackelford and Lisa Hartman of Knots Landing | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1984-7-28 | Summer Olympics '84 | Illustration | Bernie Fuchs |
| 1984-8-4 | Jameson Parker and Gerald McRaney of Simon & Simon | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1984-8-11 | Members of the cast of Call to Glory | Illustration | Jim Sharpe |
| 1984-8-18 | Jane Pauley of Today | Photograph | Henry Wolf |
| 1984-8-25 | Lindsay Bloom and Stacy Keach of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1984-9-1 | 60 Minutes Solves This Year's Dallas Mystery: Who Shot Bobby? Linda Gray, Larry Hagman, Victoria Principal, Patrick Duffy with Morley Safer | Illustration | Ann Meisel |
| 1984-9-8 | Fall Preview | Illustration | Bernard Bonhomme |
| 1984-9-15 | "George Burns Tells How to Live to Be 100—or More," featuring Burns with Catherine Bach | Photograph | Greg Gorman |
| 1984-9-22 | Philippine Leroy Beaulieu and Stacy Keach in Mistral's Daughter | Photograph | Bob Greene |
| 1984-9-29 | Mary Tyler Moore and James Garner of Heart Sounds | Illustration | Richard Amsel |
| 1984-10-6 | Nicollette Sheridan, Terry Farrell and Morgan Fairchild of Paper Dolls | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1984-10-13 | Keshia Knight Pulliam and Bill Cosby of The Cosby Show | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1984-10-20 | Daniel J. Travanti, Sophia Loren and Edoardo Ponti in Aurora by Night | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1984-10-27 | Brooke Shields in Wet Gold | Photograph | Jim Globus |
| 1984-11-3 | Tales of Election Drama | Illustration | Braldt Bralds |
| 1984-11-10 | Michael Nader and Joan Collins of Dynasty | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1984-11-17 | "What's It Like to Be a Top TV Model", featuring Carol Alt, Kim Alexis and Kelly Emberg | Photograph | Roger Prigent |
| 1984-11-24 | Jane Curtin and Susan Saint James of Kate & Allie | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1984-12-1 | Shari-Belafonte Harper of Hotel | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1984-12-8 | Ana Alicia and Billy Moses of Falcon Crest | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1984-12-15 | Connie Sellecca, Priscilla Presley and Jaclyn Smith | Photo montage | Mario Casilli |
| 1984-12-22 | Susan Clark, Alex Karras and Emanuel Lewis of Webster | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1984-12-29 | Larry Hagman and Linda Gray of Dallas | Photograph | Mario Casilli |

## 1985

| Issue date | Cover subject | Type of cover | Artist |
| 1985-1-5 | "Why the Elvis Craze Won't Die" | Illustration | Michael Dudash |
| 1985-1-12 | William Devane and Donna Mills of Knots Landing | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1985-1-19 | Previews of the Presidential Inauguration and Super Bowl XIX | Illustration | Charles Santore |
| 1985-1-26 | Perry King of Riptide | Photograph | Jim Shea |
| 1985-2-2 | Sharon Gless and Tyne Daly of Cagney & Lacey | Illustration | Richard Amsel |
| 1985-2-9 | Ellen Foley and Harry Anderson of Night Court | Photograph | Tony Costa |
| 1985-2-16 | Candice Bergen, Joanna Cassidy, Mary Crosby, Angie Dickinson, Stefanie Powers, Suzanne Somers, Catherine Mary Stewart and Frances Bergen of Hollywood Wives | Photograph | Milton H. Greene |
| 1985-2-23 | A preview of The Grammys, featuring Bruce Springsteen, Prince and Michael Jackson | Illustration | John Solie |
| 1985-3-2 | Michael Landon of Highway to Heaven | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1985-3-9 | Angela Lansbury of Murder, She Wrote | Illustration | Richard Amsel (the signature on the cover is "Jarvis" for Dave Jarvis) |
| 1985-3-16 | Lauren Tewes and inset photo of Tewes and Gavin MacLeod | Photograph with inset Photograph | Jim Britt; inset photograph-Gene Trindl |
| 1985-3-23 | Diahann Carroll of Dynasty | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1985-3-30 | Anthony Andrews, Ava Gardner, Jack Warden, James Mason, Richard Kiley and John McEnery of A.D. | Illustration | Richard Hess |
