List of TV Guide covers (2020s)

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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).

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2020

Issue startIssue endCover subject [1] Cover type (credit)
1/6/2020 1/19/2020 Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan of Outlander Photograph
1/20/20202/2/2020 Patrick Stewart of Star Trek: Picard Photograph
2/3/20202/16/2020 Scott Bakula of NCIS: New Orleans Photograph
2/17/20203/1/2020 Laurie Metcalf, John Goodman, and Sara Gilbert of The Conners Photograph
3/2/20203/17/2020Spring PreviewPhoto montage
3/18/20203/29/2020 Milo Ventimiglia and Mandy Moore of This Is Us Photograph
3/30/20204/12/2020 Pauley Perrette of Broke Photograph
4/13/20204/26/2020 LL Cool J, Chris O’Donnell, and Linda Hunt (inset) of NCIS: Los Angeles Photograph
4/27/20205/10/2020 Catherine Bell and James Denton of Good Witch Photograph
5/11/20205/24/2020 Angela Bassett and Peter Krause of 9-1-1 Photograph
5/25/20206/7/2020 Steve Carell, John Malkovich, and Lisa Kudrow of Space Force Photograph
6/8/20206/21/2020 Matthew Rhys of Perry Mason Photograph
6/22/20207/5/2020 Mark Harmon of NCIS Photograph
7/6/20207/19/2020 Rocsi Diaz and The Miz of Cannonball Photograph
7/20/20208/2/2020 Valerie Bertinelli of Valerie's Home Cooking Photograph
8/3/20208/16/2020"Your Fan Favorites" issuePhoto Montage
8/17/20208/30/2020 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
8/31/20209/13/2020 2020 NFL season (2 issues)
*Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
*Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs
Photograph
9/14/20209/27/2020"Fall Sneak Peek" issuePhoto montage
9/28/202010/11/2020"The 68th Annual Fall Preview"Word art
10/12/202010/25/2020 Michael Weatherly of Bull Photograph
10/26/202011/8/2020 Mark Harmon and David McCallum of NCIS Photograph
11/9/202011/22/2020The cast of Supernatural on the occasion of the series' finale Illustration
11/23/202012/6/2020 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
12/7/202012/20/2020 Tom Selleck of Blue Bloods Photograph
12/21/20201/3/2021 Mayim Bialik of Call Me Kat [2] Photograph

2021

Issue startIssue endCover subject [3] Cover type (credit)
1/4/2021 1/17/2021 Holly Hunter and Ted Danson of Mr. Mayor Photograph
1/18/20211/31/2021 Jared Padalecki of Walker Photograph
2/1/20212/14/2021 Sam Heughan of Men in KiltsPhotograph
2/15/20212/28/2021 Chris McNally, Erin Krakow, and Kevin McGarry of When Calls the Heart Photograph
3/1/20213/14/2021 Jonathan Tucker and Riann Steele of Debris Photograph
3/15/20213/28/2021"TV's True Crime Craze!"Photo Montage
3/29/20214/11/2021 Christopher Meloni of Law & Order: Organized Crime Photograph
4/12/20214/25/2021"Secrets of WWE Legends"Photo Montage
4/26/20215/9/2021 Supergirl (2 covers)
*Melissa Benoist
*Benoist with Chyler Leigh
Photograph
5/10/20215/23/2021 Scott Bakula and Chelsea Field of NCIS: New Orleans , on the occasion of the series' finalePhotograph
5/24/20216/6/2021"Summer Preview," featuring Zooey Deschanel and Michael Bolton of The Celebrity Dating Game Photograph
6/7/20216/20/2021"Sci-Fi Spectacular," featuring Tom Hiddleston of Loki Photograph
6/21/20217/4/2021"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
7/5/20217/18/2021A preview of Discovery Channel's "Shark Week"Photograph
7/19/20218/1/2021A preview of the Tokyo Olympics, featuring Team USA athletes Simone Biles, Carli Lloyd, Caleb Dressel, and Allyson Felix Photo Montage
8/2/20158/15/2021 Meghan Ory, Robert Buckley, and Treat Williams of Chesapeake Shores Photograph
8/16/20218/29/2021"Fall Sneak Peek," featuring Vanessa Lachey of NCIS: Hawaii Photograph
8/30/20219/12/2021"Fall TV Preview," featuring Jorja Fox and William Petersen of CSI: Vegas Photograph
9/13/20219/26/2021"Returning Favorites" issue, featuring Mariska Hargitay of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Christopher Meloni of Law & Order: Organized Crime Photo Montage
9/27/202110/10/2021 The Sopranos star James Gandolfini and, in inset, Michael Gandolfini of Sopranos prequel film The Many Saints of Newark Photograph
10/11/202110/24/2021 Kate Walsh, on the occasion of her return to Grey's Anatomy Photograph
10/25/202111/7/2021 Barry Watson and Jill Scott of Lifetime's Highway to Heaven movie reboot (original Highway star Michael Landon appears in an inset)Photograph
11/8/202111/21/2021"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
11/22/202112/5/2021*Michael C. Hall of Dexter: New Blood
*The Beatles of the documentary Get Back (flipside bonus cover)
Hall: Photograph
Beatles: Photo Montage
12/6/202112/19/2021"Lifetime's Christmas Gift," featuring Melissa Joan Hart, Mario Lopez, and Jana Kramer Photo Montage
12/20/20211/2/2022 Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen of The Book of Boba Fett Photograph

