List of TV Guide covers (1950s)
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This is a list of issue covers of TV Guide magazine for the decade of the 1950s, from its national launch in April 1953 through December 1959. 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. From April 3, 1953 to July 9, 1954, the magazine organized their TV listings from Friday to Thursday. Starting July 17, 1954, the pattern was reorganized in order from Saturday to Friday and would be done in this manner until April 3, 2004.
1953[edit]
Issue date | Cover subject | Cover type | Artist |
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4/3/1953 | Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV and uncaptioned insert photo of Lucille Ball | Photo Montage | Unknown |
4/10/1953 | Dragnet's Jack Webb | ||
4/17/1953 | uncaptioned Lucille Ball, Arthur Godfrey, Milton Berle, Imogene Coca and Sid Caesar | illustration | Jack Weaver |
4/24/1953 | Ralph Edwards | ||
5/1/1953 | Eve Arden | ||
5/8/1953 | Arthur Godfrey | Photograph | |
5/15/1953 | David and Ricky Nelson | ||
5/22/1953 | uncaptioned Red Buttons | ||
5/29/1953 | uncaptioned Queen Elizabeth II | ||
6/5/1953 | Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin | ||
6/12/1953 | Eddie Fisher | ||
6/19/1953 | Ed Sullivan | ||
6/26/1953 | Dinah Shore | ||
7/3/1953 | uncaptioned Perry Como | ||
7/10/1953 | Dave Garroway and Mr. Muggs | ||
7/17/1953 | uncaptioned Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz | ||
7/24/1953 | uncaptioned Groucho Marx | illustration | Bob Taylor |
7/31/1953 | Max Liebman, Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca | ||
8/7/1953 | Ray Milland: Moves to TV | ||
8/14/1953 | Patti Page | ||
8/21/1953 | Super Circus Mary Hartline and Claude Kirchner | photo illustration | |
8/28/1953 | uncaptioned Jayne Meadows and Audrey Meadows | ||
9/4/1953 | Back to School With Mr. Peepers / uncaptioned Marion Lorne and Wally Cox | illustration | |
9/11/1953 | Joan Caulfield and Ralph Edwards This Is Your Life | Photograph | |
9/18/1953 | Fall Preview 1953-1954 Shows | ||
9/25/1953 | George Reeves — — Man and Superman | photo montage | |
10/2/1953 | Red Skelton: A Career at Stake | ||
10/9/1953 | Preview: Bishop Sheen's New Book | ||
10/16/1953 | Picture Story — 1953 T-Venus Winners (three uncaptioned actresses, one of whom is Angie Dickinson) | Photograph | |
10/23/1953 | Arthur Godfrey | photo montage | |
10/30/1953 | Buelah Witch And Friends | illustration | |
11/6/1953 | Warren Hull | ||
11/13/1953 | Jimmy Durante | ||
11/20/1953 | Dorothy McGuire and Julius La Rosa | ||
11/27/1953 | Lugene Sanders — 'Babs Riley' | ||
12/4/1953 | Loretta Young | ||
12/11/1953 | Jack Webb: Quitting Dragnet | ||
12/18/1953 | Bob Hope: On The Run | photo illustration | |
12/25/1953 | Merry Christmas with uncaptioned Perry Como, Patti Page and Eddie Fisher |
1954[edit]
Issue date | Cover subject | Cover type | Artist |
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1/1/1954 | Bing Crosby | Photograph | |
1/8/1954 | Joan Caulfield | ||
1/15/1954 | Martha Raye | ||
1/22/1954 | I've Got a Secret | ||
1/29/1954 | Robert Montgomery | ||
