List of TV Guide covers (1990s)

This is a list of issue covers of TV Guide magazine from the decade of the 1990s, from January 1990 to December 1999. 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, and includes covers that are national or regional in nature, along with any covers that were available exclusively to subscribers. Any one-time-only special issues of TV Guide are not included.

1990

Issue dateCover subjectType of coverArtist1990-01-06Rock HudsonInset: "Zapped" featuring John Tesh, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Andrew Dice Clay, Cher, Roseanne Barr and Tom ArnoldPhotograph1990-01-13Roseanne Barr of Roseanne and Craig T. Nelson of CoachIllustrationJohn Solie1990-01-20"Dynamite Dozen: 12 Who Will Blaze Across The Decade", featuring Catherine Crier of CNN, Arsenio Hall of The Arsenio Hall Show, and Dana Delany of China BeachPhoto montageTony Costa1990-01-27"Super Bowl Spectacular" and Harrison Ford of Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeInset: Charlie Brown, Bugs Bunny, and Fred FlintstoneWord illustration/photograph1990-02-03"Oh, What A Week!" featuring Lesley Ann Warren of Family of Spies: The Walker Spy Ring; Anna Maria Horsford and Clifton Davis of Amen; Jennifer Grey of Murder in Mississippi; and Sammy Davis Jr., Goldie Hawn, Frank Sinatra, Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormé of Sammy Davis Jr's 60th Anniversary CelebrationPhoto montage1990-02-10"A Valentine Guide to TV Romance", featuring couples Michael Tucker & Jill Eikenberry, Maury Povich & Connie Chung, and Patricia Wettig & Ken OlinPhoto montage1990-02-17Michael St. Gerard as Elvis Presley of the TV series ElvisPhoto montage1990-02-24Space Shuttle Challenger; Brian Kerwin, Joe Morton, Julie Fulton, Richard Jenkins, Barry Bostwick, Karen Allen, & Keone Young of the film ChallengerPhoto montageChallenger photo by NASA; cast photo by Danny Field1990-03-03"Parent's Guide to Children's Television", featuring Fred Savage of The Wonder Years, characters from Muppet Babies, Babar the Elephant, Winnie the Pooh, Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, and Pee-wee Herman of Pee-wee's PlayhousePhoto montage1990-03-10Larry Drake, Susan Ruttan, Corbin Bernsen, Alan Rachins, Jimmy Smits, Richard A. Dysart, Michelle Greene, Michael Tucker, Susan Dey, Blair Underwood, Harry Hamlin, and Jill Eikenberry of L.A. LawInsets: Bob Newhart and Jane PauleyPhotograph1990-03-17Bart, Lisa, Maggie, Marge, and Homer of The SimpsonsInset: Timothy Busfield of ThirtysomethingIllustration1990-03-24"Oscar Night" preview, featuring host Billy CrystalInset: Paula ZahnPhotograph1990-03-31"Here's lookin' at you, America!" with Bob Saget of America's Funniest Home Videos pointing a video camera towards the readerPhotographTony Costa1990-04-07"Spring Fling!" featuring Valerie Bertinelli of Sydney; Michael Woods, Lloyd Bridges, Helen Slater, of Capital News; and Carol Burnett of Carol & CompanyPhoto montage1990-04-14"America's Top TV Critics Tell: What's In, What's Out"Illustration1990-04-21Arnold Schwarzenegger on the week of his directorial debut (on Tales from the Crypt)Photograph1990-04-28"May Sweeps", featuring Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal of HBO's Comic Relief '90; The Kentucky Derby; the television film The Beach Boys Story; and the video release of The Little MermaidPhoto montage1990-05-05Oprah Winfrey of Brewster PlacePhotograph1990-05-12Barbara Cameron with son Kirk and his Growing Pains castmate Joanna KernsPhotograph1990-05-19Carol Burnett of Carol & CompanyIllustrationAl Hirschfeld1990-05-26"TV Goes to the Movies", featuring Madonna in Dick Tracy, Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future Part III, and James Woods and Melanie Griffith in Women and Men: Stories of SeductionPhoto montage1990-06-02"Summer Shape-Up Special", featuring Barbara Crampton of The Young and the Restless and Steve Bond of Santa BarbaraPhotograph1990-06-09"America's New Love Affair with Cartoons", featuring Bart