Y2K Nostalgia: 34 TV Guide Covers from the Early 2000s

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John Summers • Contributor
Apr 15, 2024 8:00 PM EDT

Welcome to the dawn of a new era with our collection of 34 TV Guide covers from the early 2000s, a time when television was evolving rapidly to keep up with the changing landscape of the new millennium. The early 2000s were a period of innovation and experimentation in TV, with the rise of reality shows like "Survivor," the continued dominance of sitcoms like "Friends," and the emergence of gripping dramas like "The Sopranos."

In this listicle, we've curated a selection of TV Guide covers that not only highlight the era's most popular shows and stars but also reflect the zeitgeist of the early 2000s. Each cover is a snapshot of the time, capturing the excitement and diversity of television programming during this transformative period. Whether you're a fan of the early 2000s or simply curious about the shows that shaped the early years of the 21st century, these covers provide a fascinating glimpse into the world of TV at the turn of the millennium.

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  • 01
    TV GUIDE FEB. 12-18 $1.79 Inside: Marc Anthony Meredith Vieira NASCAR From top: Sean Hayes, Megan Mullally, Eric McCormack, Debra Messing WILL& THE SECRET'S OUT! HOW THIS SEXY, FEARLESS COMEDY IS WINNING RAVES BY REFUSING TO PLAY IT STRAIGHT GRACE www.tvguide.com
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  • 02
    TV GE MARCH 18-24 $1.79 INSIDE: WHAT'S NEXT FOR KATHIE LEE TV GUIDE AWARD WINNERS WHY WE'RE HOOKED ON MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE www.tvguide.com Frankie Muniz, Jane Kaczmarek and Bryan Cranston
    via TV Guide Magazine
  • 03
    TV GUIDE JULY 15-21 $1,79 Hugh Jackman as Wolverine MEN ALL THE X-CITEMENT! ALL THE ACTION! ALL THE STARS! AN X-CLUSIVE ONE OF SIX COLLECTOR'S COVERS THIS WEEK SPECIAL BONUS! ORIGINAL X-MEN COMIC INSIDE! LOOK AT THIS SUMMER'S MUTANT MOVIE MANIA www.tvguide.com
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  • 04
    www.tvguide.com TH GU INSIDE: PARENTS' GUIDE TO KIDS' TV CHARLIE'S ANGELS Lucy Liu, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore GOOD HEAVENS! HOW DREW, CAMERON AND LUCY TURNED THE LEGENDARY SERIES INTO A KICKIN' NEW MOVIE! OCT. 28-NOV. 3 $1.99 ONE OF TWO COLLECTOR'S COVERS THIS WEEK
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  • 05
    TV GUIDE JULY 21-27 $1.99 ONE OF FOUR COLLECTOR'S COVERS THIS WEEK Exclusive! Talk about growth spurts! TV's top tykes become tweens for a day on their 10th anniversary rugrats! special Rugrats's Tommy www.tvguide.com
    via TV Guide Magazine
  • 06
    TV $1.99 GUIDE AUGUST 4-10 INSIDE: MTV TURNS 20! HUMBER 5 OF 6 CONNECTING COVERS THIS WEEK Gas crisis? Political scandal? What decade is this? Join us in a time warp with the wildest bunch since the Bradys That os show! www.tvguide.com Laura Prepon
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  • 07
    TV GUIDE OCT. 27-NOV. 2 $1.99 ONE OF FOUR HARRY POTTER COVERS THIS WEEK Inside: In the newsroom with Peter Jennings Harry Potter Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter All the mystery, marvel and magic behind the long-awaited film fantasy Plus: Parents' Guide to Kids' TV www.tvguide.com
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  • 08
    TV GUIDE NOV. 3-9 $1.99 www.tvguide.com Elisha Cuthbert, Kiefer Sutherland and Dennis Haysbert THE BEST NEW SHOW OF THE YEAR! 21 HE'S GOT ONE DAY TO SAVE HIS FAMILY AND PROTECT HIS COUNTRY. THE CLOCK IS TICKING...
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  • 09
