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This is a list of issue covers of TV Guide magazine from the decade of the 1970s, from January 1970 to December 1979. 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.
Issue date
Cover subject
Type of cover
Artist
1/3/1970
"Here Come the 70s: How They Will Change the Way You Live"
Photograph
1/10/1970
Fred MacMurray & Beverly Garland of My Three Sons
Photograph
1/17/1970
The cast of Ironside
Photo montage
1/24/1970
Tom Jones of This is Tom Jones
Photo montage
Roger Prigent
1/31/1970
Debbie Reynolds of The Debbie Reynolds Show
Photograph
2/7/1970
Elizabeth Montgomery & Dick Sargent of Bewitched
Illustration
Bob Peak
2/14/1970
Karen Jensen, Laraine Stephens & Linda Harrison of Bracken's World
Photograph
2/21/1970
James Daly & Chad Everett of Medical Center
Photograph
2/28/1970
Clarence Williams III , Michael Cole & Peggy Lipton of The Mod Squad
Photograph
3/7/1970
The Cast of Hee Haw
Photo montage
3/14/1970
Diahann Carroll of Julia
Photograph
3/21/1970
Jackie Gleason of The Jackie Gleason Show
Photograph
Philippe Halsman
3/28/1970
The cast of Laugh-In
Illustration
Jack Davis
4/4/1970
The cast of The Brady Bunch
Photograph
Gene Trindl
4/11/1970
Carol Burnett of The Carol Burnett Show
Illustration
Al Hirschfeld
4/18/1970
Burl Ives , James Farentino & Joseph Campanella of The Bold Ones
Photograph
4/25/1970
Raquel Welch & John Wayne of Raquel!
Photograph
5/2/1970
Glen Campbell of The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Illustration
5/9/1970
David Frost
Photograph
5/16/1970
Vice President Spiro Agnew
Illustration
Norman Rockwell
5/23/1970
Mike Wallace , Tricia Nixon & Harry Reasoner
Photograph
5/30/1970
Julie Sommars of The Governor and J.J.
Photograph
6/6/1970
Robert Young of Marcus Welby, M.D.
Photograph
6/13/1970
Johnny Cash of The Johnny Cash Show
Illustration
6/20/1970
Susan Neher , Joyce Menges , John Forsythe & Melanie Fullerton of To Rome With Love
Photograph
6/27/1970
Liza Minnelli
Photograph
7/4/1970
Miyoshi Umeki , Brandon Cruz & Bill Bixby of The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Photograph
7/11/1970
The cast of The Beverly Hillbillies
Illustration
Raymond Ameijide
7/18/1970
The Golddiggers
Photograph
7/25/1970
The cast of Mayberry, R.F.D.
Photograph
8/1/1970
Chet Huntley
Illustration
8/8/1970
Ted Bessell & Marlo Thomas of That Girl
Photograph
8/15/1970
Johnny Carson
Illustration
Norman Rockwell (1968 painting)
8/22/1970
Ken Curtis , Milburn Stone , James Arness & Amanda Blake of Gunsmoke
Illustration
Jack Davis
8/29/1970
Eddie Albert of Green Acres
Photograph
9/5/1970
Richard Burton , Lucille Ball & Elizabeth Taylor on the set of Here's Lucy
Photograph
9/12/1970
Fall Preview
Word art
9/19/1970
Mary Tyler Moore of The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Photograph
9/26/1970
The cast of Room 222
Photograph
Ivan Nagy / Camera 5
10/3/1970
Red Skelton of The Red Skelton Show
Illustration
10/10/1970
Herschel Bernardi of Arnie
Photograph
10/17/1970
The cast of The Partridge Family
Photograph
10/24/1970
Don Knotts of The Don Knotts Show
Photograph
10/31/1970
Mike Connors of Mannix
Photograph
Gene Trindl
11/7/1970
Renne Jarrett , John Fink & Celeste Holm of Nancy
Photograph
11/14/1970
Christopher George of The Immortal
Photograph
11/21/1970
Sally Marr, actress/model and subject of the report "What It Takes to Be a Starlet in the 70s"
Photograph
11/28/1970
John Wayne and various guests of the special Sing Out, Sweet Land
Photo montage
12/5/1970
Dick Cavett of The Dick Cavett Show
Illustration
12/12/1970
Ed Sullivan & The Muppets
Photograph
12/19/1970
Christmas
Photo montage
12/26/1970
Diahann Carroll & Fred Williamson of Julia
Photograph
Issue date
Cover subject
Type of cover
Artist
1/2/1971
"Remember 1970?"
