| 100% | JOAN | 4 | "In Bed With ___" (Internet talk show starring comedian Rivers) |
| 50% | VIEW | 4 | Talk show starring Whoopi Goldberg, with "The" |
| 49% | OPRAH | 5 | Talk show star who plays Gloria in "The Butler" |
| 46% | CHEW | 4 | Cooking-themed talk show starring Carla Hall and Michael Symon, with "The" |
| 45% | SATURDAY | 8 | "___ Night Live," American talk show starring David Schwimmer as the host in 1995 |
| 44% | RICKI | 5 | Lake who had a talk show and starred in Hairspray |
| 42% | JOEPERA | 7 | Comedian with an Adult Swim show where he Talks With You |
| 42% | MUSIC | 5 | With 4-Down, classic Broadway show set in River City, with "The" |
| 41% | SINBAD | 6 | One-named comedian with a talk show |
| 40% | ILL | 3 | In bed with the flu, perhaps |
| 40% | OKRAWINFREY | 11 | Vegetarian talk show star? |
| 40% | ARTE | 4 | ___ Johnson, comedian with the catchphrase "Verrry interesting" who starred in "Cannonball Run: II" |
| 39% | ICET | 4 | Hip-hop artist who starred in a reality show with his wife Coco: Hyph. |
| 38% | THEMANFROMUNCLE | 15 | Hit 1960's TV show with a hint to the nine starred clues in this puzzle |
| 38% | KATIE | 5 | Talk show starting in 2012 |
| 38% | LAID | 4 | Sick in bed, with “up” |
| 37% | THEVIEW | 7 | Talk show starring Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar: 2 wds. |
| 37% | LAMARODOM | 9 | Former L.A. Laker who starred in a reality-TV show with his then wife, Khloé Kardashian |
| 37% | DEGENERES | 9 | Talk show host and comedian Ellen |
| 37% | JOAN | 4 | Comedian Rivers who died in 2014 |
| 37% | ATEAM | 5 | Show starring Mr. T, with "the" |
| 37% | GERALDO | 7 | Talk show that debuted in 1987 |
| 36% | INVESTIGATION | 13 | "CSI: ___," with 18-Across, the name of a TV show Liev Schreiber guest-starred in, also starring Laurence Fishburne |
| 36% | MURRAY | 6 | Bill ___, "Kingpin" actor and comedian who was the first guest on the "Late Show with David Letterman" in 1993 |
| 36% | TIMBERLAKE | 10 | Justin ___, "Cry Me a River" singer who starred in the variety TV show "The All New Mickey Mouse Club" |
| 36% | OPRAH | 5 | Talk show mogul with a big book club |
| 36% | CHARLIEROSE | 11 | Talk show host named in the #MeToo movement |
| 36% | SPRINGER | 8 | Talk show host Jerry, who died in 2023 |
| 36% | ELLEN | 5 | Talk show whose final episode aired in May |
| 36% | VIEW | 4 | Popular daytime talk show, with "The" |