This is the February 15–21 issue of TV Guide, priced at 60¢, featuring a cover photo of a woman (Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher) depicted in a suspenseful scene, peering through a doorway while wearing a heavy coat and holding a doorknob. The layout includes bold, brightly colored headlines typical of 1980s magazine design. Cover stories highlight national-security concerns in TV journalism, recommendations for the best children’s shows, and a feature on the actress’s role in the popular mystery series Murder, She Wrote. The cover shows visible wear, with creasing and scuffing consistent with age and handling, reflecting the magazine’s status as a well-used periodical from the mid-1980s.
This is the July 6–12, 1968 issue of TV Guide. The cover features a bright, energetic posed photograph of Barbara Eden, the star of NBC’s I Dream of Jeannie. She is shown from the waist up against a warm golden-yellow background that glows softly behind her. Barbara wears a vivid orange, sleeveless, ribbed top that highlights the era’s bold color palette. Her blonde hair is styled in a high, voluminous 1960s fashion with soft curls at the ends. She has an open-mouthed smile, her eyes wide and cheerful, and one arm lifted in a lively, celebratory gesture, giving the image a sense of motion and joy.
In the upper left corner is the classic red TV GUIDE logo in a white rounded square. Near the top edge, small text reads “15¢ Local Programs July 6–12.” Cover lines appear on the left side, including “TELEVISION, SOUTHERN STYLE” and “A Close-up of ‘The Flying Nun’s’ Alejandro Rey.” At the bottom, in small type, it notes “Barbara Eden of ‘I Dream of Jeannie.’” The overall look is upbeat, colorful, and unmistakably mid-century television culture.
#OnThisDay, 19 Jan 1953, American actress Lucille Ball gets more viewers for an episode of her sitcom, I Love Lucy, than watch the inauguration of the US President Eisenhower the following day.
‘Lucy Goes to the Hospital' got a 71.9% audience share with 44 million viewers. Eisenhower's inauguration got 29 million.
Lucille Ball as Lucy sitting on a sofa knitting. She is very very pregnant. Real life and screen husband Desi Arnez is sitting on the arm of a chair looking mildly panicked. Ball is white, Arnez is Latino.