| 100% | MADMENERA | 9 | '60s-'70s epithet based on a 21st-century Emmy-winning drama |
| 38% | FARGO | 5 | 2014 Emmy-winning miniseries based on a 1996 film |
| 37% | SANDITON | 8 | PBS drama based on a Jane Austen manuscript |
| 36% | SLEEPYHOLLOW | 12 | Fox drama based on a Washington Irving story: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BELAIR | 6 | 2022 drama series based on a 1990s sitcom |
| 36% | NOMADLAND | 9 | Best Picture winner based on a book with the subtitle Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century |
| 36% | ALLISONJANNEY | 13 | Actress who won the 2004 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for playing C.J. Cregg on "The West Wing" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | BELAIR | 6 | 2022 drama series based on a 1990s sitcom (Hyph.) |
| 35% | LATOSCA | 7 | 1887 drama on which a Puccini opera is based |
| 35% | PACHINKO | 8 | American TV drama based on a Min Jin Lee novel |
| 34% | TRUE | 4 | Based on a ___ story |
| 34% | TALE | 4 | "The Handmaid's ___" (Emmy-winning series based on a Margaret Atwood novel) |
| 34% | OSAGE | 5 | "August: ___ County" (Meryl Streep film based on a Pulitzer-winning play) |
| 34% | RIENZI | 6 | Wagner opera based on a 14th-century Italian patriot |
| 34% | TRUE | 4 | Based on a ___ story; factual |
| 34% | TEENWOLF | 8 | Current MTV drama based on a Michael J. Fox movie: 2 wds. |
| 34% | BAND | 4 | "The Boys in the ___" (2020 film based on a Tony-winning play) |
| 34% | WESTWING | 8 | Emmy-winning drama four years in a row, with "The" |
| 34% | WOLFHALL | 8 | Emmy-nominated TV series based on a Hilary Mantel novel |
| 34% | AIR | 3 | "Bel-___" (drama series based on a 1990s sitcom) |
| 33% | ASNER | 5 | Only actor to win a comedy and drama Emmy for the same character |
| 33% | SHADOWANDBONE | 13 | Netflix teen drama based on a fantasy trilogy by Leigh Bardugo (3 wds.) |
| 33% | INTHEHEIGHTS | 12 | New movie based on a Tony-winning Lin-Manuel Miranda musical: 3 wds. |
| 33% | LONI | 4 | Comedian Love who won an Emmy as a co-host on "The Real" |
| 33% | ADANGEROUSWOMAN | 15 | 1993 Debra Winger drama based on a Mary McGarry Morris novel |
| 33% | HILLBILLYELEGY | 14 | 2020 drama based on a true story with Amy Adams as a troubled mother: 2 wds. |
| 33% | AMERICANGIGOLO | 14 | 2022 Showtime drama based on a 1980 film about a sex worker: 2 wds. |
| 33% | ALOHASTATE | 10 | Nickname based on a salutation |
| 33% | SONYA | 5 | Actress Eddy who won a posthumous Emmy for playing Epiphany Johnson on "General Hospital" |
| 33% | THEDEPARTED | 11 | Leonardo DiCaprio crime drama based on a Hong Kong film (2 wds.) |