| 100% | INCREDIBLEHULK | 14 | 1970's-80's TV hero, with "the" |
| 65% | FONZ | 4 | 1970's-80's sitcom guy, with "the" |
| 63% | PTL | 3 | "The ___ Club" of 1970's-80's TV |
| 62% | ATEAM | 5 | 80's TV crime battlers, with "The" |
| 58% | ATOM | 4 | With 60-Across, 1960's TV cartoon hero |
| 58% | MORK&MINDY | 10 | 1970's-80's TV twosome |
| 57% | EWING | 5 | 1970's-80's TV family name |
| 56% | MACGYVER | 8 | Problem-solving TV hero of the ’80s/’90s |
| 56% | QUINCY | 6 | 1970's-80's TV title role [Ill.] |
| 56% | CARLI | 5 | With 3-Down, hero of the U.S.A.'s Women's World Cup victory |
| 56% | MASH | 4 | TV series with the all-time most-watched episode |
| 56% | FINALE | 6 | TV show with the season's highest rating, often |
| 55% | PTL | 3 | "The ___ Club" (1970's-80's TV show) |
| 55% | EWING | 5 | Jock of 1970's-80's TV |
| 55% | MATCHGAME | 9 | Gene Rayburn’s TV show, with “The” |
| 55% | ALLINTHEFAMILY | 14 | 1970's TV show with a literal hint to 20-, 25- and 42-Across |
| 55% | STARS | 5 | TV's "Dancing with the ___" |
| 55% | STARS | 5 | TV's "Dancing with the __" |
| 55% | FONZ | 4 | 1970's TV character whose real first name was Arthur, with "the" |
| 55% | ADAM | 4 | With 53-Across, the Caped Crusader's portrayer on TV's "Batman" |
| 55% | PAAR | 4 | TV host with the instrumental theme "I-M-4-U" |
| 55% | ASNER | 5 | Grant portrayer in 1970's-80's TV |
| 55% | ESTRADA | 7 | "CHiPs" star of 1970's-80's TV |
| 54% | MRT | 3 | Guy with the mohawk in the 1980's TV series, "The A-team" |
| 54% | ERINMORAN | 9 | Joanie Cunningham portrayer, in 1970's-80's TV |
| 54% | CLAVICLE | 8 | S-shaped bone between with the sternum and scapula |
| 53% | XFILES | 6 | The __, cult 1990's TV show with Mulder and Scully |
| 53% | BURT | 4 | With 8-Across, the Boy Wonder's portrayer on TV's "Batman" (1966-1968 show) |
| 52% | HANSOLO | 7 | Sci-fi hero with the line "Never tell me the odds" |
| 52% | ALF | 3 | 80's sitcom with the voice of Paul Fusco |