| 100% | NEWSFLASH | 9 | Interruption to TV program with breaking story |
| 43% | HALLMARK | 8 | TV channel with an annual "Countdown to Christmas" programming block |
| 41% | NEWSCAST | 8 | TV program with an anchor |
| 40% | QUIZSHOW | 8 | TV program with questions and prizes |
| 39% | COLOR | 5 | 1951 introduction to TV programming |
| 39% | ADS | 3 | TV program interruptions |
| 39% | ADS | 3 | TV program breaks |
| 38% | LATESHOW | 8 | TV program with its time of day in its name |
| 37% | NEWSFLASH | 9 | Breaking story on TV that might interrupt |
| 37% | ADS | 3 | Commercials in TV program breaks |
| 36% | THE | 3 | With 18-Across, TV program to be hosted by James Corden in 2015 |
| 34% | ABC | 3 | TV network with much Shondaland programming |
| 34% | BURGLE | 6 | Break into with intent to steal |
| 34% | BOT | 3 | Program built to interact with humans online |
| 34% | AWAY | 4 | TV's "How to Get ___ with Murder" |
| 34% | MTV | 3 | Network with Spring Break programming |
| 33% | BRITAINS | 8 | "___ Got Talent," TV program that brought Susan Boyle to prominence |
| 33% | OPTING | 6 | Choosing to break point with force |
| 33% | SKYPE | 5 | Program used to talk with people over the Internet |
| 32% | INATEXT | 7 | Rude way to break up with someone |
| 32% | ADS | 3 | TV-program interruptions |
| 32% | THECURSEOF | 10 | With 29-Down, first story to feature 44-Down (1919) |
| 32% | MADLIB | 6 | Story with blanks to be filled in by the reader |
| 32% | BILLMAHER | 9 | TV host once with an "Explaining Jokes to Idiots" segment |
| 32% | JOHN | 4 | Write to him to break up with someone |
| 32% | NARRATORS | 9 | People with a story to tell |
| 32% | NARRATOR | 8 | One with a story to tell? |
| 31% | STARTREK | 8 | TV show with the most spinoffs, according to the Guinness Book |
| 31% | LOVERSLEAP | 10 | Promontory with a tragic romantic story connected to it |
| 31% | AWAY | 4 | "How to Get ___ with Murder" (Viola Davis TV series) |