| 100% | THEXFACTOR | 10 | Music competition series created by Simon Cowell that featured 53-Across as a host in 2012 and 2013 (3 wds.) |
| 36% | THEXFACTOR | 10 | Singing competition show that Demi Lovato was a judge on in 2012 and 2013: 3 wds. |
| 36% | LIPSYNCBATTLE | 13 | Music competition series hosted by 45-Across based on a "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" segment (3 wds.) |
| 35% | NEXTINFASHION | 13 | Netflix competition series featuring designers hosted by 15-Across and 46-Across (3 wds.) |
| 34% | WALTLONGMIRE | 12 | Sheriff of the fictional county of Absaroka, Wyoming, who is featured in 20 books by 40-Across and a 2012-2017 television series (2 wds.) |
| 32% | SCHITTSCREEK | 12 | Canadian sitcom created by 26-Across and his son Daniel that won a record seven Emmys in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | WORLDOFDANCE | 12 | NBC competition series featuring 32-Across and Ne-Yo as judges (3 wds.) |
| 30% | DROPTHEMIC | 10 | New TBS celebrity competition series that started as a "Late Late Show" segment: 3 wds. |
| 30% | XFACTOR | 7 | Competition show created by Simon Cowell, with "The" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | SHARKTANK | 9 | Emmy-winning ABC reality series that features 48-Across as a judge and investor: 2 wds. |
| 30% | SQUIDGAME | 9 | Netflix series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk that won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 29% | CENTURYCYCLE | 12 | Series of 10 plays by 14-Across, including "Fences" and "The Piano Lesson," that chronicle life in Black America over a 100-year span: 2 wds. |
| 29% | MEETINGOFMINDS | 14 | PBS series created by Steve Allen that featured fictional conversations among historical figures (3 wds.) |
| 29% | CORKOCONNOR | 11 | Former small-town sheriff featured in a series of novels by William Kent Krueger, including "Iron Lake," 18-Across, and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 29% | LIPSYNCBATTLE | 13 | Music competition show co-hosted by LL Cool J and 31-Across (3 wds.) |
| 28% | BETTERCALLSAUL | 14 | Crime drama set in Arizona and Nebraska that featured Carol Burnett in a recurring role as the mother of a con man (3 wds.) |
| 27% | HELLSKITCHEN | 12 | Cooking competition show created and hosted by 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 27% | MASTERCHEF | 10 | Cooking competition show hosted by 40-Across that features a Mystery Box and a Pressure Test |
| 27% | CRASHING | 8 | TV series created by comedian Pete Holmes that features a fictional version of himself |
| 27% | HOWDEEPISYOUR | 13 | "___ Love," a pop ballad by the Bee Gees that has featured in movies including "Donnie Brasco" and "Sex and the City": 4 wds. |
| 27% | AMERICANIDOL | 12 | Singing TV show since 2002, created by Simon Fuller and hosted by Ryan Seacrest: 2 wds. |
| 27% | THEORVILLE | 10 | Sci-fi TV series created by and starring Seth MacFarlane as Captain Ed Mercer (2 wds.) |
| 27% | SEINFELD | 8 | TV series created by and starring stand-up comedian Jerry as a fictional version of himself |
| 27% | SARAHCONNOR | 11 | Action hero played by 48-Across in a film series that began with 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 26% | LINCOLNRHYME | 12 | Fictional quadriplegic detective created by 32-Across who is played by Russell Hornsby in a new NBC crime drama series (2 wds.) |
| 26% | WORLDSFAIR | 10 | International exposition that has been hosted by the United States in 18-Across, 28-Across, and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 26% | READYPLAYERONE | 14 | Science fiction novel by Ernest Cline that released in 2011 and became a NYT Bestseller again in 2018: 3 wds. |
| 26% | REACHOUTFORME | 13 | Song by Burt Bacharach and 26-Across that was a hit for 15-Across in 1964: 4 wds. |
| 26% | THEXFILES | 9 | Paranormal TV series featuring the characters 15-Across, 21-Across, and 41-Across that debuted in 1993 (2 wds.) |
| 26% | CHEEKTOCHEEK | 12 | Irving Berlin song recorded as a duet by Louis Armstrong and 48-Across (3 wds.) |