| 1985-4-6 | Richard Chamberlain of Wallenberg: A Hero's Story | Photograph | Frank Carroll |
| 1985-4-13 | Blair Brown, James Garner and Harry Hamlin of Space | Illustration | John Solie |
| 1985-4-20 | Deborah Shelton of Dallas | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1985-4-27 | Tina Yothers, Michael J. Fox, Justine Bateman, Meredith Baxter Birney and Michael Gross of Family Ties | Photograph | Jim Shea |
| 1985-5-4 | Phoebe Cates of Lace II | Illustration | Roger Prigent |
| 1985-5-11 | Cheryl Ladd of A Death in California | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1985-5-18 | Gabriel Byrne of Christopher Columbus | Illustration | Bralt Bralds |
| 1985-5-25 | Antony Hamilton and Jennifer O'Neill of Cover Up | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1985-6-1 | Members of the cast of Hill Street Blues | Illustration | Bruce Stark |
| 1985-6-8 | Jameson Parker and Gerald McRaney of Simon & Simon | Illustration | Bob Peak |
| 1985-6-15 | "Surprise! Has TV Got a Summer for You!" featuring Mary Lou Retton, Roger Mudd, Connie Chung, Teri Copley and Robert Redford | Photo montage | Ken Regan; Art Stein; Tri-Star Pictures; Robert Nese; Shelly Roseman |
| 1985-6-22 | First Lady Nancy Reagan | Illustration | Richard Amsel |
| 1985-6-29 | "The Best and Worst We Saw" | Photo montage | Mario Casilli; Ron Tom; Bob D'Amico |
| 1985-7-6 | Ted Danson, Shelley Long and George Wendt of Cheers | Photograph | Jim Shea |
| 1985-7-13 | Heather Thomas of The Fall Guy | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1985-7-20 | "TV's Hottest Soap Couples," featuring Kristina Malandro & Jack Wagner of General Hospital, Stephanie E. Williams & Phil Morris of The Young and the Restless and Kristian Alfonso & Peter Reckell of Days of Our Lives | Photo montage | Jim Britt |
| 1985-7-27 | Philip Michael Thomas and Don Johnson of Miami Vice | Illustration | Richard Amsel |
| 1985-8-3 | "Romance on the Set," featuring Catherine Hickland and David Hasselhoff | Word art-illustration | Gene Trindl photo |
| 1985-8-10 | Madonna from the video for Material Girl | Illustration | Bob Peak |
| 1985-8-17 | "Real Men and the Wimps on TV," featuring Bill Cosby, Tom Selleck, Bob Newhart, Lee Majors, Mr. T and Ted Danson | Illustration | Bruce Stark |
| 1985-8-24 | Lisa Hartman and Alec Baldwin of Knots Landing | Photograph | |
| 1985-8-31 | George Peppard and Mr. T of The A-Team | Illustration | Mark Hess |
| 1985-9-7 | Phylicia Ayers-Allen and Bill Cosby of The Cosby Show | Photograph | |
| 1985-9-14 | Fall Preview | Illustration | Michael Foreman |
| 1985-9-21 | Michael J. Fox of Family Ties | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1985-9-28- | Howard Cosell of ABC Sports with Frank Gifford, Don Meredith and O. J. Simpson | Photo montage & Illustration | Charles Santore (illustration of Howard Cosell) |
| 1985-10-5 | Cybill Shepherd and Don Johnson of The Long Hot Summer | Photograph | |
| 1985-10-12 | Victoria Principal of Dallas | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1985-10-19 | Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Bea Arthur of The Golden Girls | Photograph | Herb Ball |
| 1985-10-26 | News anchors Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings and Dan Rather | Illustration | Richard Amsel |
| 1985-11-2 | Patrick Swayze, Wendy Kilbourne, James Read and Lesley-Anne Down of North and South | Photograph | |
| 1985-11-9 | Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales | Photograph | Lord Snowdon |
| 1985-11-16 | Charlton Heston, Stephanie Beacham, Barbara Stanwyck, Emma Samms and John James of The Colbys | Photograph | |
| 1985-11-23 | Judith Light, Tony Danza and Katherine Helmond of Who's The Boss | Photograph | |
| 1985-11-30 | "Is Knots Landing now better than Dallas and Dynasty?" | Illustration | Bruce Stark |
