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, Caeleb 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
4/22/20245/12/2024 Justin Hartley of Tracker Photograph
5/13/20246/2/2024 Iain Armitage of Young Sheldon Photograph
6/3/20246/23/2024 Pat Sajak of Wheel of Fortune Photograph
6/24/20247/14/2024"First Look at Fall TV," featuring Kaitlin Olson of High PotentialPhotograph
7/15/20248/4/2024 Bugs Bunny, on the occasion of a MeTV Toons special celebrating the Warner Bros. character's 84th birthday [7] Illustration
8/5/20248/25/2024 Adam Demos, Arielle Kebbel, Kekoa Kekumano of Rescue: HI-Surf Photograph
8/26/20249/15/2024"Fall Preview," featuring Don Johnson and Joshua Jackson of Doctor Odyssey Photograph
9/16/202410/6/2024"Returning Favorites" issue, featuring Joan Vassos of The Golden Bachelorette Photograph
10/7/202410/27/2024The 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
10/28/202411/17/2024 Allison Tolman, David Alan Grier, and Wendi McLendon-Covey of St. Denis Medical Photograph
11/18/202412/8/2024 Hallmark Channel's Christmas films (4 covers)
*Paul Campbell, Andrew Walker, Miles Marthaller, and Tyler Hynes of Three Wiser Men and a Boy
*Hynes and Hunter King of Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story
*Ser'Darius Blain and Sara Canning of Christmas on Call
*Maggie Lawson and Janel Parrish of Sugarplummed
Photograph
12/9/202412/29/2024 Caitríona Balfe and Sam Heughan of Outlander Photograph
12/30/20241/19/2025 Tim Allen and Kat Dennings of Shifting Gears Photograph

2025

Issue startIssue endCover subject [8] Cover type (credit)
1/20/2025 2/9/2025"Winter Preview," featuring Melissa Roxburgh of The Hunting Party Photograph
2/10/20253/2/2025 Josh McDermitt, Lex Scott Davis, Stephen Amell, and Bryan Greenberg of Suits LA Photograph
3/3/20253/23/2025 Ryan Seacrest, Carrie Underwood, Lionel Richie, and Luke Bryan of American Idol
Asif Ali, Poorna Jagannathan, and Saagar Shaikh of Deli Boys (streaming flipside cover)
Photograph
3/24/20254/13/2025 Madison Lintz, Titus Welliver, and Mimi Rogers of Bosch
Matt Bomer, Nathan Lane, Nathan Lee Graham, and the late Linda Lavin of Mid-Century Modern (streaming flipside cover)
Photograph
4/14/20255/4/2025 Sheryl Lee Ralph and Quinta Brunson of Abbott Elementary
Christopher Meloni of Law & Order: Organized Crime (streaming flipside cover)
Photograph
5/5/20255/25/2025"Nostalgia TV" issue, featuring Ronny Howard and Andy Griffith of The Andy Griffith Show on MeTV
Josh Holloway and Rachel Hilson of Duster (streaming flipside cover)
Photograph
5/26/20256/15/2025 Sofía Vergara, Terry Crews, Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel, and Mel B of America's Got Talent
Jeffrey Dean Morgan of Destination X (flipside cover)
Photograph
6/16/20257/6/2025 Gordon Ramsay of Gordon Ramsay's Secret Service
Jessica Camacho and Jensen Ackles of Countdown (streaming flipside cover)
Photograph
7/7/20257/27/2025"Let the Games Begin!" featuring hosts Martin Short of Match Game and, in insets, Steve Harvey of Celebrity Family Feud and Elizabeth Banks of Press Your Luck
Ernest Kinglsey, Jr. and Sterling K. Brown of Washington Black (streaming flipside cover)
Photograph
7/28/20258/17/2025 Cote de Pablo and Michael Weatherly of NCIS: Tony & Ziva
Alicia Silverstone of Irish Blood (streaming flipside cover)
Photograph

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