List of TV Guide covers (2020s)

The following is a list of issue covers of TV Guide magazine from the decade of the 2020s, with dates from January 2020 to the present day. This list reflects only the regular bi-weekly issues of TV Guide (no one-time special issues). The entries on this table include each cover's subjects and their artists (photographer or illustrator).

2020

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Issue start Issue end Cover subject[1] Cover type (credit)
1/6/2020 1/19/2020 Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan of Outlander Photograph
1/20/2020 2/2/2020 Patrick Stewart of Star Trek: Picard Photograph
2/3/2020 2/16/2020 Scott Bakula of NCIS: New Orleans Photograph
2/17/2020 3/1/2020 Laurie Metcalf, John Goodman, and Sara Gilbert of The Conners Photograph
3/2/2020 3/17/2020 Spring Preview Photo montage
3/18/2020 3/29/2020 Milo Ventimiglia and Mandy Moore of This Is Us Photograph
3/30/2020 4/12/2020 Pauley Perrette of Broke Photograph
4/13/2020 4/26/2020 LL Cool J, Chris O’Donnell, and Linda Hunt (inset) of NCIS: Los Angeles Photograph
4/27/2020 5/10/2020 Catherine Bell and James Denton of Good Witch Photograph
5/11/2020 5/24/2020 Angela Bassett and Peter Krause of 9-1-1 Photograph
5/25/2020 6/7/2020 Steve Carell, John Malkovich, and Lisa Kudrow of Space Force Photograph
6/8/2020 6/21/2020 Matthew Rhys of Perry Mason Photograph
6/22/2020 7/5/2020 Mark Harmon of NCIS Photograph
7/6/2020 7/19/2020 Rocsi Diaz and The Miz of Cannonball Photograph
7/20/2020 8/2/2020 Valerie Bertinelli of Valerie's Home Cooking Photograph
8/3/2020 8/16/2020 "Your Fan Favorites" issue Photo Montage
8/17/2020 8/30/2020 Soap operas return to production (4 issues)
*Denise Richards, Thorsten Kaye, and Katherine Kelly Lang of The Bold and the Beautiful
*Deidre Hall and Drake Hogestyn of Days of Our Lives
*Maurice Benard and Laura Wright of General Hospital
*Eric Braeden and Melody Thomas Scott of The Young and the Restless
Photograph
8/31/2020 9/13/2020 2020 NFL season (2 issues)
*Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
*Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs
Photograph
9/14/2020 9/27/2020 "Fall Sneak Peek" issue Photo montage
9/28/2020 10/11/2020 "The 68th Annual Fall Preview" Word art
10/12/2020 10/25/2020 Michael Weatherly of Bull Photograph
10/26/2020 11/8/2020 Mark Harmon and David McCallum of NCIS Photograph
11/9/2020 11/22/2020 The cast of Supernatural on the occasion of the series' finale Illustration
11/23/2020 12/6/2020 Hallmark Channel's "Countdown to Christmas 2020" (4 covers)
*Ana Ayora and Robert Buckley of The Christmas House
*Lacey Chabert and Will Kemp of The Christmas Waltz
*Adrian Holmes and Holly Robinson Peete of The Christmas Doctor
*Tamera Mowry-Housley and Michael Xavier of Christmas Comes Twice
Photograph
12/7/2020 12/20/2020 Tom Selleck of Blue Bloods Photograph
12/21/2020 1/3/2021 Mayim Bialik of Call Me Kat[2] Photograph