| 1985-12-7 | Cybill Shepherd of Moonlighting | Photograph | |
| 1985-12-14 | Robert Blake of Hell Town | Photograph | |
| 1985-12-21 | Victor French and Michael Landon of Highway to Heaven | Illustration | Richard Williams |
| 1985-12-28 | John Rubinstein, Penny Peyser and Jack Warden of Crazy Like a Fox | Photograph | |

## 1986

| Issue date | Cover subject | Type of cover | Artist |
| 1986-1-4 | Connie Sellecca of Hotel | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1986-1-11 | Bruce Boxleitner and Kate Jackson of Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Illustration | John Solie |
| 1986-1-18 | John Larroquette, Harry Anderson and Markie Post of Night Court | Photograph | Tony Costa |
| 1986-1-25 | Joan Collins in Sins | Photograph | |
| 1986-2-1 | Maximilian Schell as Peter the Great | Illustration | Braldt Bralds |
| 1986-2-8 | Victoria Principal and Patrick Duffy of Dallas, Linda Evans and Rock Hudson of Dynasty and Lorenzo Lamas and Laura Johnson of Falcon Crest | Photo montage | |
| 1986-2-15 | Angela Lansbury of Murder, She Wrote | Photograph | |
| 1986-2-22 | Jane Seymour, Lee Horsley and Cheryl Ladd of Crossings | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1986-3-1 | Linda Evans of Dynasty | Photograph | |
| 1986-3-8 | Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas of Miami Vice | Photograph | |
| 1986-3-15 | Madolyn Smith of If Tomorrow Comes | Photo montage | |
| 1986-3-22 | Bill Cosby | Illustration | Braldt Bralds |
| 1986-3-29 | Sexual Harassment in Hollywood | Illustration | Ivan Chermayeff |
| 1986-4-5 | Justine Bateman, Tina Yothers and Michael J. Fox of Family Ties | Photograph | |
| 1986-4-12 | Alice Krige and Richard Chamberlain of Dream West | Photograph | |
| 1986-4-19 | The 10 Most Attractive Men on TV, Pierce Brosnan, Tom Selleck and Don Johnson | Photo montage | |
| 1986-4-26 | Jane Curtin and Susan Saint James of Kate & Allie | Photograph | |
| 1986-5-3 | Mark Harmon of The Deliberate Stranger, James Read and Patrick Swayze of North and South, Book II | Photo montage | |
| 1986-5-10 | Members of the cast of Cheers | Illustration | Bruce Stark |
| 1986-5-17 | Burt Lancaster of On Wings of Eagles | Illustration | Richard Hess |
| 1986-5-24 | Larry Hagman of Dallas | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1986-5-31 | Richard Dean Anderson of MacGyver | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1986-6-7 | The Most Talented Stars on TV: Bruce Willis, Sharon Gless, Michael J. Fox | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1986-6-14 | Emmanuel Lewis of Webster | Photograph | |
| 1986-6-21 | Teri Austin of Knots Landing | Photograph | Bernard Boudreau |
| 1986-6-28 | Ronald and Nancy Reagan discuss "What We've Learned About America from Our Years in the White House" | Photograph | |
| 1986-7-5 | The Goodwill Games | Illustration | Robert Giusti |
| 1986-7-12 | The Best and Worst We Saw | Photo montage | |
| 1986-7-19 | Robert Urich and Barbara Stock of Spenser: For Hire | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1986-7-26 | TV's Top Moneymakers: Bill Cosby, Richard Chamberlain, Linda Evans and John Forsythe | Illustration | Bruce Stark |
| 1986-8-2 | Shelley Long and Ted Danson of Cheers and Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd of Moonlighting | Photo montage | |
| 1986-8-9 | Alan Thicke, Joanna Kerns, Jeremy Miller, Tracey Gold and Kirk Cameron of Growing Pains | Photograph | |
| 1986-8-16 | Suzanne Somers | Photograph | |
| 1986-8-23 | Valerie Harper of Valerie | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 1986-8-30 | Patrick Duffy and Victoria Principal of Dallas | Illustration | Teresa Fasolino |
| 1986-9-6 | "Rites of Fall", featuring Susan Akin and Sharlene Wells of the Miss America pageant and the N.Y. Giants quarterback Phil Simms | Photo montage | |
| 1986-9-13 | Fall Preview (Special Issue) | Illustration | Milton Glaser |
