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

1981

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

1982

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

1983

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

1984

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

1985

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

1986

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

External links

• TV Guide cover archive: 1980s