Photo montage
1/9/1971
Andy Griffith of The New Andy Griffith Show
Photograph
1/16/1971
Johnny Cash & June Carter of The Johnny Cash Show
Photograph
1/23/1971
Flip Wilson of The Flip Wilson Show
Illustration
1/30/1971
James Arness of Gunsmoke
Photograph
2/6/1971
Tony Randall and Jack Klugman of The Odd Couple
Photograph
2/13/1971
Goldie Hawn of the special Pure Goldie
Photograph
2/20/1971
Doris Day of The Doris Day Show
Photograph
2/27/1971
Sharon Acker & Hal Holbrook of The Senator
Photograph
3/6/1971
Broderick Crawford of The Interns
Illustration
3/13/1971
Gene Barry & Robert Stack of The Name of the Game
Photograph
3/20/1971
Harry Reasoner of ABC Evening News
Photograph
3/27/1971
Michael Landon , Lorne Greene , Dan Blocker & Mitch Vogel of Bonanza
Photograph
4/3/1971
"Cable TV: What's All The Talk About?"
Illustration
4/10/1971
Academy Awards host Bob Hope
Illustration
Jack Davis
4/17/1971
Paul Newman
Photograph
4/24/1971
Elena Verdugo & Robert Young of Marcus Welby, M.D.
Photograph
5/1/1971
Lisa Gerritsen & Mary Tyler Moore of The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Photograph
5/8/1971
Henry Fonda of The Smith Family
Illustration
5/15/1971
"Television Journalism: An Inside Story"
Word art
5/22/1971
David Cassidy of The Partridge Family
Photograph
5/29/1971
The cast of All in the Family
Photograph
Gene Trindl
6/5/1971
Dan Rowan & Dick Martin of Laugh-in
Photograph
6/12/1971
Lucille Ball of Here's Lucy
Illustration
6/19/1971
Brandon Cruz & Bill Bixby of The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Photograph
6/26/1971
Martin Milner & Kent McCord of Adam-12
Photograph
7/3/1971
Michael Cole , Peggy Lipton & Clarence Williams III of The Mod Squad
Photograph
Raphael
7/10/1971
Cookie Monster of Sesame Street eating away at the TV Guide logo
Illustration
Jack Davis
7/17/1971
Chad Everett of Medical Center
Photograph
7/24/1971
Lefty, titular star of The Wonderful World of Disney's Ding-a-Ling Lynx
Photograph
7/31/1971
Henry VIII , the subject of The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Illustration
8/7/1971
The cast of As the World Turns
Photograph
Sheldon Secunda
8/14/1971
Mitch Vogel , Lorne Greene , Dan Blocker & Michael Landon of Bonanza
Illustration
8/21/1971
"Public Television: Is Anybody Watching?"
