| 100% | BUFFALOBOB | 10 | Host of the show featuring 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 62% | JANELYNCH | 9 | Host of the game show "Hollywood Game Night": 2 wds. |
| 62% | DREWCAREY | 9 | Host of the game show "The Price Is Right": 2 wds. |
| 60% | CHRISHARRISON | 13 | Host of the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire": 2 wds. |
| 59% | JONSTEWART | 10 | Host of "The Daily Show" between 28- and 17-Across (1999-2015): 2 wds. |
| 58% | HOWARDCOSELL | 12 | Host of the investigative news show "ABC SportsBeat" who received the 1995 Arthur Ashe Courage Award: 2 wds. |
| 57% | THETALK | 7 | Daytime TV show featuring 18-Across's wife Sharon: 2 wds. |
| 56% | CARLSAGAN | 9 | Host of the original 1980 PBS series called 33-Across: 2 wds. |
| 56% | CHUCKBARRIS | 11 | Host of "The Gong Show" from 1976-1980: 2 wds. |
| 56% | TREVORNOAH | 10 | Current host of "The Daily Show": 2 wds. |
| 56% | ROSIEODONNELL | 13 | Host of a self-titled talk show who hosted the 1999 and 2000 Grammy ceremonies: 2 wds. |
| 55% | CRAIGKILBORN | 12 | Original host of "The Daily Show" (1996-1998): 2 wds. |
| 54% | CARSONDALY | 10 | Host of NBC's musical competition show "The Voice": 2 wds. |
| 54% | NICKCANNON | 10 | Host of Fox's musical competition show "The Masked Singer": 2 wds. |
| 54% | POTLUCKPARTY | 12 | "Martha & Snoop's ___ Challenge," third season of the celebrity cooking show featuring Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart: 2 wds. |
| 53% | DOUGWILSON | 10 | Host of the former TLC series "Moving Up" who's a designer on 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 53% | STEPHENCOLBERT | 14 | Host of "The Late Show" who was once a correspondent on "The Daily Show": 2 wds. |
| 52% | HUMANCLONES | 11 | What all of the identical characters on 18-Across are: 2 wds. |
| 52% | JOHNOLIVER | 10 | Host of "Last Week Tonight" who was once a correspondent on "The Daily Show": 2 wds. |
| 52% | TREVORNOAH | 10 | Former host of "The Daily Show" who was born in South Africa in 1984: 2 wds. |
| 51% | TOMBERGERON | 11 | Host of "Dancing With the Stars": 2 wds. |
| 51% | SPORTSNIGHT | 11 | TV show featuring Robert Guillaume as the managing editor of a TV show (2 wds.) |
| 51% | CRYSTALBALL | 11 | Nickname of the championship trophy awarded to 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 49% | MIKEMYERS | 9 | Former host of "The Gong Show" (in character as Tommy Maitland) who stars in the "Austin Powers" films (2 wds.) |
| 49% | QUEEREYE | 8 | Rebooted Netflix makeover show featuring the Fab Five: 2 wds. |
| 49% | LARRYMCMURTRY | 13 | 18-Across, 44-Across, and "The Last Picture Show" novelist/screenwriter who lived his whole life in the small Texas town of Archer City (1936-2021) (2 wds.) |
| 48% | CHRISHARRISON | 13 | Host of "The Bachelor": 2 wds. |
| 48% | JONSTEWART | 10 | Comedian who was the host of "The Daily Show" till 2015, and has hosted 2 Grammy Award ceremonies: 2 wds. |
| 48% | THESIMPSONS | 11 | Animated show featuring the fast food restaurant Krusty Burger: 2 wds. |
| 48% | MRT | 3 | Breakout star of the 1980s show "The A-Team": 2 wds. |