| 1986-9-20 | George Washington: The Forging of a Nation | Illustration | Stan Smetkowski |
| 1986-9-27 | Bronson Pinchot and Mark Linn-Baker of Perfect Strangers | Photograph | |
| 1986-10-4 | Lucille Ball of Life With Lucy and Andy Griffith of Matlock | Photograph | |
| 1986-10-11 | Harry Hamlin, Jill Eikenberry and Corbin Bernsen of L.A. Law | Photograph | |
| 1986-10-18 | Michael J. Fox and Brian Bonsall of Family Ties | Photograph | |
| 1986-10-25 | Kim Novak of Falcon Crest | Photograph | |
| 1986-11-1 | Ken Howard and Jaclyn Smith of Rage of Angels: The Story Continues | Photograph | |
| 1986-11-8 | Joan Collins and George Hamilton in Monte Carlo | Photograph | |
| 1986-11-15 | Carol Burnett, Charles Grodin, Teri Garr, Valerie Mahaffey, Gregory Harrison, and Dabney Coleman of Fresno | Photograph | |
| 1986-11-22 | Farrah Fawcett of Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story | Photo montage | |
| 1986-11-29 | Tom Mason and Shelley Hack of Jack and Mike | Photograph | |
| 1986-12-6 | Delta Burke of Designing Women | Photograph | |
| 1986-12-13 | James Garner and James Woods in Promise | Photograph | |
| 1986-12-20 | Deidre Hall, Chad Allen, Wilford Brimley, Keri Houlihan and Shannen Doherty of Our House | Photograph | |
| 1986-12-27 | Heather Locklear of Dynasty | Photograph | |

## 1987

| Issue date | Cover subject | Type of cover | Artist |
| 1/3/1987 | Angela Lansbury of Murder, She Wrote | Illustration | C. Michael Dudash |
| 1/10/1987 | Ted Koppel of Nightline | Illustration | Bernie Fuchs |
| 1/17/1987 | Sherman Hemsley and Clifton Davis of Amen | Photograph | |
| 1/24/1987 | Nicollette Sheridan of Knots Landing | Photograph | |
| 1/31/1987 | Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur and Estelle Getty of The Golden Girls | Illustration | Ann Meisel |
| 2/7/1987 | Ann-Margret in The Two Mrs. Grenvilles | Photograph | |
| 2/14/1987 | Robert Urich and Kris Kristofferson of Amerika | Photo montage | |
| 2/21/1987 | Tom Selleck of Magnum P.I. with guest Frank Sinatra | Photograph | Gene Trindl |
| 2/28/1987 | Valerie Bertinelli in I'll Take Manhattan | | |
| 3/7/1987 | Michael J. Fox and Justine Bateman of Family Ties | Illustration | John Solie |
| 3/14/1987 | Victoria Principal of Dallas | Photograph | Peter Kredenser |
| 3/21/1987 | Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas of Miami Vice | Illustration | Ann Meisel |
| 3/28/1987 | Kirk Cameron of Growing Pains | Photograph | |
| 4/4/1987 | Susan Dey and Harry Hamlin of L.A. Law | Photograph | |
| 4/11/1987 | Bob Newhart, Tom Poston, Mary Frann, Tony Papenfuss, William Sanderson, John Volstad, Julia Duffy and Peter Scolari of Newhart | Illustration | Bruce Stark |
| 4/18/1987 | Tony Danza of Who's the Boss? | Photograph | Tony Costa |
| 4/25/1987 | Fred Dryer and Stepfanie Kramer of Hunter | Photograph | |
| 5/2/1987 | Members of the Cast of Cheers | Illustration | John Solie |
| 5/9/1987 | Rebecca Schaeffer and Pam Dawber of My Sister Sam | Photograph | |
| 5/16/1987 | Brian Robbins, Khrystyne Haje, Howard Hesseman, Robin Givens, Dan Frischman, Dan Schneider of Head of the Class | Photograph | |
| 5/23/1987 | Edward Woodward of The Equalizer | Illustration | Richard Hess |
| 5/30/1987 | Cybill Shepherd of Moonlighting | Phortograph | Mario Casilli |
| 6/6/1987 | Grading TV's Child Stars: Keshia Knight Pulliam, Jason Bateman, Jeremy Miller | Photo montage | Tony Costa (Jason Bateman & Jeremy Miller); Alan Singer (Keshia Knight Pulliam) |
| 6/13/1987 | Al Waxman and Sharon Gless of Cagney & Lacey | Photograph | |
| 6/20/1987 | Markie Post of Night Court | | |
| 6/27/1987 | The Best and Worst We Saw | | |
| 7/4/1987 | Barbara Walters with Angela Lansbury, Patrick Duffy and Betty White | | |
| 7/11/1987 | Tempestt Bledsoe and Malcolm-Jamal Warner of The Cosby Show | | |
| 7/18/1987 | Kate Jackson, Victoria Principal, Oprah Winfrey | Photograph | Peter Kredenser (Victoria Principal & Kate Jackson); Harrison Jones (Ophra Winfrey) |
