| 100% | THEDAILYSHOW | 12 | Comedy Central program hosted by 40-Across: 3 wds. |
| 58% | THEDAILYSHOW | 12 | Satirical Comedy Central program created by Madeleine Smithberg and Lizz Winstead: 3 wds. |
| 54% | THEDAILYSHOW | 12 | Comedy Central program where 17-Across was the longest-serving correspondent, at 12 years: 3 wds. |
| 49% | THEMISERYINDEX | 14 | 2019-2021 TBS comedy game show hosted by 17-Across: 3 wds. |
| 47% | THEGONGSHOW | 11 | Talent competition program (1976-1980) hosted by 18-Across: 3 wds. |
| 45% | HELLSKITCHEN | 12 | Reality cooking show hosted by 40-Across whose theme song is "Fire" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | FLYOVERSTATES | 13 | #1 song by 40-Across that's about the Midwest (2012): 3 wds. |
| 43% | WEEKENDUPDATE | 13 | Comedy news segment hosted by Seth Meyers on 24-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | BORNACRIME | 10 | Memoir by 40-Across, about his childhood as a mixed-race person under apartheid: 3 wds. |
| 41% | DEMOCRACYNOW | 12 | PBS news program hosted by journalist Amy Goodman (2 wds.) |
| 41% | THETONIGHTSHOW | 14 | NBC program first hosted by Steve Allen (3 wds.) |
| 41% | THEFOURSEASONS | 14 | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame vocal quartet fronted by 40-Across (3 wds.) |
| 41% | THEBSREPORT | 11 | Podcast hosted by Bill Simmons: 3 wds. |
| 40% | THEDAILYSHOW | 12 | Comedy Central news satire program that debuted in 1996 (3 wds.) |
| 40% | DEPTHOFWINTER | 13 | 2018 bestseller by 40-Across featuring 18-Across (3 wds.) |
| 39% | TEDRADIOHOUR | 12 | NPR podcast hosted by Guy Raz: 3 wds. |
| 39% | HANDSTOMYSELF | 13 | Hit single by 40-Across from her 2015 album "Revival" (3 wds.) |
| 39% | SAMEOLDLOVE | 11 | Hit single by 40-Across from her 2015 album "Revival" (3 wds.) |
| 39% | THEMUPPETSHOW | 13 | 1970s-'80s variety program produced by 20-Across: 3 wds. |
| 39% | MEETTHEPRESS | 12 | Weekly news/interview show hosted by Chuck Todd that is the longest-running program on American television (3 wds.) |
| 38% | THEPARISWIFE | 12 | 2011 novel by 40-Across about Ernest Hemingway's first marriage (3 wds.) |
| 38% | LOVEANDRUIN | 11 | 2018 novel by 40-Across about Ernest Hemingway's third marriage (3 wds.) |
| 38% | SHADOWANDBONE | 13 | Fantasy trilogy by 40-Across adapted into a 2021 Netflix series (3 wds.) |
| 38% | THEFRENCHCHEF | 13 | Pioneering cooking show created and hosted by 44-Across (3 wds.) |
| 37% | GIRLONFIRE | 10 | Album by 40-Across that won a Grammy for Best R&B Album (3 wds.) |
| 37% | FACETHENATION | 13 | Sunday morning CBS news show hosted by Bob Schieffer since 1991: 3 wds. |
| 37% | THELATESHOW | 11 | Previously hosted by David Letterman, and now starring Stephen Colbert, CBS talk-show that was a fierce competitor of 40-Across: 3 wds. |
| 37% | WEIRDORWHAT | 11 | 2010-2012 Discovery Channel show hosted by William Shatner about bizarre phenomena: 3 wds. |
| 37% | WHEELOFFORTUNE | 14 | Hangman-style game show hosted by Chuck Woolery from 1975 to 1981: 3 wds. |
| 37% | WHEELOFFORTUNE | 14 | Game show hosted by 45-Across after Pat Sajak retired (3 wds.) |