Word art
8/28/1971
Howard Cosell , Don Meredith & Frank Gifford of Monday Night Football
Photograph
9/4/1971
Jack Lord of Hawaii Five-O
Illustration
9/11/1971
Fall Preview
Illustration
9/18/1971
Sandy Duncan of Funny Face
Photograph
9/25/1971
Shirley MacLaine of Shirley's World
Photograph
10/2/1971
James Stewart of The Jimmy Stewart Show
Photograph
10/9/1971
Hope Lange & Dick Van Dyke of The New Dick Van Dyke Show
Photograph
10/16/1971
Mia Farrow
Photo montage
10/23/1971
James Franciscus of Longstreet
Photograph
10/30/1971
Larry Hagman & Donna Mills of The Good Life
Photograph
11/6/1971
William Conrad of Cannon
Photograph
11/13/1971
Rupert Crosse & Don Adams of The Partners
Photograph
11/20/1971
Sally Struthers , Jean Stapleton , Carroll O'Connor & Rob Reiner
Illustration
Jack Davis
11/27/1971
Joanne Woodward of All The Way Home
Photograph
12/4/1971
Julie Andrews & Carol Burnett of Julie & Carol at Lincoln Center
Photo montage
12/11/1971
James Garner of Nichols
Photograph
12/18/1971
The cast of The Partridge Family
Photograph
12/25/1971
Christmas
Illustration
Issue date
Cover subject
Type of cover
Artist
1/5/1974
"How You Saw the World on Television in 1973"
illustration
1/12/1974
Beatrice Arthur , Bill Macy and Conrad Bain of Maude
photograph
Denis Plehn
1/19/1974
Bob Hope
photograph
Sheldon Secunda
1/26/1974
David Carradine of Kung Fu
illustration
Paul Davis
2/2/1974
Dom DeLuise of Lotsa Luck
photograph
Gene Trindl
2/9/1974
Cast of M*A*S*H
illustration
Jack Davis
2/16/1974
Michael Douglas and Karl Malden of The Streets of San Francisco
photograph
Curt Gunther
2/23/1974
Richard Boone of Hec Ramsey
photograph
Gene Trindl
3/2/1974
Jimmy Stewart of Hawkins
illustration
Bernard Fuchs
3/9/1974
"How Show Biz Takes Over Our Local News"
text graphic
3/16/1974
Carol Burnett and Vicki Lawrence
illustration
Richard Amsel
3/23/1974
James Franciscus of Doc Elliot
photograph
Ivan Nagy
3/30/1974
Susan Strasberg and Tony Musante of Toma
photograph
Gene Trindl
4/6/1974
Carroll O'Connor of All in the Family , Bill Macy of Maude , Redd Foxx of Sanford and Son and their series' producer, Norman Lear
illustration
Jack Davis
4/13/1974
Richard Thomas , Michael Learned and Ralph Waite of The Waltons
photograph
Albert Watson
4/20/1974
Peter Falk of Columbo
photograph
Ivan Nagy
4/27/1974
Bruce Bould , Dan O'Herlihy , Anthony Quayle , Ben Gazzara and Lee Remick of QB VII
photograph
Mike Sheil / ABC
5/4/1974
Sam Melville , Georg Stanford Brown and Michael Ontkean of The Rookies
illustration
Charles Santore
5/11/1974
Bob Newhart & Peter Bonerz of The Bob Newhart Show
photograph
Albert Watson
5/18/1974
Lee Majors of The Six Million Dollar Man
illustration
Bob Peak
5/25/1974
J.D. Cannon & Dennis Weaver of McCloud
photograph
Carl Furuta
6/1/1974
Sonny & Cher
illustration
Al Hirschfeld
6/8/1974
KQED-TV reporter Marilyn Baker who covered the SLA's kidnapping of Patricia Hearst [1]
photograph
Curt Gunther
6/15/1974
Kathy O'Dare and Ron Howard of Happy Days
photograph
Albert Watson
6/22/1974
John Chancellor
illustration
Mark English
6/29/1974
Esther Rolle and John Amos of Good Times
photograph
Gene Trindl
7/6/1974
Lucille Ball
illustration
Richard Amsel
7/13/1974
Johnny Carson
illustration
Bernard Fuchs
7/20/1974
"The Boom in Made-for-TV Films"
illustration
Robert Weber
7/27/1974
Lee McCain and Ronny Cox of Apple's Way
photograph
Ivan Nagy
8/3/1974
Kevin Tighe and Randolph Mantooth of Emergency!
illustration
Bob Peake
8/10/1974
"Games Viewers Play"
illustration
Talone & La Brasca
8/17/1974
Police Story
illustration
Mark English
8/24/1974
Susan Blakely
montage
uncredited
8/31/1974
Telly Savalas of Kojak
illustration
Charles Santore
9/7/1974
Fall Preview
illustration
George Giusti
9/14/1974
"They're Off and Running!" (The cover uses the mock up of then-sister publication The Daily Racing Form with the shows listed in place of the horses)
illustration
Logotype, format and type adapted from Daily, Racing Form®, which is a registered trade-mark of Triangle Publications, Inc.