| 7/25/1987 | Blair Brown of The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Photograph | Robert Phillips |
| 8/1/1987 | Melody Thomas Scott, Eric Braeden, Eileen Davidson of The Young and the Restless | Photograph | Bernard Boudreau |
| 8/8/1987 | "Is TV Sex Getting Bolder?" | Text | no credit |
| 8/15/1987 | ALF | Illustration | John Eggert |
| 8/22/1987 | A report on TV's involvement in opening up the Soviet Bloc | Illustration | John Berkey |
| 8/29/1987 | Sherman Hemsley and Anna Maria Horsford of Amen | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 9/5/1987 | Terri Garber of Dynasty | Photograph | |
| 9/12/1987 | Fall Preview (Special Issue) | Text Illustration | Byrd/Beserra Studios (David Edward Byrd & Julio Beserra) |
| 9/19/1987 | Brooke Shields | Photograph | |
| 9/26/1987 | Michael Tucker and Jill Eikenberry in Assault and Matrimony | Photograph | |
| 10/3/1987 | Victoria Principal in Mistress | | |
| 10/10/1987 | Michael J. Fox of Family Ties, Bob Newhart of Newhart, Joanna Kerns, Alan Thicke, Kirk Cameron of Growing Pains | Photo montage | Curt Gunther (Michael J. Fox); Tony Esparza (Bob Newhart); Fred Sabine (Alan Thicke, Kirk Cameron, Joanna Kerns) |
| 10/17/1987 | Dolly Parton of Dolly | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 10/24/1987 | Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd of Moonlighting | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 10/31/1987 | Courteney Cox and Michael J. Fox of Family Ties | Photograph | Tony Costa |
| 11/7/1987 | Jacqueline Bisset and Armand Assante in Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story | Photograph | Jim Globus |
| 11/14/1987 | Ted Danson and Kirstie Alley of Cheers | Photograph | Tony Costa |
| 11/21/1987 | Linda Gray, Kenny Rogers and Bruce Boxleitner in Gambler III | Photograph | |
| 11/28/1987 | David Birney and Meredith Baxter Birney in Long Journey Home | Photograph | Robert Isenberg |
| 12/5/1987 | Connie Sellecca in Downpayment on Murder | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 12/12/1987 | John Ritter and "Bijoux" of Hooperman | Photograph | Annie Leibovitz |
| 12/19/1987 | Keshia Knight Pulliam in The Little Match Girl | | |
| 12/26/1987 | Amanda Peterson, Trey Ames and Richard Kiley of A Year in the Life | Photograph | |

## 1988

| Issue date | Cover subject | Type of cover | Artist |
| 1/2/1988 | Jane Wyman, Dana Sparks, Margaret Ladd, Ana Alicia and Susan Sullivan of Falcon Crest | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 1/9/1988 | Emma Samms of Dynasty | Photograph | Tony Costa |
| 1/16/1988 | Sharon Gless and Tyne Daly of Cagney & Lacey | Illustration | David Edward Byrd |
| 1/23/1988 | "How We Feel About TV's Role in Campaign '88" | Illustration | George Giusti |
| 1/30/1988 | Priscilla Beaulieu Presley and Elvis Presley | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 2/6/1988 | Jaclyn Smith and Robert Wagner in Windmills of the Gods | Photograph | |
| 2/13/1988 | The 1988 Winter Olympics | Illustration | David Edward Byrd |
| 2/20/1988 | Pierce Brosnan and Deborah Raffin in James Clavell's Noble House | Illustration | Max Ginsburg |
| 2/27/1988 | Cheryl Ladd of Bluegrass | Photograph | Mike Fuller |
| 3/5/1988 | Oprah Winfrey of The Oprah Winfrey Show | Photograph | |
| 3/12/1988 | Is TV Getting Better or Worse? Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, Kirstie Alley and Ted Danson; ALF, Max Wright, Anne Schedeen and Benji Gregory; David Ogden Stiers, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit, Mike Farrell, Jamie Farr, Alan Alda and William Christopher | Photo montage | |
| 3/19/1988 | Philip Michael Thomas and Don Johnson of Miami Vice | Photograph | |
| 3/26/1988 | Sheree J. Wilson of Dallas | Photograph | Charles William Bush |
| 4/2/1988 | Kirk Cameron and Tracey Gold of Growing Pains | Illustration | Max Ginsburg |
| 4/9/1988 | Harry Hamlin of L.A. Law | Photograph | |
