| 100% | JERSEYSHORE | 11 | Hit MTV series starting in 2009 |
| 59% | CSI | 3 | Hit CBS series starting in 2000 |
| 46% | METS | 4 | Citi Field team, starting in 2009 |
| 45% | OBAMAS | 6 | First family starting in 2009 |
| 45% | OBAMA | 5 | US president starting in 2009 |
| 44% | SHARKTANK | 9 | Popular ABC reality show starting in 2009 |
| 44% | THANKSOBAMA | 11 | Sarcastic political meme that started in 2009 |
| 43% | LWORD | 5 | "The ___: Generation Q," sequel series starting in 2019 |
| 43% | DUFFY | 5 | Carol Ann ___, U.K. poet laureate starting in 2009 |
| 42% | THEVOICE | 8 | Hit reality show starting in 2011 |
| 42% | EMPIRE | 6 | Hit Fox drama starting in 2015 |
| 41% | CSINY | 5 | Hit CBS series beginning in 2004 |
| 41% | THEWIRE | 7 | Hit HBO series set in Baltimore |
| 41% | CSI | 3 | Hit TV series set in Las Vegas |
| 40% | CONANOBRIEN | 11 | Fifth in a series of five TV personalities (starting June 1, 2009) |
| 39% | LOST | 4 | Hit ABC series filmed mostly in Hawaii |
| 39% | SWISHER | 7 | Yankee Nick who hit a home run in the 2009 World Series |
| 39% | LALAW | 5 | Hit NBC series succeeded in its time slot by "ER" |
| 38% | AVATAR | 6 | Hit 2009 movie set in the 22nd century |
| 38% | THEWIRE | 7 | Hit TV series by David Simon set in Baltimore |
| 38% | DARIA | 5 | Title teenager in an MTV animated series |
| 37% | SNL | 3 | NBC hit starting in '75 |
| 37% | SERVE | 5 | The starting hit in a game of tennis |
| 37% | SIMS | 4 | Virtual people in a hit video game series |
| 37% | BIGPOPPA | 8 | Rap hit heard in the 2009 biopic "Notorious" |
| 36% | HALO | 4 | 2009 hit in which Beyoncé sings "I got my angel now" |
| 36% | MINION | 6 | Yellow creature in a series of hit animated films |
| 36% | CSIMIAMI | 8 | Hit CBS series that, despite its name, was filmed primarily in California |
| 35% | THE | 3 | "The ___ Tunnel", under-river New Jersey Transit project started in 2009 and canceled in 2010 by Gov. Chris Christie |