9/21/1974
Football Preview
illustration
Bob Peak
9/28/1974
Paul Sand of "Friends and Lovers"
photograph
Ivan Nagy
10/5/1974
Sanford and Son
illustration
Bruce Stark
10/12/1974
Valerie Harper of Rhoda
photograph
Carl Furuta
10/19/1974
Freddie Prinze and Jack Albertson of Chico and the Man
photograph
Phillipe Halsman
10/26/1974
Ralph Waite , Will Geer and Richard Thomas of The Waltons
illustration
David Plourde
11/2/1974
M*A*S*H
illustration
Rick Meyerowitz
11/9/1974
Sophia Loren : An Appreciation
photograph
Norman Parkinson
11/16/1974
Robert Duvall , Al Pacino , Marlon Brando and James Caan of the film The Godfather
illustration
Jack Davis
11/23/1974
"What a Week!"
illustration
Playbill style poster of the week's highlights
11/30/1974
Teresa Graves of Get Christie Love
photograph
Phillipe Halsman
12/7/1974
Michael Landon of Little House on the Prairie (Image is reversed for unstated reason)
photograph
12/14/1974
Esther Rolle , Jimmie Walker , Ralph Carter , BernNadette Stanis and John Amos of Good Times
photograph
12/21/1974
Christmas
illustration
Raymond Ameijide
12/28/1974
"Wonderful Bowl Games, Wacky Parades"
illustration
Ronald Searle
Issue date
Cover subject
Type of cover
Artist
1/4/1975
Angie Dickinson of Police Woman
photograph
Mario Casilli
1/11/1975
David Janssen of Harry O
photograph
Gene Trindl
1/18/1975
Theresa Merritt and Clifton Davis of That's My Mama
photograph
Reed Fenton
1/25/1975
Gene Shalit , Jim Hartz and Barbara Walters of Today
illustration
Bruce Stark
2/1/1975
James Garner of The Rockford Files
photograph
Steven Schapiro
2/8/1975
"Greasing the Wheels of the MTM Comedy Machine," featuring Valerie Harper , Bob Newhart and Mary Tyler Moore
illustration
Bob Peak
2/15/1975
Georg Stanford Brown , Bruce Fairbairn , Sam Melville and Gerald S. O'Loughlin of The Rookies
illustration
Unknown
2/22/1975
Telly Savalas of Kojak
photograph
Pete Turner
3/1/1975
Jack Albertson & Freddie Prinze of Chico and the Man
illustration
Al Hirschfeld
3/8/1975
Chad Everett of Medical Center
illustration
Charles Santore
3/15/1975
Karen Valentine of Karen
photograph
Tim Thimmes
3/22/1975
Karl Malden and Michael Douglas of The Streets of San Francisco
illustration
Mark English
3/29/1975
Beatrice Arthur and Hermione Baddeley of Maude
illustration
Ronald Searle
4/5/1975
Baseball Preview
illustration
Ralph Fasanella
4/12/1975
Cher
photograph
Pete Turner
4/19/1975
Frank Converse and Claude Akins of Movin' On
photograph
Ivan Nagy
4/26/1975
Dennis Weaver , J. D. Cannon and Terry Carter of McCloud
illustration
Jack Davis
5/3/1975
Valerie Harper & David Groh of Rhoda
illustration
Al Hirschfeld
5/10/1975
Muhammad Ali
illustration
Bernard Fuchs
5/17/1975
Barry Newman of Petrocelli
photograph
Gene Trindl
5/24/1975
Jason Robards and Colleen Dewhurst of A Moon for the Misbegotten
photograph
Bruce McBroom, ABC
5/31/1975
The cast of The Bob Newhart Show
illustration
Bruce Stark
6/7/1975
The cast of Little House on the Prairie
illustration
Jacob Knight
6/14/1975
"Violence on TV: Does It Affect Our Society"
word art
unknown
6/21/1975
Sherman Hemsley , Isabel Sanford and Mike Evans of The Jeffersons
photograph
Mario Casilli
6/28/1975
A special preview of the United States Bicentennial
illustration
George Giusti
7/5/1975
Tony Orlando and Dawn
photograph
Albert Watson
7/12/1975
"The Apollo-Soyuz Mission on Television"
illustration
John C. Berkey
7/19/1975
The cast of Barney Miller
photograph
Mario Casilli
7/26/1975
Howard K. Smith and Harry Reasoner of ABC Evening News
illustration
Bernard Fuchs
8/2/1975
Mike Douglas of The Mike Douglas Show
illustration
Richard Amsel
8/9/1975
Buddy Ebsen
photograph
John R. Hamilton - Globe
8/16/1975
Randolph Mantooth , Robert Fuller , Julie London , Bobby Troup and Kevin Tighe of Emergency!
