| 100% | PILOT | 5 | First episode of a new sitcom |
| 78% | PILOT | 5 | First episode of a new TV show |
| 63% | TVPILOT | 7 | First episode of a series |
| 63% | PILOT | 5 | First episode of a show |
| 63% | PILOT | 5 | First episode of a TV show |
| 63% | PILOT | 5 | First episode of a TV series |
| 59% | LEDE | 4 | First sentence of a news story |
| 59% | PILOT | 5 | Trial episode of a sitcom |
| 59% | PILOT | 5 | Test episode of a sitcom |
| 56% | FIVEMEN | 7 | Back-to-back episodes of a Jon Cryer sitcom? |
| 55% | RHODE | 5 | First word of a state in New England |
| 54% | APLOT | 5 | Main story line of a sitcom episode |
| 53% | AULD | 4 | First word of a traditional New Year's Eve song |
| 52% | PILOT | 5 | First in a long line of sitcoms? |
| 52% | RERUN | 5 | Any airing of a TV episode after the first one |
| 51% | LEBRON | 6 | First name of a basketball player who recently signed with a new team |
| 51% | NOVA | 4 | Its first episode was "The Making of a Natural History Film" |
| 51% | CHELSEAGRAMMAR | 14 | Star of a sitcom in which the First Daughter learns syntax? |
| 49% | ACTS | 4 | First book of the New Testament that isn't named for a person |
| 49% | GREENACRES | 10 | Sitcom whose first episode was "Oliver Buys a Farm" |
| 49% | TAZ | 3 | __-Mania ("A Devil of a Job" episode's sitcom) |
| 49% | OPEN | 4 | "Simpsons Roasting on an ___ Fire," first episode of "The Simpsons" that aired as a Christmas special in 1989 |
| 48% | SHAKINA | 7 | First trans person to star in a US network sitcom: Nayfack of "Connecting" |
| 47% | REBA | 4 | Hart of a 2000s sitcom, or the first name of the character's portrayer |
| 47% | CYBILLSHEPHERD | 14 | "Moonlighting" actress and star of a 1990s CBS sitcom, whose title was her first name: 2 wds. |
| 46% | DAY | 3 | First ___ of school, new chapter with school bells and classroom adventures for a child |
| 46% | ERA | 3 | Dawn of a new ___ |
| 46% | MARTINLAWRENCE | 14 | Stand-up comedian and star of a 1990s Fox sitcom, whose title was his first name: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ELLENDEGENERES | 14 | Talk show host and star of a 1990s ABC sitcom, whose title was her first name: 2 wds. |
| 45% | PAGE | 4 | "Tomorrow is the first ___ in a book of 365" (common New Year's phrase) |