| 100% | AANDE | 5 | Cable network specializing in "real life" shows |
| 53% | CSPAN | 5 | Cable network that shows US lawmakers in action: Hyph. |
| 45% | MAX | 3 | Jethro, in real life |
| 45% | ONSCREEN | 8 | Not in real life, say |
| 45% | MET | 3 | Encountered in real life, say |
| 43% | EVER | 4 | "Will I ___ use algebra in real life?" |
| 43% | NEGRI | 5 | Actress romanced in real life by Rudolph Valentino |
| 43% | LARPING | 7 | Players acting out RPGs physically in real life |
| 42% | TMC | 3 | Cable network that shows old films |
| 42% | USA | 3 | Cable network that shows WWE matches |
| 42% | TCM | 3 | Cable channel specializing in old films |
| 42% | IRL | 3 | Text lingo for in real life, not on screen |
| 42% | ARE | 3 | "We ___ Never Meeting in Real Life" (Samantha Irby book) |
| 41% | MILA | 4 | Ashton's co-star on TV and in real life |
| 40% | CAMETRUE | 8 | Happened in real life, not just in a dream: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DIY | 3 | Cable network with many on-a-budget decorating shows |
| 40% | MTV | 3 | Cable network that airs mostly reality shows |
| 40% | MTV | 3 | Cable network that aired "The Real World" and "Jersey Shore" |
| 40% | TRUTV | 5 | Cable network with the shows "Bait Car" and "Hardcore Pawn" |
| 39% | CIA | 3 | "Tenet" organization .. which in real life was once headed by George Tenet (abbr.) |
| 39% | ION | 3 | Cable network that airs the professional wrestling show "WWE Main Event" |
| 39% | CNBC | 4 | Cable network that began airing "Deal or No Deal" in 2018 |
| 39% | BUFFALOBUILDER | 14 | Artisan who specializes in life-size replicas of bison? |
| 38% | POLICEMAN | 9 | Role for Erik Estrada on TV's "CHiPs" … as well as in real life |
| 37% | CBS | 3 | Basic cable network in the USA that features the Super Bowl |
| 37% | NPR | 3 | Network whose logo shows its name in lowercase letters |
| 37% | LEAMICHELE | 10 | Actress who plays 17-Across' girlfriend and was 29-Across' girlfriend in real life: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ONLINE | 6 | Opposite of "in real life" |
| 36% | FLESH | 5 | In the ___ (personally, in real life) |
| 36% | OUR | 3 | "Days of ___ Lives" (TV show set in Salem) |