photograph
Mario Casilli
8/23/1975
Ralph Waite , Richard Thomas and Michael Learned of The Waltons
illustration
Ray Ameijide
8/30/1975
Carroll O'Connor of All in the Family
illustration
Charles Santore
9/6/1975
Fall Preview
word art
unknown
9/13/1975
"Experts Pick Hit Shows, NFL Winners"
illustration
9/20/1975
Barbara Walters of Today
photograph
9/27/1975
Howard Cosell of Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
illustration
Al Hirschfeld
10/4/1975
Lee Remick of Jennie
photograph
10/11/1975
The cast of The Family Holvak
illustration
10/18/1975
"TV's Sex Crisis"
illustration
10/25/1975
Cloris Leachman of Phyllis
photograph
11/1/1975
Lloyd Bridges of Joe Forrester
illustration
Bob Peake
11/8/1975
Julie Kavner and Valerie Harper of Rhoda
illustration
11/15/1975
David Soul and Paul Michael Glaser of Starsky & Hutch
photograph
11/22/1975
"A Banner Week!"
word art
11/29/1975
Tony Curtis of McCoy
illustration
12/6/1975
"Does America Want Family Viewing Time?"
illustration
George Giusti
12/13/1975
Robert Wagner and Eddie Albert of Switch
photograph
Albert MacKenzie Watson
12/20/1975
Christmas
illustration
12/27/1975
Robert Blake and Fred the cockatoo of Baretta
photograph
Issue date
Cover subject
Type of cover
Artist
1/1/1977
John Travolta of Welcome Back, Kotter
photograph
Gene Trindl
1/8/1977
Super Bowl
illustration
Roland Michaud
1/15/1977
Inaugural Guide
illustration
Sam Maitin
1/22/1977
Roots
illustration
Romare Bearden
1/29/1977
Lynda Carter of Wonder Woman
illustration
William Goldberg
2/5/1977
Barbara Walters
photograph
Henry Wolf
2/12/1977
Telly Savalas & George Savalas of Kojak
illustration
Al Hirschfeld
2/19/1977
Nancy Walker
photograph
Philippe Halsman
2/26/1977
Martha Raye and Rock Hudson
illustration
Jim Sharpe
3/5/1977
Liv Ullmann
photograph
Roger Prigent
3/12/1977
Lauren Hutton
photograph
Dick Zimmerman
3/19/1977
"So Long, Mary": Mary Tyler Moore of The Mary Tyler Moore Show posing at the WJM-TV newsroom exit
photograph
Peter Kredenser
3/26/1977
Jack Klugman of Quincy, M.E.
