| 100% | SOULTRAINLINE | 13 | Longtime dance feature on TV beginning in 1971 |
| 36% | MOMS | 4 | "Dance ___" (reality show on Lifetime featuring kids in the Abby Lee Dance Company) |
| 33% | FRUG | 4 | Dance seen on TV's "Hullabaloo" |
| 32% | BIOS | 4 | Features on some jackets, in brief |
| 32% | JIVE | 4 | Type of Latin dance featured on "Dancing With the Stars" |
| 31% | TANGO | 5 | Passionate dance featured in “Shall We Dance?” |
| 31% | BALLET | 6 | Style of dance featured in "The Nutcracker" |
| 31% | BILLNYE | 7 | TV "Science Guy" who appeared on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 31% | LETTERBOXFORMAT | 15 | Some movies on TV are shown in it |
| 30% | OBRIEN | 6 | Longtime surname on late-night TV |
| 30% | MEYERS | 6 | Longtime surname on late-night TV |
| 30% | MERV | 4 | Longtime first name in TV talk |
| 30% | REGIS | 5 | Longtime first name in TV talk |
| 30% | CNN | 3 | TV channel often on in airports |
| 30% | THRILLER | 8 | Dance routine in 13 Going on 30 |
| 30% | SAMBA | 5 | Dance celebrated on Dec. 2 in Brazil |
| 30% | STARRING | 8 | Featuring in a film or TV show |
| 30% | CSINY | 5 | TV spinoff beginning in 2004 |
| 29% | CHARACTER | 9 | Actor plays this on TV, a role in a story |
| 29% | JENNERS | 7 | Longtime reality TV family on the E! channel |
| 29% | THETHISTLEANDSHAMROCK | 21 | Longtime program on 80-Down featuring Celtic music |
| 29% | TAP | 3 | Dance style featured in "Singin' in the Rain" |
| 29% | TEASERS | 7 | TV promos that may begin, "Next week, on ... " |
| 29% | ERIECANAL | 9 | Work on it began in Rome in 1817 |
| 29% | HULA | 4 | Dance form featured in the documentary "Kumu Hina" |
| 29% | PSAS | 4 | They run free on TV, in brief |
| 29% | NYPD | 4 | Letters on cars in TV dramas |
| 29% | DEA | 3 | Org. featured in TV's "Weeds" |
| 29% | WITHSOMEBODY | 12 | "I Wanna Dance ___ (Who Loves Me)," number-one hit by Whitney Houston that was featured in the film "13 Going on 30": 2 wds. |
| 29% | JUMPINGTHESHARK | 15 | Beginning of a decline in quality, in TV lingo |