    TV GUIDE DEC. 15-21 $1.99 HOBBITS, ELVES AND MAGIC! THE INSPIRED FILM JOURNEY OF J.R.R. TOLKIEN'S LEGENDARY FANTASY THE FOURTH OF FOUR CONNECTING COVERS THIS WEEK LORD OF THE RINGS Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan
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  • 10
    TV GUIDE FEB. 2-8 $1.99 The new Mac Daddy of family comedy has arrived. America, you know who we're talkin' about. make room for berniemac!
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  • 11
    TV GUID ALSO LOOK FOR FOUR COLLECTOR'S COVERS THIS WEEK FROM CLASSIC SPIDER-MAN ARTISTS! A WEB OF INTRIGUE! RED-HOT ROMANCE! THE CLASSIC COMIC-BOOK HERO LOOKS TO SPIN MOVIE MAGIC SPIDER MANZ Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man
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  • 12
    TV GUIDE MAY 11-17 $2.49 ONE OF THREE SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S COVERS THIS WEEK THE STAR WARS SAGA CONTINUES! SPACE BATTLES! CLONE WARS! AND THE LOVE STORY THAT LEADS TO GALACTIC PERIL! PLUS: AMAZING INTERVIEWS WITH GEORGE LUCAS, HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN AND NATALIE PORTMAN
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  • 13
    TV GUIDE JUNE 29-JULY 5 $1.99 sex and the XCLUSIVE INTERVIEW! CILY SARAH JESSICA PARKER tells all about her surprise pregnancy, the coming season (a new man in Carrie's life?) and why she doesn't want the show to end Plus: The complete episode guide
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  • 14
    TV THEKING OFQUEENS GUIDE AUGUST 10-16 $1.99 Leah Remini, Kevin James and Jerry Stiller WE GRAB A BOOTH AT A DINER AND DISH WITH THE CAST OF THE HIT SERIES BY JANET WEEKS
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  • 15
    See our new DON'T MISS page! TV Yep GUIDE everybody still Oct. 5-11 $1.99 loves Raymond. Just ask 'em! Well, we did. (Wait till you hear what they say!) The full story on TV's funniest family Clockwise from top left: Doris Roberts, Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton, Brad Garrett, Peter Boyle
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  • 16
    TV GUIDE NOV. 30-DEC.6 $1.99 INSIDE: STEVEN SPIELBERG TAKES YOU AWAY! MTV'S MAKING THE BAND 2 THE 50 DVD JAWS YOU MUST HAVE THE LORD OF THE RINGS AUSTIN POWERS THE GODFATHER SHREK SEX AND THE CITY
    via TV Guide Magazine
  • 17
    TV GUIDE FEB. 8-14 $1.99 ALSO: A GUIDE TO SWEEPS SHOWS MATTHEW BRODERICK'S MUSIC MAN DAREDEVIL BEN AFFLECK & JENNIFER GARNER The World's Sexiest Man! TV's Sexiest Woman! The Hottest Comic Book Movie Ever!
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  • 18
    TV GUIDE SEPTEMBER 6-12 $1.99 SECRETS OF THE NEW SURVIVORS SEASON! JEFF PROBST ALIAS JENNIFER GARNER EXCLUSIVE! SNEAK PEEK ANGEL SPIKE'S BACK (AND BUFFY, TOO) ALIAS MORE SHOCKING TWISTS SURVIVOR HALF NAKED & HUNGRY David Boreanaz and James Marsters
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  • 19
    TV GUIDE We See Everything JOE MILLIONAIRE IS THIS ONE ACTUALLY RICH? SECRETS OF THE MATRIX Why the Osbournes should call it quits Scott Foley talks OCTOBER 25-31 $2.49
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  • 20
    MARCH 20-26 $2.49 TV GUIDE SURVIVOR'S RED-HOT ROMANCE KIM CATTRALL UNZIPPED TYRA'S GIRLS ApHL Shand Mer Who'll be Top Model's biggest winner? Its creator, Tyra Banks
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  • 21
    $2.49 APRIL 25-MAY 1 TV GUIDE First Look! Stargate: Atlantis Ty Takes Over Behind the Scenes of The Season's Best New Comedy Extreme Makeover: Home
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  • 22
    JULY 11-17, 2004 TV GUIDE Move Over, Ted Baxter WILL FERRELL Grooves as a '70s Newscaster in "Anchorman" TV GUI HE'S SO VAIN! PLUS: Inside Stargate Atlantis A Rave for USA's New Miniseries The 4400 TECH SPECIAL The 50 Coolest TVs, Recorders, Sound Systems & Gadgets $2.49