illustration
Charles Santore
4/2/1977
Dinah Shore Colgate Winner's Circle
photograph
John Zimmerman
4/9/1977
Baseball Preview
illustration
Bob Peake
4/16/1977
Frank Sinatra
illustration
Al Hirschfeld
4/23/1977
Mike Wallace , Morley Safer and Dan Rather of 60 Minutes
illustration
Charles Santore
4/30/1977
David Frost & Richard Nixon
photograph
John Bryson
5/7/1977
Valerie Bertinelli , Mackenzie Phillips & Bonnie Franklin of One Day at a Time
photograph
Peter Kredenser
5/14/1977
Tom Brokaw of Today
photograph
Daniel Kramer
5/21/1977
Farrah Fawcett of Charlie's Angels
photograph
Douglas Kirkland
5/28/1977
Robert Blake of Baretta
illustration
Bob Peak
6/4/1977
Alan Alda of M*A*S*H
illustration
Bernard Fuchs
6/11/1977
Dan Haggerty and Bozo of The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
photograph
Richard Hewitt
6/18/1977
Cindy Williams and Penny Marshall of Laverne & Shirley
illustration
Jack Davis
6/25/1977
The Waltons
illustration
Jacob Knight
7/2/1977
Linda Lavin and Polly Holliday of Alice
illustration
Bill Charmatz
7/9/1977
Peter Isacksen and Don Rickles of C.P.O. Sharkey
photograph
Gene Trindl
7/16/1977
Barney Miller
illustration
Ray Ameijide
7/23/1977
"Public TV in Turmoil"
illustration
George Giusti
7/30/1977
Johnny Carson
illustration
Al Hirschfeld
8/6/1977
Fozzie Bear and Kermit the Frog of The Muppet Show
photograph
Ken Regan / Camera 5
8/13/1977
David Soul of Starsky and Hutch
photograph
Peter Kredenser
8/20/1977
James Garner and Joe Santos of The Rockford Files
illustration
Bob Peak
8/27/1977
"Sex and Violence: Hollywood Fights Back"
text art
Jerry Alten
9/3/1977
Jason Robards , Andy Griffith , Cliff Robertson and Robert Vaughn of Washington: Behind Closed Doors
photograph
Gene Trindl / ABC
9/10/1977
Fall Preview
illustration
Robert Cunningham
9/17/1977
Pro football preview
illustration
Romare Bearden
9/24/1977
Betty White and John Hillerman of The Betty White Show
photograph
Peter Kredenser
10/1/1977
Squire Fridell and Tony Roberts of Rosetti and Ryan
photograph
Gene Trindl
10/8/1977
Donny Osmond & Marie Osmond
illustration
Richard Amsel
10/15/1977
Ed Asner of Lou Grant
illustration
Jim Sharpe
10/22/1977
Ron Palillo , Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs , Gabriel Kaplan , John Travolta and Robert Hegyes of Welcome Back, Kotter
illustration
Jack Davis
10/29/1977
Beverly Archer of We've Got Each Other
photograph
Douglas Strock
11/5/1977
Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy of The Hardy Boys Mysteries
photograph
Richard Hewitt
11/12/1977
The Godfather, Part II
illustration
Charles Santore
11/19/1977
Frank Sinatra
illustration
Richard Amsel
11/26/1977
Soap
illustration
Jack Davis
12/3/1977
Patrick Duffy of The Man from Atlantis
illustration
Bob Peak
12/10/1977
"What the Censors Cut...and Why"
photograph
Seymour Mednick
12/17/1977
Bonnie Franklin , Mackenzie Phillips , Valerie Bertinelli and Pat Harrington, Jr. of One Day at a Time
illustration
David Plourde
12/24/1977
Christmas
illustration
Charles Saxon
12/31/1977
Kevin Dobson and Telly Savalas of Kojak
illustration
Robert Giusti
Issue date
Cover subject
Type of cover
Artist
1/7/1978
Henry Winkler , Ron Howard , Donny Most and Anson Williams of Happy Days
Photograph
Carl Furuta
1/14/1978
The First Nighttime Super Bowl
illustration
Charles Addams
1/21/1978
Family
photograph
Peter Kredenser
1/28/1978
Dan Haggerty and Bozo of The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
illustration
Robert E. Schulz
2/4/1978
Lauren Tewes , Gavin MacLeod , Ted Lange , Bernie Kopell and Fred Grandy of The Love Boat
illustration
Rowland B. Wilson
2/11/1978
Jack Klugman and Garry Walberg of Quincy, M.E.