2/5/1954 | Jack Benny | Photograph | |
2/12/1954 | Red Buttons | ||
2/19/1954 | Ann Sothern | ||
2/26/1954 | Liberace | Photograph | |
3/5/1954 | Marion Marlowe and Frank Parker | ||
3/12/1954 | Maria Riva | ||
3/19/1954 | Groucho Marx | ||
3/26/1954 | Jackie Gleason | Photograph | William Kahn |
4/2/1954 | Eve Arden | ||
4/9/1954 | Charlie Applewhite and Milton Berle | ||
4/16/1954 | TV Guide Awards | ||
4/23/1954 | Lucille Ball | Photograph | |
4/30/1954 | Ben Alexander and Jack Webb | ||
5/7/1954 | Nelsons — Mother {Harriet Nelson} And Sons {Ricky Nelson and David Nelson} | ||
5/14/1954 | Frank Sinatra | Photograph | |
5/21/1954 | Patricia Benoit and Wally Cox | ||
5/28/1954 | Gale Storm | ||
6/4/1954 | Arthur Godfrey | ||
6/11/1954 | Ben Blue and Alan Young | ||
6/18/1954 | Rise Stevens and Ed Sullivan | ||
6/25/1954 | Howdy Doody and Bob Smith | Photograph | |
7/2/1954 | Joan Davis and Jim Backus | ||
7/9/1954 | Arlene Francis | ||
7/17/1954 | Roy Rogers | ||
7/24/1954 | Jack Webb and Ann Robinson | ||
7/31/1954 | William Bendix | ||
8/7/1954 | Perry Como and Friends | ||
8/14/1954 | Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis | Photograph | |
8/21/1954 | Jayne Meadows and Steve Allen | ||
8/28/1954 | Roxanne | ||
9/4/1954 | Eddie Fisher | ||
9/11/1954 | Betty Hutton | ||
9/18/1954 | Liberace | ||
9/25/1954 | Fall Preview 1954-1955 Shows | text graphic | |
10/2/1954 | Teresa Wright, Dick Powell in 'The Long Goodbye' | ||
10/9/1954 | Lucille Ball | ||
10/16/1954 | Red Buttons | Photograph | |
10/23/1954 | Walt Disney with his studio's cartoon characters | Photo illustration | Walt Disney Productions |
10/30/1954 | Joan Caulfield and Barry Nelson | ||
11/6/1954 | Gracie Allen & George Burns | ||
11/13/1954 | Joanne Rio & Liberace | ||
11/20/1954 | Bebe Daniels & Ralph Edwards | ||
11/27/1954 | Peter Lawford & Marcia Henderson | ||
12/4/1954 | George Gobel | ||
12/11/1954 | Marion Marlowe | ||
12/18/1954 | Imogene Coca | ||
12/25/1954 | Ozzie Nelson & family |
1955[edit]
Issue date | Cover subject | Cover type | Artist |
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1/1/1955 | Loretta Young of The Loretta Young Show | Photograph | Elmer Holloway |
1/8/1955 | Arthur Godfrey | ||
1/15/1955 | I've Got a Secret | ||
1/22/1955 | Ed Sullivan | ||
1/29/1955 | Martha Raye | ||
2/5/1955 | Edward R. Murrow | ||
2/12/1955 | Your Hit Parade | ||
2/19/1955 | Sid Caesar | Photograph | Philippe Halsman |
2/26/1955 | Steve Allen & Judy Holliday | ||
3/5/1955 | Liberace | ||
3/12/1955 | Dinah Shore | ||
3/19/1955 | Art Carney | ||
3/26/1955 | Gale Gordon & Eve Arden | ||
4/2/1955 | Tony Martin | ||
4/9/1955 | Gloria Marshall & Bob Cummings | ||
4/16/1955 | Garry Moore | ||
4/23/1955 | Gale Storm | ||
4/30/1955 | Buddy Ebsen & Fess Parker | ||
5/7/1955 | Robin Morgan & Peggy Wood | ||
5/14/1955 | Perry Como | ||
5/21/1955 | Audrey Meadows & Jackie Gleason | ||
5/28/1955 | Ralph Edwards | ||
6/4/1955 | Eddie Fisher | ||
6/11/1955 | Gail Davis | ||
6/18/1955 | Danny Thomas | ||
6/25/1955 | Sid Caesar, Barbara Nichols, and Cliff Norton | ||
7/2/1955 | Tommy Rettig with Lassie & Lee Aaker with Rin Tin Tin | Photograph | Graphic House |
