| 100% | SHH | 3 | "Quiet, the show's starting!" |
| 74% | ASEAT | 5 | "Take ___, the show's about to start!" ("Sit down!"): 2 wds. |
| 72% | ITSON | 5 | "The show's starting!" |
| 71% | DEAL | 4 | Start of the title of Howie's game show |
| 71% | SHH | 3 | "Be quiet, the movie's starting!" |
| 70% | ITSON | 5 | "The show's starting!" (2 wds.) |
| 68% | OPENS | 5 | Starts the show |
| 68% | WHOSFIRST | 9 | Teacher's question at the start of show-and-tell |
| 66% | ITSON | 5 | The TV show is starting |
| 60% | SHH | 3 | "Hey! The show's beginning!" |
| 60% | COLORCAST | 9 | Like most TV shows starting in the 1960s |
| 59% | PTSJKNDVNNWHITE | 15 | The show's partly completed puzzle (category: hosts) |
| 58% | SNL | 3 | Show that starts with a cold open sketch that ends with the phrase that includes "... from New York, it's ..." |
| 58% | SUNRISE | 7 | When the sun starts to show above the horizon |
| 58% | NAMEDROPS | 9 | Shows off one's connections, or what you'll do by speaking the starts of 17-, 28- and 43-Across |
| 58% | THEME | 5 | ___ song (tune at the start of a TV show) |
| 57% | SKIPINTRO | 9 | Clickable message at the start of an online TV show |
| 57% | OMAREPPS | 8 | "House" actor for the show's entire run |
| 57% | IDLIKETOBUYANA | 14 | Request that will complete the show's puzzle |
| 57% | ENDCREDITS | 10 | They go up after the show’s over |
| 56% | JIMMYFALLON | 11 | "The Tonight Show" host on the air starting in 2014: 2 wds. |
| 56% | CARNIVAL | 8 | (2/7) "Let's start by trying our luck at the ___ (traveling show) games! Maybe we can win ourselves a stuffed toy!" |
| 56% | BEINGALIVE | 10 | Song from "Company" that marks the show's climax |
| 55% | BLUEY | 5 | The Heeler family's show |
| 55% | NYE | 3 | Bill who got his television start on the sketch show “Almost Live!” |
| 55% | GETREADYWITHME | 14 | Friend's invitation before a party, or a TikTok genre that shows off the starts of 20-, 30-, and 41-Across |
| 54% | TIMETOHITTHEHAY | 15 | With 43-Across, line spoken by the show's star |
| 54% | AMYSCHNEIDER | 12 | "Jeopardy!" champion with the show's second-longest win streak |
| 54% | QUIZBOWL | 8 | Good practice for the show "It's Academic" |
| 54% | ITSON | 5 | "The show just started!": 2 wds. |