2022

Issue startIssue endCover subject [4] Cover type (credit)
1/3/2022 1/16/2022 Cole Hauser and Kelly Reilly of Yellowstone Photograph
1/17/20221/30/2022"2022 Preview: The Shows We Can't Wait to See"Photo Montage
1/31/20222/13/2022A tribute to Bob Saget Photograph
2/14/20222/27/2022 Camryn Manheim, Sam Waterston, and Anthony Anderson of the revived Law & Order Photograph
2/28/20223/13/2022 Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan of Outlander Photograph
3/14/20223/27/2022 Tom Selleck, Bridget Moynahan, Donnie Wahlberg, and Will Estes of Blue Bloods Photograph
3/28/20224/10/2022 Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross of Black-ish Photograph
4/11/20224/24/2022"The Hot List," featuring Alan Ritchson of Reacher Photograph
4/25/20225/8/2022 Ken Jennings of Jeopardy! Photograph
5/9/20225/22/2022 Katrina Law, Sean Murray, Gary Cole, and Wilmer Valderrama of NCIS Photograph
5/23/20226/12/2022 Jensen Ackles of The Boys (TV Guide's first three-week "triple issue")Photograph
6/13/20227/3/2022 Kelly Reilly and, in insets, Kevin Costner and Cole Hauser of Yellowstone Photograph
7/4/20227/24/2022"First Look at Fall TV," featuring Sylvester Stallone of Tulsa King Photograph
7/25/20228/14/2022"Summer TV How-To Guide"
Inset: "24 Hours of Elvis Presley on TCM"
Photograph
8/15/20228/28/2022 Matt Smith of House of the Dragon Photograph
8/29/20229/11/2022"70th Annual Fall Preview," featuring Ismael Cruz Córdova, Morfydd Clark, and Robert Aramayo of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Photograph
9/12/20229/25/2022Caitlin Bassett, Raymond Lee, and Ernie Hudson of Quantum Leap Photograph
9/26/202210/9/2022 Tom Selleck and Bridget Moynahan of Blue Bloods Photograph
10/10/202210/23/202Actors Meg Donnelly & Drake Rodger and (in inset) executive producer Jensen Ackles of The Winchesters Photograph
10/24/202211/6/2022 Brandon Scott Jones, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Rose McIver, and Rebecca Wisocky of Ghosts Photograph
11/7/202211/20/2022 Wes Bentley, Kevin Costner, and Kelly Reilly of Yellowstone Photograph
11/21/202212/4/2022"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
12/5/202212/18/2022 Kirsten Vangsness, Joe Mantegna, and A. J. Cook of Criminal Minds: Evolution Photograph
12/19/20221/1/2023 John Krasinski of Jack Ryan Photograph

2023

Issue startIssue endCover subject [5] Cover type (credit)
1/2/2023 1/15/2023 Reba McEntire of Big Sky Photograph
1/16/20231/29/2023 John Larroquette and Melissa Rauch of Night Court Photograph
1/30/20232/12/2023 Max Thieriot and (in inset) Jordan Calloway and Stephanie Arcila of Fire Country Photograph
2/13/20232/26/2023 Perdita Weeks and Jay Hernandez of Magnum P.I. Photograph
2/27/20233/12/2023The cast of NCIS Photo montage
3/13/20233/26/2023 Beau Mirchoff, Nancy Travis, and Tiera Skovbye of RidePhotograph
3/27/20234/9/2023The 60th anniversary of General Hospital Photo montage
4/10/20234/23/2023 Donnie Wahlberg of Blue Bloods Photograph
4/24/20235/7/2023 Troy Gentile, Sam Lerner, Hayley Orrantia, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Sean Giambrone, and Bentley the dog of The Goldbergs Photograph
5/8/20235/21/2023The cast of NCIS: Los Angeles Photo montage
5/22/20236/11/2023 Sadie Stanley and Lexi Underwood of Cruel Summer Photograph
6/12/20237/2/2023 Sam Heughan and Caitríona Balfe of Outlander Photograph
7/3/20237/23/2023 Timothy Olyphant of Justified: City Primeval Photograph
7/24/20238/13/2023 Jonathan Roumie of The Chosen Photograph
8/14/20239/3/2023 Elvis Presley, subject of the Paramount+ documentary Reinventing Elvis: The '68 ComebackPhotograph
9/4/20239/24/2023"Fall Preview," featuring Jesse L. Martin of The IrrationalPhotograph
9/25/202310/15/2023Gerry Turner of The Golden Bachelor Photograph
10/16/202311/5/2023 Kelsey Grammer of Frasier Photograph
11/6/202311/26/2023 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
11/27/202312/17/2023Olivia Swann and Todd Lasance of NCIS: Sydney Photograph
12/18/20231/7/2024 Abigail Spencer, Jon Cryer, and Donald Faison of Extended Family Photograph

2024

Issue startIssue endCover subject [6] Cover type (credit)
1/8/2024 1/28/2024 Sam Heughan of Outlander and The Couple Next Door Photograph
1/29/20242/18/2024 Tom Selleck and Will Estes of Blue Bloods Photograph
2/19/20243/10/2024 Hiroyuki Sanada of Shōgun Photograph
3/11/20243/31/2024 Tony Goldwyn of Law & Order Photograph
4/1/20244/21/2024 Giancarlo Esposito of Parish Photograph

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