| 100% | JOY | 3 | "The ___ of Painting," TV show hosted by Bob Ross |
| 54% | TICTACDOUGH | 11 | Game show hosted by Wink Martindale (3 of the question) |
| 51% | LOSER | 5 | "The Biggest ___" (reality show hosted by Bob Harper) |
| 50% | PAT | 3 | TV show host Sajak who may say the phrase found in the starred clues of this puzzle before 4d |
| 50% | SOULTRAIN | 9 | TV show hosted by Don Cornelius |
| 50% | JAYLENO | 7 | TV host of You Bet Your Life and The Tonight Show |
| 49% | ART | 3 | Bob Ross creation on "The Joy of Painting" |
| 48% | STARSEARCH | 10 | Old TV show hosted by Ed McMahon |
| 48% | AFTERMIDNIGHT | 13 | CBS late show hosted by Taylor Tomlinson ... or where to find the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | ROSS | 4 | "The Joy of Painting" host Bob |
| 47% | EASEL | 5 | Prop on Bob Ross's "The Joy of Painting" |
| 47% | EASEL | 5 | Prop for Bob Ross on "The Joy of Painting" |
| 47% | BEWITCHED | 9 | 2005 American romantic comedy film based on a TV show of the same name directed by Nora Ephron |
| 47% | FROST | 5 | David —, host of 1960s BBC TV satire show That Was the Week That Was |
| 47% | DERMOTOLEARY | 12 | Radio and television broadcaster; host of 2016 BBC TV game show The Getaway Car |
| 46% | MEET | 4 | "___ the Press" (TV show hosted by Chuck Todd) |
| 46% | LONI | 4 | TV host Love, of talk show "The Real" |
| 46% | EYE | 3 | "Queer ___," Emmy-winning reality TV show hosted by five queer icons |
| 45% | RACE | 4 | "The Amazing ___" (TV show hosted by Phil Keoghan) |
| 45% | HOLT | 4 | ___ Richter, one of the two characters voiced by Jason Sudeikis in the TV series "The Cleveland Show" |
| 45% | BILL | 4 | ___ Nye, host of the eponymous science show who was a household icon in '90s children's TV |
| 45% | WIZARD | 6 | "The ___ of Odds," American TV game show hosted by Alex Trebek between 1973 and 1974 |
| 45% | FACETHENATION | 13 | Sunday morning CBS news show hosted by Bob Schieffer since 1991: 3 wds. |
| 45% | VICTORY | 7 | "The ___ Garden," American TV show with gardening tips once hosted by Jamie Durie |
| 45% | FASHION | 7 | "Next in ___," TV show hosted by style gurus Alexa Chung and Tan France |
| 45% | SURVIVOR | 8 | TV show hosted in US by Jeff Probst for 40 seasons |
| 45% | ATTENBOROUGH | 12 | David —, broadcaster; winner of the Living Icons award presented by BBC TV programme The Culture Show in 2006 |
| 44% | POSE | 4 | TV show featuring the House of Evangelista |
| 44% | EMCEE | 5 | Host of some TV shows |
| 44% | NICKNEWS | 8 | Show hosted by Linda Ellerbee that began airing in the early nineties |