| 100% | XYZ | 3 | Finale of an ABC series? |
| 53% | ONE | 3 | Beginning of an odd series |
| 51% | FORTYFORTY | 10 | Back-to-back episodes of an ABC News program? |
| 50% | WEBISODE | 8 | Installment of an Internet TV series |
| 49% | HELGA | 5 | Subject of an Andrew Wyeth portrait series |
| 49% | POWERRANGER | 11 | Hero of an old kids' TV series |
| 49% | CARLSAGAN | 9 | Host of an Emmy-winning PBS series |
| 49% | GAMESEVEN | 9 | Playoff series finale ... or an apt title for this puzzle considering the number and length of its theme entries |
| 48% | BOOKI | 5 | Start of an epic series, perhaps |
| 47% | SUEGRAFTON | 10 | Author of an alphabetic series of mysteries |
| 46% | ICE | 3 | "Diary of an ___ Princess" (children's book series by Christina Soontornvat) |
| 46% | IRON | 4 | Series finale, titled "The ___ Throne", of "Game of Thrones" |
| 45% | TOZ | 3 | W ___ (finale of an encyclopedia) |
| 45% | TIMESIGNAL | 10 | Series of beeps on an old radio broadcast, e.g. |
| 44% | SCALAR | 6 | Having an uninterrupted series of steps |
| 44% | NATHANFILLION | 13 | "Firefly" actor who plays Officer John Nolan on an ABC series about a new LAPD cop (2 wds.) |
| 44% | DESK | 4 | "Tiny" piece of furniture in an NPR concert series |
| 43% | ZISFORZERO | 10 | Title of the unwritten finale to the 17-Across series |
| 43% | PANDA | 5 | Type of animal Po is, in an animated movie series |
| 42% | MRSMAISEL | 9 | "Marvelous" stand-up comic and title character of an Emmy-winning Amazon series: 2 wds. |
| 42% | THEAPES | 7 | "War for the Planet of ___," an upcoming instalment in the series: 2 wds. |
| 42% | EVA | 3 | Longoria who's an executive producer of ABC's "Grand Hotel" |
| 42% | LIES | 4 | "House of ___" (Showtime series with Don Cheadle as an unethical consultant) |
| 41% | XXXXXXXXXXX | 11 | Grammy-winning musician named for an animated TV series of the 1980s |
| 41% | IMAMAC | 6 | Line in an old series of Apple commercials |
| 40% | SIA | 3 | Singer whose "Breathe Me" was part of the "Six Feet Under" series finale |
| 40% | RAZR | 4 | Motorola series of mobile phones recently revived as an Android-based foldable smartphone |
| 40% | ANNE | 4 | “___ with an E” (TV series based on the works of Lucy Maud Montgomery) |
| 39% | CSI | 3 | TV series that spawned an exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry |
| 39% | BARNEY | 6 | Purple dinosaur on an upcoming Cartoon Network reboot of a long-running PBS series |