photograph
Gene Trindl
2/18/1978
Kate Jackson , Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd of Charlie's Angels
photograph
Harry Langdon
2/25/1978
M*A*S*H
illustration
Ray Ameijide
3/4/1978
Lynnie Greene and Bess Armstrong of On Our Own
photograph
Roger Prigent
3/11/1978
Kene Holliday and Victor French of Carter Country
illustration
Bob Peak
3/18/1978
Lindsay Wagner of The Bionic Woman
photograph
Don Peterson
3/25/1978
Walter Cronkite and Mary Tyler Moore , hosts of CBS: On the Air
photograph
Peter Kredenser
4/1/1978
Baseball Preview
illustration
Bernard Fuchs
4/8/1978
Alice
illustration
Richard Amsel
4/15/1978
Holocaust
illustration
Lev Haas
4/22/1978
"Changing the Shape of Television"
illustration
John Cayea
4/29/1978
Laverne and Shirley
photograph
Douglas Kirkland
5/6/1978
Buddy Ebsen of Barnaby Jones
illustration
Mark English
5/13/1978
Little House on the Prairie
illustration
Stan Hunter
5/20/1978
Three's Company
illustration
Richard Amsel
5/27/1978
Phil Donahue
photograph
Arnold Zahn
6/3/1978
Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul of Starsky and Hutch
illustration
Robert E. Schulz
6/10/1978
"UFOs on TV: Flying in the Face of Logic"
illustration
John Berkey
6/17/1978
Valerie Harper of Rhoda
photograph
Douglas Kirkland
6/24/1978
"Can You Believe the Ratings? A New Perspective"
illustration
Jerry Alten
7/1/1978
Ricardo Montalbán and Herve Villechaize of Fantasy Island
illustration
Bob Peak
7/8/1978
Cast members of The Young and the Restless
photograph
Peter Kredenser
7/15/1978
Robert Conrad of The Black Sheep Squadron
illustration
David Edward Byrd
7/22/1978
Gavin MacLeod of The Love Boat
photograph
Gene Trindl
7/29/1978
Cast of Saturday Night Live
illustration
Jack Davis
8/5/1978
Sherman Hemsley , Paul Benedict and Isabel Sanford of The Jeffersons
illustration
Charles Santore
8/12/1978
David Hartman of Good Morning America
photograph
Henry Grossman
8/19/1978
"America Speaks Out About Sports on TV"
illustration
Don Weller
8/26/1978
Cheryl Ladd of Charlie's Angels
photograph
Peter Kredenser
9/2/1978
Football Preview
illustration
Robert Giusti
9/9/1978
Special Issue: Fall Preview
illustration
George Giusti
9/16/1978
Battlestar Galactica
illustration
David Byrd
9/23/1978
Mary Tyler Moore
photograph
Douglas Kirkland
9/30/1978
Centennial
illustration
Jim Thorpe
10/7/1978
World Series
illustration
Wilson McLean
10/14/1978
Robert Urich of Vega$
photograph
Douglas Kirkland
10/21/1978
WKRP in Cincinnati
photograph
Robert Phillips
10/28/1978
Pam Dawber and Robin Williams of Mork & Mindy
photograph
Peter Kredenser
11/4/1978
John Travolta of Welcome Back, Kotter
illustration
Richard Amsel
11/11/1978
Ron Leibman of Kaz
illustration
Charles Santore
11/18/1978
"Foreign Lobbyists:
How They Try to Manipulate U.S. Television"
illustration
George Giusti
11/25/1978
Suzanne Somers of Three's Company
photograph
Robert Phillips
12/2/1978
"A Benji Special"
photograph
Richard Hewett
12/9/1978
Linda Kelsey and Ed Asner of Lou Grant
illustration
Bernard Fuchs
12/16/1978
Eight Is Enough cast
photograph
Jim McHugh
12/23/1978
Christmas
illustration
Ronald Searle
12/30/1978
Dick Clark
illustration
Robert Giusti
Issue date
Cover subject
Type of cover
Artist
1/6/1979
Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton of All in the Family
illustration
Al Hirschfeld
1/13/1979
"Network News Chiefs on the Hottest TV News Controversies"
photograph
Ken Regan / Camera 5
1/20/1979
Super Bowl XIII
illustration
George Giusti
1/27/1979
Katharine Hepburn
illustration
Richard Amsel
2/3/1979
Larry Wilcox and Erik Estrada of CHiPs
illustration
Jim Sharpe
2/10/1979
The Shakespeare Plays
illustration
Milton Glaser
2/17/1979
Roots: The Next Generations
illustration
Ted Coconis
2/24/1979
James Arness of How the West Was Won
illustration
Daniel Swartz
3/3/1979
Gary Coleman of Diff'rent Strokes
photograph
Gene Trindl
3/10/1979
Harry Reasoner , Dan Rather , Morley Safer and Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes
illustration
Robert Pryor
3/17/1979
Mike Farrell and Alan Alda of M*A*S*H
photograph
Tony Korody / Sigma
3/24/1979
Ricardo Montalbán of Fantasy Island
illustration
Bernard Fuchs
3/31/1979
Baseball Preview
illustration
Ronald Searle
4/7/1979
Maren Jensen of Battlestar Galactica
photograph
Peter Kredenser
4/14/1979
John S. Ragin and Jack Klugman of Quincy, M.E.