| 4/16/1988 | Tim Reid, Daphne Maxwell Reid of Frank's Place | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 4/23/1988 | Jason Bateman of Valerie's Family | Photograph | Tony Costa |
| 4/30/1988 | Dr. Ruth Westheimer with Beau Arthur, Betty White and Estelle Getty of The Golden Girls | Illustration | John Solie |
| 5/7/1988 | Richard Chamberlain and Jaclyn Smith in The Bourne Identity | Photograph | Sven Arnstein |
| 5/14/1988 | Lesley Stahl, Chris Wallace and Sam Donaldson | Photo montage | Donna Svennevik |
| 5/21/1988 | Princess Diana and Prince Charles | Illustration | David Edward Byrd |
| 5/28/1988 | Brian Bonsall and Michael J. Fox of Family Ties | Photograph | Bonnie Schiffman |
| 6/4/1988 | Stars and Strife at ABC Sports Carl Lewis and Donna de Varona, Howard Cosell and Al Michaels | Photo montage | Peter J. Sutton (Carl Lewis & Donna de Varona); Focus On Sports (Howard Coosell & Al Michaels) |
| 6/11/1988 | Mel Harris, Brittany Craven, and Ken Olin of thirtysomething | Photograph | Tony Costa |
| 6/18/1988 | The 1988 Network News All-Star Team: Peter Jennings, Tom Brokaw, Rita Braver, Bruce Morton, John McWethy | Illustration | John Solie |
| 6/25/1988 | The Best and Worst We Saw | Photo montage | |
| 7/2/1988 | Delta Burke, Annie Potts, Dixie Carter, Jean Smart of Designing Women | Photograph | Charles William Bush |
| 7/9/1988 | Brian Robbins, Khrystyne Haje, Howard Hesseman, Robin Givens, Dan Frischman, Dan Schneider of Head of the Class | Photograph | |
| 7/16/1988 | Kim Alexis and Nicollette Sheridan | Photograph | Francesco Scavullo |
| 7/23/1988 | "How TV is Shaking Up the American Family" | Illustration | Jean-Michel Folon |
| 7/30/1988 | Leann Hunley of Dynasty | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 8/6/1988 | Daytime Soaps: The Best and Brightest: Susan Lucci of All My Children, Peter Barton and Lauralee Bell of The Young and the Restless, Drake Hogestyn of Days of Our Lives, Tristan Rogers of General Hospital | Photo montage | Alice S. Hall (Drake Hogestyn); Ann Limoncello (Susan Lucci); Bob D'Amico (Tristan Rogers); Geraldine Overton (Lauralee Bell & Peter Barton) |
| 8/13/1988 | ALF | Photograph | |
| 8/20/1988 | Johnny Depp and Holly Robinson of 21 Jump Street | Photograph | |
| 8/27/1988 | Mariel Hemingway in Steal the Sky | Photograph | Bernard Boudreau |
| 9/3/1988 | The Best Thing You Can Do This Fall - A Survivor's Guide: Kaye Lani Rafko; Charlie Sheen in Platoon; Charlie Brown, Linus van Pelt, and Snoopy; Phoebe Mills | Photo montage | Ricky Francesco (Charlie Sheen); AP/World Wide Photos (Kaye Lani Rae Rafko); Focus On Sports (Phoebe Mills); United Features Syndicate (Charlie Brown) |
| 9/10/1988 | Kaye Lani Rafko as Miss America 1988 | Photograph | Charles William Bush |
| 9/17/1988 | Summer Olympics '88 | Illustration | Walt Spitzmiller |
| 9/24/1988 | Phylicia Rashad, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tempestt Bledsoe, Keshia Knight Pulliam, and Bill Cosby of The Cosby Show | Illustration | Richard Hess |
| 10/1/1988 | Fall Preview | Word art | Milton Glaser |
| 10/8/1988 | NBC Entertainment president Brandon Tartikoff with Maryam d'Abo of Something Is Out There, Judd Hirsch of Dear John, Gary Cole of Midnight Caller, and Kate Jackson of Baby Boom | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 10/15/1988 | Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon of the film Bull Durham | Illustration | Chris Notarile |
| 10/22/1988 | The AIDS Scare and TV | Illustration | |
| 10/29/1988 | Linda Kozlowski and Harry Hamlin of Favorite Son | Photograph | |
| 11/5/1988 | Election Day: Which Network You Should Watch | Illustration | Peter Max |
| 11/12/1988 | Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant, Robert Mitchum, Rhett Creighton, Jane Seymour in War and Remembrance | Illustration | Richard Hess |
| 11/19/1988 | "Remembering JFK... Our First TV President," featuring John F. Kennedy with Jacqueline, Caroline and John F. Kennedy Jr. | Photograph | Cecil Stoughton |