    via TV Guide Magazine
  • 23
    OCTOBER 3-9 TV CDE PLUS: What You Don't Know About the New Bachelor Fall's Hot Faces TRUMP: ALL FIRED UP! APPRENTICE 2's tasks are tougher, knives are sharper, and someone "makes Omarosa look tame," says the Donald DONALD TRUMP WITH MARIA & RAJ $2.49 YOUR GUIDE to more than 900 movies and 300 new episodes!
    via TV Guide Magazine
  • 24
    $2.49 OCTOBER 17-23 TV GUIDE FARSCAPE'S Explosive Return! THE SWAN: What Happened After the Makeovers? Secrets of WIFE SWAP ELECTION SPECIAL MOCK the VOTE! The Daily Show's JON STEWART leads the pack of TV comics whipping up a humor revolution
    via TV Guide Magazine
  • 25
    DECEMBER 19-25 2004 BEST & WORST TV GUID Shaq vs. Kobe The Amazing Race The Good, Bad & Ugly The Hottest Show of The Year! LOST $2.49 WATCH TV GUIDE'S GREATEST MOMENTS OF 2004 Dec. 20 On ABC! See Details Inside
    via TV Guide Magazine
  • 26
    FEBRUARY 6-12 TV GUI ALIAS Kicks Butt! "Sydney's ready to attack!" -JENNIFER GARNER PLUS: Sexy sisters! Plot shockers! How Jen got that body! $2.49 (WEDNESDAY ON ABC) 20 Hottest Kisses of All Time Super Bowl Special Inside the 24 Controversy
    via TV Guide Magazine
  • 27
    MAY 1-7 TV G Obi-Wan & Anakin's Duel of Destiny A Special Tribute STAR WARS $2.99
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  • 28
    JUNE 5-11 THE BIG MOVIE GUIDE IS BACK OVER 1,100 MOVIES REVIEWED & RATED TV GUIDE 10F6 SPECIAL COVERS TV's Sexiest Men! Hugh Laurie HOUSE "Those steely blue eyes are so piercing" -COSTAR SELA WARD $2.49
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  • 29
    JAN. 30-FEB. 5, 2006 MEET THE CAST & WIN A ROLE ON PRISON BREAK! p. 83 TV GUIDE TV MADE EASY HOT NEW EPISODES! ONLY $1.993 p.31 Burning questions about Dancing With the Stars EXCLUSIVE Grey's Anatomy What's next for Alex & Izzie PLUS Super Bowl episode secrets Inside Survivor's revealed! first challenge Justin Chambers & Katherine Heig Sunday on ABC) SEAHAWKS vs. STEELERS! Your Super Bowl XL Guide SEE P. 38 & P. 89
    via TV Guide Magazine
  • 30
    DECEMBER 18-24, 2006 TV Year-End Special GUIDE House Oprah Lost Criminal Minds Grey's Anatomy Law & Order: SVU CSI BEST OF 2006 MY BIG YEAR! UGLY BETTY's America Ferrera "It's so wonderful to have a normal person be a romantic heroine!" 24 The Closer Dancing with the Stars Heroes
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  • 31
    JANUARY 22-28, 2007 TV Our 10 Insider GUIDE Secrets! American PLUS HEROES DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES ER AMAZING RACE Ryan Seacrest, Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell Fuczcay Balconesday on Fax) Idol
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  • 32
    JUNE 11-17, 2007 PARIS GOES TO JAIL! "I HAVE MADE SOME MISTAKES" TV GUIDE Special Report ROSIE VS. ELISABETH: INSIDE THE MELTDOWN BINDI & TERRI IRWIN "I really strongly feel that Dad is with us" $7.49 WWW.TVLIDE.COM LAST EPISODE EVER! THE SOPRANOS GOES OUT WITH A BANG! Behind the scenes scoop from the stars Bad Falco and James Gandolfini
    via TV Guide Magazine
  • 33
    MAY 5-11, 2008 SPECIAL ISSUE TV GUIDE TU'S SEXIEST STARS Patrick Dempsey Eva Longoria Parker Josh Holloway Alex O'Loughlin Julianne Hough and more! Jennifer Love Hewitt THE SEXIEST WOMAN ON TV
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  • 34
    JULY 27-AUG. 9, 2009 TV GUIDE Double Issue 2 FULL WEEKS OF LISTINGS! WALTER CRONKITE 1916-2009 SCI-FI PREVIEW Sneak peek at 30 shows-Fringe, Supernatural, Battlestar, V and more! Plus The Big Bang Theory invades Comic-Con! Johnny Galecki Jim Parsons and Kaley Cuoco Monday on CBS
    via TV Guide Magazine

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