| 100% | ESTO | 4 | ___ es guerra (combat-based competition reality series) |
| 45% | DRAG | 4 | "RuPaul's ___ Race," reality competition series |
| 44% | CAKE | 4 | "Is It ___?", Netflix reality series that is a game-style cooking competition |
| 43% | SYFY | 4 | Channel with the reality competition series "Face Off" |
| 43% | THEAMAZINGRACE | 14 | Reality competition series whose first season featured this puzzle's landmark |
| 39% | IDOL | 4 | "American ___" (reality competition series) |
| 38% | GAMES | 5 | "The Hunger ___," dystopian film series starring Jennifer Lawrence that features a reality TV competition |
| 38% | THEGLEEPROJECT | 14 | Oxygen reality competition series on which 16- and 55-Across both appeared: 3 wds. |
| 37% | TALENT | 6 | "America's Got ___" (reality competition series) |
| 37% | STARS | 5 | "Dancing with the ___," reality dance competition series that moved from ABC to Disney+ in 2022 |
| 37% | KATE | 4 | Title parent in a TLC reality series |
| 36% | DRAG | 4 | Reality series "RuPaul's ___ Race" |
| 36% | PROJECTRUNWAY | 13 | Reality series with fashion designer contestants |
| 35% | TOP | 3 | "___ Chef" (Bravo reality series) |
| 35% | ARMY | 4 | "___ Wives" (Lifetime reality series) |
| 35% | IDOL | 4 | "American ___" (ABC reality series) |
| 35% | IDOL | 4 | "American ___" (singing reality series) |
| 35% | YES | 3 | "Say ___ to the Dress" (TLC reality series) |
| 35% | WEAR | 4 | "What Not to ___" (TLC makeover reality series) |
| 35% | RACE | 4 | "The Amazing ___" (Emmy-winning adventure reality series) |
| 34% | BAND | 4 | "Making the ___" (MTV reality series) |
| 34% | STRANGE | 7 | "My ___ Addiction" (TLC reality series) |
| 34% | PLUS | 4 | "Kate ___ 8" (TLC reality series) |
| 34% | ROADWARS | 8 | Sky1 traffic police reality series |
| 34% | ROAD | 4 | "Ice __ Truckers": TV reality series |
| 34% | RACE | 4 | "The Amazing ___" (CBS reality series) |
| 34% | VETS | 4 | "Emergency ___" (Animal Planet reality series) |
| 34% | BELOW | 5 | "___ Deck Mediterranean" (Bravo reality series) |
| 34% | LIPSYNCBATTLE | 13 | Music competition series hosted by 45-Across based on a "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" segment (3 wds.) |
| 34% | IDOL | 4 | Reality series revived by ABC in 2018, familiarly |