| 11/26/1988 | Muhammad Ali, Dudley Moore, Brooke Shields, Victoria Principal, Loretta Lynn, Jimmy Stewart and Barbara Walters of Barbara Walters Specials | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 12/3/1988 | Our Viewer Guide to the Holiday Specials: Rudolph and Friends; LeVar Burton and Louis Gossett Jr.; Michael Kim, Elizabeth Kandel, Donald Faison and Marlo Thomas | Photo montage | Rankin/Bass (Rudolph & Friends); Dean Williams (Louis Gossett Jr. & LeVar Burton); Lucille Khornak (Marlo Thomas, Donald Faison, Elizabeth Kandel, Michael Kim) |
| 12/10/1988 | Dinah Manoff, Kristy McNichol, Richard Mulligan and "Dreyfuss" of Empty Nest | | |
| 12/17/1988 | Stepfanie Kramer, Sheree J. Wilson, Shari Belafonte | Photograph | Mario Casilli |
| 12/24/1988 | Angela Lansbury of Murder, She Wrote | Illustration | David Edward Byrd |
| 12/31/1988 | Sandy Duncan and Jason Bateman of The Hogan Family | | |

## 1989

| Issue date | Cover subject | Type of cover | Artist |
| 1/7/1989 | "Our 8th Annual J. Fred Muggs Awards, featuring honorees Bryant Gumbel, Jane Fonda, and Geraldo Rivera | Photo montage | |
| 1/14/1989 | Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis of Moonlighting | Photograph | |
| 1/21/1989 | "Rock Stars on TV," featuring Elvis Presley, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, and Michael Jackson | Photo montage | |
| 1/28/1989 | John Goodman and Roseanne Barr of Roseanne | Illustration | |
| 2/4/1989 | "Get Ready for a Hot February," featuring Catherine Oxenberg, Burt Reynolds, Lisa Hartman, Billy Crystal, Robert Duvall and Diane Ladd | Photo montage | |
| 2/11/1989 | Larry Hagman of Dallas | Photo montage | |
| 2/18/1989 | "The Best Children's Shows on TV," featuring Mighty Mouse, ALF, Bill Cosby and Keshia Knight Pulliam, Big Bird, Pee-wee Herman and Garfield | Illustration | |
| 2/25/1989 | Victoria Principal of Naked Lies | Photograph | |
| 3/4/1989 | Vanna White of Wheel of Fortune | Photograph | |
| 3/11/1989 | "Stephen Birmingham's One-Upmanship Guide," featuring Ken Olin and Mel Harris of thirtysomething, Candice Bergen of Murphy Brown, and Corbin Bernsen of L.A. Law | Photo montage | |
| 3/18/1989 | Oprah Winfrey, Jackée and Robin Givens of The Women of Brewster Place | Photograph | |
| 3/25/1989 | "What TV Doesn't Tell You About The Oscars" | Photo montage | |
| 4/1/1989 | Susan Ruttan, Susan Dey, Jill Eikenberry and Michelle Greene of L.A. Law | Photo montage | |
| 4/8/1989 | "A Busy Person's Guide to TV: Getting the Most Out of Your Viewing," featuring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd of Moonlighting; Alex Trebek of Jeopardy!; Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes; and Dan Lauria, Alley Mills, Fred Savage, Olivia d'Abo, Jason Hervey of The Wonder Years | Montage | |
| 4/15/1989 | Joan Collins of Dynasty, breaking through a picture of John Forsythe | Photograph | |
| 4/22/1989 | Jason Bateman of The Hogan Family and Kirk Cameron of Growing Pains | | |
| 4/29/1989 | "May Sweeps: What's Hot," featuring Robert Mitchum and Victoria Tennant of War and Remembrance; Brigitte Nielsen of Murder by Moonlight; Holly Hunter and Ali Grant in Roe v. Wade; and David Keith as Lt. Col. Oliver North in Guts and Glory | Photo montage | |
| 5/6/1989 | "TV is 50 - Happy Birthday!" featuring John F. Kennedy, Jr.; Keshia Knight Pulliam and Bill Cosby; Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin; Carroll O'Connor; Harry Morgan, Mike Farrell and Alan Alda; Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball; Georgia Engel, Valerie Harper and Mary Tyler Moore | Photo montage | |
| 5/13/1989 | Tracy Scoggins of Dynasty | Photograph | |
| 5/20/1989 | Roseanne Barr of Roseanne | Photograph | |
| 5/27/1989 | Kirstie Alley and Ted Danson of Cheers | Illustration | John Solie |
| 6/3/1989 | Oprah Winfrey | Photograph | |
| 6/10/1989 | Fred Savage and Danica McKellar of The Wonder Years | Photograph | |