illustration
Bob Peak
4/21/1979
Walter Cronkite
photograph
Karsh
4/28/1979
Danny DeVito and Judd Hirsch of Taxi
illustration
Charles Santore
5/5/1979
James Stephens and John Houseman of The Paper Chase
illustration
Daniel Schwartz
5/12/1979
"What Viewers Love/Hate About Television"
illustration
Al Francekevitch
5/19/1979
Cindy Williams and Penny Marshall of Laverne & Shirley
illustration
Richard Amsel
5/26/1979
Ken Howard of The White Shadow
photograph
Doug Dubler
6/2/1979
James Garner of The Rockford Files
illustration
Bernard Fuchs
6/9/1979
Donna Pescow of Angie
photograph
Robert Phillips
6/16/1979
Victoria Principal , Patrick Duffy and Jim Davis of Dallas at Enterprise Ranch
photograph
Robert Phillips
6/23/1979
Johnny Carson
illustration
Jim Sharpe
6/30/1979
John Schneider , Catherine Bach and Tom Wopat of The Dukes of Hazzard
photograph
Robert Phillips
7/7/1979
Barney Miller
photograph
Pete Turner
7/14/1979
Michael Landon , Melissa Sue Anderson and Linwood Boomer of Little House on the Prairie
photograph
Gene Trindl
7/21/1979
Greg Evigan and Sam the chimp of B. J. and the Bear
photograph
Pete Turner
7/28/1979
Lou Ferrigno and Bill Bixby of The Incredible Hulk
photograph
Pete Turner
8/4/1979
Joyce DeWitt of Three's Company
photograph
Martin Mills
8/11/1979
Rod Arrants of Search for Tomorrow
photograph
Henry Grossman
8/18/1979
Ed Asner , Nancy Marchand and Mason Adams of Lou Grant
photograph
Jim Britt
8/25/1979
Football Preview
illustration
Milton Glaser
9/1/1979
Miss America
illustration
Richard Amsel
9/8/1979
Fall Preview
illustration
Michael Foreman
9/15/1979
Robert Guillaume of Benson
photograph
Robert Phillips
9/22/1979
Carroll O'Connor
photograph
Robert Phillips
9/29/1979
Pope John Paul II
photograph
Sipa Press / Black Star
10/6/1979
World Series
illustration
Robert Giusti
10/13/1979
Tom Snyder
photograph
Henry Grossman
10/20/1979
Loni Anderson , Howard Hesseman and Gary Sandy of WKRP in Cincinnati
photograph
Seymour Mednick
10/27/1979
Muhammad Ali
photograph
Howard Bingham
11/3/1979
Stefanie Powers and Robert Wagner of Hart to Hart
photograph
Robert Phillips
11/10/1979
The Bee Gees
photograph
Robert Phillips
11/17/1979
Wilfrid Hyde-White and Shelley Smith of The Associates
photograph
Peter Kredenser
11/24/1979
Pernell Roberts of Trapper John, M.D.
photograph
Ken Whitmore
12/1/1979
Barbara Walters
photograph
Robert Phillips
12/8/1979
"Talk Show Hosts: Who Are the Best--and Why?"
illustration
Don Daily
12/15/1979
Henry Winkler of Happy Days
photograph
Gene Trindl
12/22/1979
Christmas
illustration
Michael Foreman
12/29/1979
Shelley Hack , Cheryl Ladd and Jaclyn Smith of Charlie's Angels
photograph
ABC
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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, Mass.: BangZoom Publishers, 2006. ISBN 0-9772927-1-1 .
"50 Greatest TV Guide Covers," article from the June 15, 2002 edition of TV Guide
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