2021

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Issue start Issue end Cover subject[3] Cover type (credit)
1/4/2021 1/17/2021 Holly Hunter and Ted Danson of Mr. Mayor Photograph
1/18/2021 1/31/2021 Jared Padalecki of Walker Photograph
2/1/2021 2/14/2021 Sam Heughan of Men in Kilts Photograph
2/15/2021 2/28/2021 Chris McNally, Erin Krakow, and Kevin McGarry of When Calls the Heart Photograph
3/1/2021 3/14/2021 Jonathan Tucker and Riann Steele of Debris Photograph
3/15/2021 3/28/2021 "TV's True Crime Craze!" Photo Montage
3/29/2021 4/11/2021 Christopher Meloni of Law & Order: Organized Crime Photograph
4/12/2021 4/25/2021 "Secrets of WWE Legends" Photo Montage
4/26/2021 5/9/2021 Supergirl (2 covers)
*Melissa Benoist
*Benoist with Chyler Leigh
Photograph
5/10/2021 5/23/2021 Scott Bakula and Chelsea Field of NCIS: New Orleans, on the occasion of the series' finale Photograph
5/24/2021 6/6/2021 "Summer Preview," featuring Zooey Deschanel and Michael Bolton of The Celebrity Dating Game Photograph
6/7/2021 6/20/2021 "Sci-Fi Spectacular," featuring Tom Hiddleston of Loki Photograph
6/21/2021 7/4/2021 "First Look at Fall TV," featuring Mariska Hargitay of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Mark Harmon of NCIS, Missy Peregrym of FBI, and William Petersen of CSI: Vegas Photo Montage
7/5/2021 7/18/2021 A preview of Discovery Channel's "Shark Week" Photograph
7/19/2021 8/1/2021 A preview of the Tokyo Olympics, featuring Team USA athletes Simone Biles, Carli Lloyd, Caeleb Dressel, and Allyson Felix Photo Montage
8/2/2015 8/15/2021 Meghan Ory, Robert Buckley, and Treat Williams of Chesapeake Shores Photograph
8/16/2021 8/29/2021 "Fall Sneak Peek," featuring Vanessa Lachey of NCIS: Hawaii Photograph
8/30/2021 9/12/2021 "Fall TV Preview," featuring Jorja Fox and William Petersen of CSI: Vegas Photograph
9/13/2021 9/26/2021 "Returning Favorites" issue, featuring Mariska Hargitay of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Christopher Meloni of Law & Order: Organized Crime Photo Montage
9/27/2021 10/10/2021 The Sopranos star James Gandolfini and, in inset, Michael Gandolfini of Sopranos prequel film The Many Saints of Newark Photograph
10/11/2021 10/24/2021 Kate Walsh, on the occasion of her return to Grey's Anatomy Photograph
10/25/2021 11/7/2021 Barry Watson and Jill Scott of Lifetime's Highway to Heaven movie reboot (original Highway star Michael Landon appears in an inset) Photograph
11/8/2021 11/21/2021 "Hallmark Kicks Off the Holidays" (3 covers)
*Will Adams and Olivia Washington of A Holiday in Harlem
*Teri Hatcher and James Denton of A Kiss Before Christmas
*Jordin Sparks and Michael Xavier of A Christmas Treasure
Photograph
11/22/2021 12/5/2021 *Michael C. Hall of Dexter: New Blood
*The Beatles of the documentary Get Back (flipside bonus cover)
Hall: Photograph
Beatles: Photo Montage
12/6/2021 12/19/2021 "Lifetime's Christmas Gift," featuring Melissa Joan Hart, Mario Lopez, and Jana Kramer Photo Montage
12/20/2021 1/2/2022 Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen of The Book of Boba Fett Photograph

2022

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Issue start Issue end Cover subject[4] Cover type (credit)
1/3/2022 1/16/2022 Cole Hauser and Kelly Reilly of Yellowstone Photograph
1/17/2022 1/30/2022 "2022 Preview: The Shows We Can't Wait to See" Photo Montage
1/31/2022 2/13/2022 A tribute to Bob Saget Photograph
2/14/2022 2/27/2022 Camryn Manheim, Sam Waterston, and Anthony Anderson of the revived Law & Order Photograph
2/28/2022 3/13/2022 Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan of Outlander Photograph
3/14/2022 3/27/2022 Tom Selleck, Bridget Moynahan, Donnie Wahlberg, and Will Estes of Blue Bloods Photograph
3/28/2022 4/10/2022 Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross of Black-ish Photograph
4/11/2022 4/24/2022 "The Hot List," featuring Alan Ritchson of Reacher Photograph
4/25/2022 5/8/2022 Ken Jennings of Jeopardy! Photograph
5/9/2022 5/22/2022 Katrina Law, Sean Murray, Gary Cole, and Wilmer Valderrama of NCIS Photograph
5/23/2022 6/12/2022 Jensen Ackles of The Boys (TV Guide's first three-week "triple issue") Photograph
6/13/2022 7/3/2022 Kelly Reilly and, in insets, Kevin Costner and Cole Hauser of Yellowstone Photograph
7/4/2022 7/24/2022 "First Look at Fall TV," featuring Sylvester Stallone of Tulsa King Photograph
7/25/2022 8/14/2022 "Summer TV How-To Guide"
Inset: "24 Hours of Elvis Presley on TCM"
Photograph
8/15/2022 8/28/2022 Matt Smith of House of the Dragon Photograph
8/29/2022 9/11/2022 "70th Annual Fall Preview," featuring Ismael Cruz Córdova, Morfydd Clark, and Robert Aramayo of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Photograph
9/12/2022 9/25/2022 Caitlin Bassett, Raymond Lee, and Ernie Hudson of Quantum Leap Photograph
9/26/2022 10/9/2022 Tom Selleck and Bridget Moynahan of Blue Bloods Photograph
10/10/2022 10/23/202 Actors Meg Donnelly & Drake Rodger and (in inset) executive producer Jensen Ackles of The Winchesters Photograph
10/24/2022 11/6/2022 Brandon Scott Jones, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Rose McIver, and Rebecca Wisocky of Ghosts Photograph
11/7/2022 11/20/2022 Wes Bentley, Kevin Costner, and Kelly Reilly of Yellowstone Photograph
11/21/2022 12/4/2022 "Holiday Preview," spotlighting Hallmark Channel's newest seasonal films (4 covers)
*Lacey Chabert and Wes Brown of Haul Out the Holly
*Shannon Chan-Kent and Shannon Kook of A Big Fat Family Christmas
*Nikki DeLoach and Brennan Elliott of The Gift of Peace
*Nadine Ellis, B. J. Britt, and Tamala Jones of The Holiday Stocking
Photograph
12/5/2022 12/18/2022 Kirsten Vangsness, Joe Mantegna, and A. J. Cook of Criminal Minds: Evolution Photograph
12/19/2022 1/1/2023 John Krasinski of Jack Ryan Photograph