| 6/17/1989 | Donna Mills of Knots Landing | Photograph | |
| 6/24/1989 | "The Joys of Summer," featuring Tristan Rogers & Edie Lehmann of General Hospital and James DePaiva & Jessica Tuck of One Life to Live | Photo montage | |
| 7/1/1989 | "TV Favorites Go For It In Movies," featuring Virginia Madsen, Tom Selleck, Michael J. Fox and Don Harvey | Photo montage | |
| 7/8/1989 | "The Best and Worst We Saw: An Irreverent Look at the Past Season" | Photo montage | |
| 7/15/1989 | "The 1989 Network News All-Star Team," featuring Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings, Andrea Mitchell, and Lesley Stahl | Photo montage | |
| 7/22/1989 | "TV Stars to Watch — and Ignore — if You Want to Look Sharp," featuring Roseanne Barr and Nicollette Sheridan | Photo montage | |
| 7/29/1989 | David Faustino, Christina Applegate, Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal, and Buck the dog of Married... with Children | Photograph | |
| 8/5/1989 | "In Defense of Tabloid TV," featuring Phil Donahue, Geraldo Rivera, Maury Povich, and Oprah Winfrey | Photo montage | |
| 8/12/1989 | "TV's New News Queens," featuring Mary Alice Williams, Maria Shriver, Diane Sawyer, and Connie Chung | Photo montage | |
| 8/19/1989 | Crystal Gayle and Loretta Lynn | Photograph | |
| 8/26/1989 | Oprah Winfrey | | |
| 9/2/1989 | "Two Fall Classics," featuring Miss America 1989 Gretchen Carlson and NFL players Lawrence Taylor, Mark Rypien & Eric Dorsey | Photo montage | |
| 9/9/1989 | Fall Preview (Special Issue) | Text graphic | Jeffrey Lynch |
| 9/16/1989 | Roseanne Barr of Roseanne and Bill Cosby of The Cosby Show | Illustration | Chris Notarile |
| 9/23/1989 | "The 11 Stars You'd Better Keep an Eye On," featuring Kimberly Foster of Dallas, Khrystyne Haje of Head of the Class, and Richard Tyson of Hardball | Photo montage | |
| 9/30/1989 | Elizabeth Taylor and Mark Harmon of Sweet Bird of Youth | Photograph | |
| 10/7/1989 | Delta Burke of Designing Women and Gerald McRaney of Major Dad | Photograph | |
| 10/14/1989 | "Hot Choices This Week," featuring The World Series, Perry King and Chynna Phillips of Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer, and Faye Dunaway of Cold Sassy Tree | Photo montage | |
| 10/21/1989 | Jamie Lee Curtis of Anything But Love | Photograph | |
| 10/28/1989 | Lane Smith as Richard Nixon of The Final Days Inset: Richard Grieco of Booker | Photograph | |
| 11/4/1989 | "Knockout November," featuring Farrah Fawcett of Small Sacrifices, Valerie Bertinelli of Taken Away, and Michael Keaton of the film Batman | Photo montage | |
| 11/11/1989 | Richard Chamberlain of Island Son | Photograph | |
| 11/18/1989 | Courteney Cox and Barry Bostwick of Till We Meet Again | Photograph | |
| 11/25/1989 | Victoria Principal of Blind Witness | Photograph | |
| 12/2/1989 | "Viewer's Guide to the Holiday Specials," featuring Bob Hope, Natalie Wood and Edmund Gwenn of Miracle on 34th Street, Peanuts, Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett of Julie and Carol Together Again, and Kenny Rogers Jr. and Kenny Rogers of Christmas in America: A Love Story | Photo montage | |
| 12/9/1989 | "The 80s," featuring Vanna White, Don Johnson, Oprah Winfrey, Ted Koppel, Hulk Hogan, David Letterman, Bill Cosby, Joan Collins, ALF, Sam Donaldson, Ronald Reagan, Tom Selleck, Larry Hagman, Michael J. Fox, Photo by Peter Kredenser Dan Rather, and Roseanne Barr | Photo montage | ALF: Mario Casilli |
| 12/16/1989 | Neil Patrick Harris of Doogie Howser, M.D. Inset: Lucille Ball | Photograph | |
| 12/23/1989 | Candice Bergen of Murphy Brown Inset: Scott Bakula of Quantum Leap | Photograph | |
| 12/30/1989 | Julia Duffy of Newhart and Jean Smart of Designing Women with New Years babies Seib Blake and Lindsay Reece Inset: Susan Lucci of All My Children | Photograph | |

## 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, Massachusetts: 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