7/9/1955 | Patti Page | ||
7/16/1955 | Julius La Rosa | ||
7/23/1955 | Janet Leigh & Jack Webb | ||
7/30/1955 | Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Margaret Whiting & Barbara Whiting | ||
8/6/1955 | Art Linkletter | ||
8/13/1955 | Roxanne & Bud Collyer | ||
8/20/1955 | Hal March | ||
8/27/1955 | Groucho Marx | ||
9/3/1955 | Jody Carson & Johnny Carson of The Johnny Carson Show | Photograph | Gaby Rona |
9/10/1955 | Arthur Godfrey | ||
9/17/1955 | Milton Berle & Esther Williams | ||
9/24/1955 | Fall preview 1955-1956 Shows | Illustration | |
10/1/1955 | Mickey Mouse | ||
10/8/1955 | George Burns & Gracie Allen | ||
10/15/1955 | Richard Boone | ||
10/22/1955 | Peggy King & George Gobel | ||
10/29/1955 | Phil Silvers | Photograph | Philippe Halsman |
11/5/1955 | Nanette Fabray | ||
11/12/1955 | Liberace | ||
11/19/1955 | Jack Benny | ||
11/26/1955 | Martha Raye of The Martha Raye Show with her head leaning out of a picture frame | Photograph | Philippe Halsman |
12/3/1955 | Mary Healy & Peter Lind Hayes | ||
12/10/1955 | Lucille Ball | ||
12/17/1955 | Robert Montgomery | ||
12/24/1955 | A Christmas image of a TV antenna decorated with ornaments and beads | Photograph | Larry Fritz |
12/31/1955 | Cleo (dog) of The People's Choice |
1956[edit]
Issue date | Cover subject | Cover type | Artist |
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1/7/1956 | Arthur Godfrey | ||
1/14/1956 | Loretta Young | ||
1/21/1956 | Lawrence Welk | ||
1/28/1956 | Janis Paige | ||
2/4/1956 | Judy Tyler | ||
2/11/1956 | Perry Como | ||
2/18/1956 | Jimmy Durante | ||
2/25/1956 | Gisele MacKenzie | ||
3/3/1956 | Lynn Dollar & Hal March | ||
3/10/1956 | Frances Rafferty & Spring Byington | ||
3/17/1956 | Maurice Evans & Lilli Palmer | ||
3/24/1956 | Dave Garroway | ||
3/31/1956 | Arlene Francis & John Daly | ||
4/7/1956 | Jayne Meadows, Garry Moore & Faye Emerson | ||
4/14/1956 | Grace Kelly | ||
4/21/1956 | Nanette Fabray | ||
4/28/1956 | Red Skelton | ||
5/5/1956 | George Gobel & Mitzi Gaynor | ||
5/12/1956 | Bernadette O'Farrell & Richard Greene | ||
5/19/1956 | Phil Silvers & Elisabeth Fraser | ||
5/26/1956 | Alice Lon & Lawrence Welk | ||
6/2/1956 | Sid Caesar & Janet Blair | ||
6/9/1956 | Patti Page | ||
6/16/1956 | Elinor Donahue, Robert Young, Lauren Chapin & Billy Gray | ||
6/23/1956 | Steve Allen | ||
6/30/1956 | Bob Cummings | ||
7/7/1956 | Lassie | Photograph | Garrett-Howard |
7/14/1956 | Gordon MacRae & Sheila MacRae | ||
7/21/1956 | Bill Lundigan & Mary Costa | ||
7/28/1956 | Gail Davis of Annie Oakley | Photograph | Garrett-Howard |
8/4/1956 | Jackie Cooper & Cleo (dog) | ||
8/11/1956 | Democratic Convention | Illustration | KMLG-Barron |
8/18/1956 | GOP Convention | Illustration | Kramer, Miller, Lomden, Glassman |
8/25/1956 | Esther Williams | ||
9/1/1956 | Alice Lon | ||
9/8/1956 | Elvis Presley | ||
9/15/1956 | Fall Preview 1956-1957 Shows | ||
9/22/1956 | Hal March | illustration | Al Hirschfeld |
9/29/1956 | Jackie Gleason | ||
10/6/1956 | Gale Storm | ||
10/13/1956 | The Nelson Family | ||
10/20/1956 | Phyllis Goodkind & Perry Como | ||
10/27/1956 | Alfred Hitchcock | ||