2023

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Issue start Issue end Cover subject[5] Cover type (credit)
1/2/2023 1/15/2023 Reba McEntire of Big Sky Photograph
1/16/2023 1/29/2023 John Larroquette and Melissa Rauch of Night Court Photograph
1/30/2023 2/12/2023 Max Thieriot and (in inset) Jordan Calloway and Stephanie Arcila of Fire Country Photograph
2/13/2023 2/26/2023 Perdita Weeks and Jay Hernandez of Magnum P.I. Photograph
2/27/2023 3/12/2023 The cast of NCIS Photo montage
3/13/2023 3/26/2023 Beau Mirchoff, Nancy Travis, and Tiera Skovbye of Ride Photograph
3/27/2023 4/9/2023 The 60th anniversary of General Hospital Photo montage
4/10/2023 4/23/2023 Donnie Wahlberg of Blue Bloods Photograph
4/24/2023 5/7/2023 Troy Gentile, Sam Lerner, Hayley Orrantia, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Sean Giambrone, and Bentley the dog of The Goldbergs Photograph
5/8/2023 5/21/2023 The cast of NCIS: Los Angeles Photo montage
5/22/2023 6/11/2023 Sadie Stanley and Lexi Underwood of Cruel Summer Photograph
6/12/2023 7/2/2023 Sam Heughan and Caitríona Balfe of Outlander Photograph
7/3/2023 7/23/2023 Timothy Olyphant of Justified: City Primeval Photograph
7/24/2023 8/13/2023 Jonathan Roumie of The Chosen Photograph
8/14/2023 9/3/2023 Elvis Presley, subject of the Paramount+ documentary Reinventing Elvis: The '68 Comeback Photograph
9/4/2023 9/24/2023 "Fall Preview," featuring Jesse L. Martin of The Irrational Photograph
9/25/2023 10/15/2023 Gerry Turner of The Golden Bachelor Photograph
10/16/2023 11/5/2023 Kelsey Grammer of Frasier Photograph
11/6/2023 11/26/2023 Hallmark Channel's holiday film preview (4 covers)
*Lacey Chabert and Scott Wolf of A Merry Scottish Christmas
*Aias Dalman, Lucas Bryant, and Nikki DeLoach of A World Record Christmas
*Richard Harmon, Krystal Joy Brown, Juan Riedinger, and Tina Lifford of Heaven Down Here
*Kristoffer Polaha and Bethany Joy Lenz of A Biltmore Christmas
Photograph
11/27/2023 12/17/2023 Olivia Swann and Todd Lasance of NCIS: Sydney Photograph
12/18/2023 1/7/2024 Abigail Spencer, Jon Cryer, and Donald Faison of Extended Family Photograph

2024

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Issue start Issue end Cover subject[6] Cover type (credit)
1/8/2024 1/28/2024 Sam Heughan of Outlander and The Couple Next Door Photograph
1/29/2024 2/18/2024 Tom Selleck and Will Estes of Blue Bloods Photograph
2/19/2024 3/10/2024 Hiroyuki Sanada of Shōgun Photograph
3/11/2024 3/31/2024 Tony Goldwyn of Law & Order Photograph
4/1/2024 4/21/2024 Giancarlo Esposito of Parish Photograph
4/22/2024 5/12/2024 Justin Hartley of Tracker Photograph
5/13/2024 6/2/2024 Iain Armitage of Young Sheldon Photograph
6/3/2024 6/23/2024 Pat Sajak of Wheel of Fortune Photograph
6/24/2024 7/14/2024 "First Look at Fall TV," featuring Kaitlin Olson of High Potential Photograph
7/15/2024 8/4/2024 Bugs Bunny, on the occasion of a MeTV Toons special celebrating the Warner Bros. character's 84th birthday[7] Illustration
8/5/2024 8/25/2024 Adam Demos, Arielle Kebbel, Kekoa Kekumano of Rescue: HI-Surf Photograph
8/26/2024 9/15/2024 "Fall Preview," featuring Don Johnson and Joshua Jackson of Doctor Odyssey Photograph
9/16/2024 10/6/2024 "Returning Favorites" issue, featuring Joan Vassos of The Golden Bachelorette Photograph
10/7/2024 10/27/2024 The final episodes of Blue Bloods (4 covers)
*Will Estes and Vanessa Ray
*Bridget Moynahan
*Tom Selleck and Len Cariou
*Donnie Wahlberg and Marisa Ramirez
Photograph
10/28/2024 11/17/2024 Allison Tolman, David Alan Grier, and Wendi McLendon-Covey of St. Denis Medical Photograph

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