| 100% | CNN | 3 | "Early Start" network |
| 82% | PRE | 3 | Early start? |
| 82% | PRE | 3 | Early start |
| 80% | DUMONT | 6 | Early TV network |
| 72% | BACKDATING | 10 | Making an earlier start date |
| 70% | MYSPACE | 7 | Early social networking site |
| 69% | PREBID | 6 | Get an early start at an auction |
| 68% | FOURPM | 6 | Early happy hour start time |
| 67% | BIS | 3 | Start of an early Grafton title |
| 64% | CBS | 3 | "The Early Show" network |
| 63% | ARPANET | 7 | Early wide area computing network of the 60s |
| 63% | MYSPACE | 7 | Early 2000s social network, good for sharing music |
| 63% | NBC | 3 | Network with the slogan “Big TV Starts Here” |
| 63% | ATDAWN | 6 | When an early voyage may start |
| 61% | DUMONT | 6 | Early TV network competing with NBC, ABC and CBS |
| 61% | DUMONT | 6 | Early TV network that competed with NBC and CBS |
| 61% | CRANKS | 6 | People turned them to start early automobiles |
| 59% | FRI | 3 | Day to start an early weekend, for short |
| 59% | POWERPC | 7 | IBM/Apple product starting in the early '90s |
| 58% | CNN | 3 | "Early Start" channel |
| 58% | STEAMCAR | 8 | Early vehicle that could take up to 30 minutes to start |
| 56% | CNN | 3 | "Early Start" news channel |
| 56% | CNN | 3 | "Early Start" broadcaster: Abbr. |
| 55% | ABC | 3 | TV network that's also the alphabet starting sequence: Abbr. |
| 52% | NBC | 3 | Network that announced it will no longer air the Golden Globes, starting in 2022 |
| 48% | GUN | 3 | Jump the ___ (start too early) |
| 45% | NEURAL | 6 | __ network |
| 45% | DIAMONDJIMBRADY | 15 | Early railroad tycoon whose nickname is a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 51- and 62-Across |
| 44% | INSTAGRAM | 9 | Social networking service ... or an apt portmanteau for the starts of 17-, 27- and 45-Across |
| 44% | NEURAL | 6 | Kind of network |