11/3/1956 | Edward R. Murrow | illustration | Al Hirschfeld |
11/10/1956 | Loretta Young | Photograph | Elmer Holloway |
11/17/1956 | Buddy Hackett | ||
11/24/1956 | Nanette Fabray | ||
12/1/1956 | Gracie Allen & George Burns | illustration | Al Hirschfeld |
12/8/1956 | Victor Borge | ||
12/15/1956 | Dinah Shore | ||
12/22/1956 | Merry Christmas | ||
12/29/1956 | Jeannie Carson |
1957[edit]
Issue date | Cover subject | Cover type | Artist |
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1/5/1957 | Arthur Godfrey | illustration | Al Hirschfeld |
1/12/1957 | Lucille Ball | ||
1/19/1957 | Jerry Lewis | ||
1/26/1957 | Bob Hope | illustration | Al Hirschfeld |
2/2/1957 | Jane Wyman | ||
2/9/1957 | Hugh O'Brian | ||
2/16/1957 | Jane Wyatt & Robert Young | ||
2/23/1957 | Charles Van Doren | ||
3/2/1957 | Dorothy Collins & Gisele MacKenzie | ||
3/9/1957 | Arthur Godfrey & Pat Boone | ||
3/16/1957 | The Emmy Awards | ||
3/23/1957 | Tennessee Ernie Ford | Illustration | Ernest Chiriaka |
3/30/1957 | Julie Andrews | ||
4/6/1957 | Lawrence Welk | Illustration | Al Hirschfeld |
4/13/1957 | Nanette Fabray of The Kaiser Aluminum Hour in a baseball uniform (a baseball preview feature was included in this issue) | Photograph | Herb Ball |
4/20/1957 | Loretta Young | ||
4/27/1957 | Groucho Marx | Illustration | Al Parker |
5/4/1957 | Hal March & Robert Strom | ||
5/11/1957 | James Arness of Gunsmoke | Photograph | Garrett-Howard |
5/18/1957 | Esther Williams | ||
5/25/1957 | Sid Caesar | illustration | Al Hirschfeld |
6/1/1957 | Ida Lupino & Howard Duff | ||
6/8/1957 | Lassie | ||
6/15/1957 | Red Skelton | ||
6/22/1957 | Jack Bailey | ||
6/29/1957 | Gale Storm | ||
7/6/1957 | What's My Line? | Illustration | Al Hirschfeld |
7/13/1957 | Gail Davis | ||
7/20/1957 | Julius La Rosa | ||
7/27/1957 | Garry Moore | ||
8/3/1957 | Cleo | ||
8/10/1957 | Ann B. Davis & Bob Cummings | ||
8/17/1957 | Phil Silvers | Illustration | Al Hirschfeld |
8/24/1957 | Marjorie Lord & Danny Thomas | ||
8/31/1957 | Clint Walker of Cheyenne | Photograph | Warner Bros. |
9/7/1957 | Janette Davis & Arthur Godfrey | ||
9/14/1957 | "Fall Preview 1957-1958 Shows," featuring a close-up of the eye of Polly Bergen | Photograph | Arthur Williams |
9/21/1957 | Pat Boone | ||
9/28/1957 | Gracie Allen & George Burns | ||
10/5/1957 | Joan Caulfield | ||
10/12/1957 | This Is The Week To Watch | photo montage | |
10/19/1957 | Loretta Young | ||
10/26/1957 | Peter Lawford & Phyllis Kirk | ||
11/2/1957 | Lucille Ball | Illustration | Al Hirschfeld |
11/9/1957 | James Garner | ||
11/16/1957 | Patti Page | ||
11/23/1957 | Mary Martin | ||
11/30/1957 | Alfred Hitchcock | illustration | Al Hirschfeld |
12/7/1957 | Dinah Shore | Illustration | Al Parker |
12/14/1957 | Walt Disney | ||
12/21/1957 | Season's Greetings | ||
12/28/1957 | Ricky Nelson of The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet | Photograph | John Engstead |
1958[edit]
1959[edit]
Sources[edit]
- Covers and table of contents page descriptions for the various issues.
- TV Guide cover archive website: 1950s
- 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
- Information from ellwanger.tv's TV Guide collection section