Simpson, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and The Little MermaidIllustration 1990-06-16Dana Delany of China BeachPhotographMario Casilli 1990-06-23"TV Person of the Year": Arsenio Hall of The Arsenio Hall ShowPhotographCharles William Bush1990-06-30"Your Summer TV Survival Guide", featuring Jose Canseco of the Oakland Athletics, Carey Lowell and Timothy Dalton of the film Licence to Kill, and Isabella Rossellini and John Lithgow of The Last ElephantPhoto montage1990-07-07"The Best and Worst We Saw", featuring the Newhart finale, the Energizer Bunny, Twin Peaks, Andrew Dice Clay, Baywatch, Prime Time Live, and Chicken SoupPhoto montage/illustration1990-07-14Sinbad, Dawnn Lewis, Jasmine Guy and Kadeem Hardison of A Different WorldPhotograph1990-07-21"TV's Top Teen Super Stars", featuring Malcolm-Jamal Warner of The Cosby Show, David Faustino of Married... with Children, Neil Patrick Harris of Doogie Howser, M.D., and Alyssa Milano of Who's the Boss?Photo montage1990-07-28"Guide to Home Video's High-Flying New Season", featuring Peter PanInset: Rue McClanahan of The Golden GirlsIllustration1990-08-04"Dressed to Thrill", featuring Candice Bergen of Murphy Brown, Nicollette Sheridan of Knots Landing, and Kirstie Alley of CheersPhoto montage1990-08-11"Special Report: TV, Sports and Money", featuring Michael Jordan, Joe Montana, and Bo JacksonIllustration1990-08-18Dixie Carter, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, and Annie Potts of Designing WomenIllustration1990-08-25"1990 Beauty Poll Results", featuring Nicollette Sheridan, Jaclyn Smith, and Dana DelanyPhoto montage1990-09-01"MTV: Why Women Now Rule Rock", featuring Madonna and Janet Jackson & Paula AbdulPhoto montage1990-09-08Sheryl Lee, Lara Flynn Boyle, and Peggy Lipton of Twin PeaksPhotograph1990-09-15Fall PreviewIllustrationMike Radencich1990-09-22"Fall Preview II" featuring Bill Cosby of The Cosby Show and (resting on Cosby's shoulder) Bart Simpson of The SimpsonsPhotograph1990-09-29"Fall Preview III: The Hot New Faces of Fall", featuring Lenny Clarke of Lenny, Will Smith of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and Laila Robins of Gabriel's FirePhotographMario Casilli1990-10-06"Fall Preview IV: What's Best... and What's Waiting in the Wings"IllustrationMichael D. Radencich1990-10-13"A High-School Report Card on the New Teen Shows", featuring Corin Nemec of Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Will Smith of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and Charlie Schlatter of Ferris BuellerInset: The film Pretty Woman (on the week of its home video release) and the 1990 World SeriesPhoto montage1990-10-20"The Best and Worst Dressed on TV", featuring Marge Simpson, Delta Burke, and Oprah WinfreyPhoto montage1990-10-27"Why We Go Batty for Horror on TV", featuring Ari Lehman, The Crypt-Keeper, Ben Cross, and Robert EnglundIllustration/photo montage1990-11-03"A November to Remember", featuring the cast of Cheers on the occasion of its 200th episodePhotograph1990-11-10Susan Lucci of All My ChildrenPhotograph1990-11-17Miss Piggy, Kermit, and Bert and Ernie with Muppets creator Jim HensonInset: Andy Griffith of MatlockPhotograph1990-11-24Linda Evans of I'll Take RomanceInset: Malcolm-Jamal Warner of The Cosby ShowPhotograph1990-12-01"Viewers' Guide to the Holidays", featuring Dolly Parton; Chevy Chase of the film Christmas Vacation; and Jasmine Guy and Kadeem Hardison of A Different World with guest Patti LaBellePhoto montage1990-12-08David Coulier with Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen of Full HousePhotograph1990-12-15Dixie Carter of Designing WomenPhotograph1990-12-22"How Hollywood Brings Our Comic-Book Heroes to Life", featuring Michael Keaton of the film Batman, John Wesley Shipp of the series The Flash, Warren Beatty of the film Dick TracyPhoto montage1990-12-29"New Year, New Season", featuring Charles Kimbrough, Candice Bergen, Joe Regalbuto, Robert Pastorelli, Faith Ford, Grant Shaud and Pat Corley of Murphy BrownPhotograph

1991