| 100% | THELONERANGER | 13 | Hit 1950s western drama with Clayton Moore that began as a radio show: 3 wds. |
| 64% | OURMISSBROOKS | 13 | Hit 1950s sitcom with Eve Arden that began as a radio show: 3 wds. |
| 57% | YOUBETYOURLIFE | 14 | Hit 1950s quiz show with Groucho Marx that began as a radio show: 4 wds. |
| 31% | ONAIR | 5 | Live, as a radio show: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ASTARISBORN | 11 | 2018 musical drama that scored an Oscar and a #1 hit with "Shallow": 4 wds. |
| 29% | WHITENIGHTS | 11 | 1985 drama that scored an Oscar and a #1 hit with "Say You, Say Me": 2 wds. |
| 29% | DROPTHEMIC | 10 | New TBS celebrity competition series that started as a "Late Late Show" segment: 3 wds. |
| 28% | RIVERDANCE | 10 | Show that begins with a reel |
| 28% | DESTINYSCHILD | 13 | Band that had a #3 hit in 2000 with "Jumpin', Jumpin'": 2 wds. |
| 27% | BOBSYOURUNCLE | 13 | Expression, used as a concluding statement, that roughly means "There you have it!": 3 wds. |
| 27% | THEHATEFULEIGHT | 15 | Quentin Tarantino Western that began as a novel called “Django in White Hell” |
| 26% | BEKIND | 6 | Show generosity, or a 2020 Marshmello hit with Halsey: 2 wds. |
| 26% | ONAIR | 5 | Live, as a radio show |
| 26% | NCISLOSANGELES | 14 | Current CBS military drama with Gerald McRaney as retired admiral Hollace Kilbride: 3 wds. |
| 26% | BIGBANGTHEORY | 13 | CBS sitcom starring Jim Parsons as a brainy Caltech physicist, with "The": 3 wds. |
| 26% | SOMENIGHTS | 10 | #3 fun. hit with the same title as the album that 14-, 19- and 44-Across are on: 2 wds. |
| 26% | LOST | 4 | TV drama that began with a plane crash |
| 26% | USEON | 5 | Hit with, as a pickup line: 2 wds. |
| 26% | ONAIR | 5 | Being broadcast, as a radio show |
| 26% | EEL | 3 | Fish that begins as a leptocephalus |
| 26% | SMILING | 7 | With 3-Down, Adult Swim show about a business that makes people happy |
| 25% | THEWEEKEND | 10 | 2017 SZA hit that has a remix with Calvin Harris: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ATLANTA | 7 | State capital that began as a railway terminus |
| 25% | PACSUN | 6 | Clothing chain that began as a surf shop |
| 25% | IMDB | 4 | Entertainment reference that began as a Usenet group |
| 25% | BEFORESUNSET | 12 | Ethan Hawke/Julie Delpy rom-com that begins with an author event in a bookstore (2 wds.) |
| 25% | VILLAGEPEOPLE | 13 | Group that had a #2 hit in 1979 with "Y.M.C.A.": 2 wds. |
| 25% | THOMPSONTWINS | 13 | Band that had a #11 hit in 1984 with "Doctor! Doctor!": 2 wds. |
| 25% | KOHLS | 5 | Department store chain that began as a corner grocery |
| 25% | OED | 3 | Ref. work that began as a Philological Society project |