| 100% | TYRA | 4 | Banks who hosted an Emmy-winning talk show |
| 57% | KELLY | 5 | ___ Clarkson, former "American Idol" winner who hosts an eponymous talk show |
| 56% | ARSENIO | 7 | Talk show host Hall who won "Celebrity Apprentice" in 2012 |
| 56% | ARSENIOHALL | 11 | Talk show host who won a season of "Celebrity Apprentice" |
| 56% | WENDY | 5 | ___ Williams, National Radio Hall of Fame member who hosted an eponymous talk show |
| 56% | LEEZA | 5 | Talk show host who won "The Celebrity Apprentice" in 2015, familiarly |
| 53% | RACHAELRAY | 10 | "30 Minute Meals" chef who won an Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show (2 wds.) |
| 53% | HALL | 4 | Emmy-winning talk show host Tamron ___ |
| 51% | JOANRIVERS | 10 | 1990 Emmy-winning talk show host |
| 49% | HAYES | 5 | Chris who hosts an MSNBC show |
| 49% | RISEANDSHINE | 12 | 43-Across novel about a morning talk show host who is fired because of an on-air gaffe (3 wds.) |
| 47% | BEHAR | 5 | Talk Show Host Emmy winner of 2009 |
| 47% | ALEXTREBEK | 10 | "Jeopardy!" host who won his eighth Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host posthumously in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 47% | OPRAH | 5 | Talk show host nominated for an Academy Award |
| 47% | ELLEN | 5 | Talk show host who voices Pixar's Dory |
| 47% | SPRINGER | 8 | Talk show host Jerry, who died in 2023 |
| 47% | SHERRI | 6 | Shepherd who hosts a namesake daytime talk show |
| 47% | RIPA | 4 | Talk show host who married Mark Consuelos, Kelly |
| 47% | ELMO | 4 | Muppet who hosted a talk show |
| 46% | ELLEN | 5 | Talk show host DeGeneres who appeared in CoverGirl ads |
| 46% | RICKILAKE | 9 | Talk show host who rose to fame in Hairspray |
| 46% | MERV | 4 | Talk show host Griffin who created "Wheel of Fortune" |
| 46% | ALEC | 4 | Baldwin who hosts a Sunday-night talk show |
| 46% | ROLONDA | 7 | Watts who hosted a 1990s talk show |
| 46% | ARSENIO | 7 | Hall who hosted a 1990s talk show |
| 45% | RIPA | 4 | Talk show host who was once on "All My Children" |
| 45% | SPADER | 6 | James who won an Emmy two years in a row for the same role on different shows |
| 45% | OPRAH | 5 | ___ Winfrey, Emmy-winning talk show host dubbed "Queen of All Media" |
| 45% | ELLEN | 5 | Talk show host who voices the adult Dory in "Finding Dory" |
| 45% | NED | 3 | "Earth to ___" (Disney+ talk show with an alien host) |