| 100% | HBO | 3 | Pay-TV channel whose first-ever broadcast, in 1972, was an NHL game |
| 53% | HBO | 3 | Cable channel whose first broadcast, in 1972, was the movie "Sometimes a Great Notion" |
| 49% | TCM | 3 | Channel whose first broadcast, in 1994, was “Gone with the Wind” |
| 45% | ASTRODOME | 9 | Stadium whose first homer was hit by Mickey Mantle in an exhibition game in 1965 |
| 43% | FOX | 3 | TV channel whose name is an animal |
| 43% | CBS | 3 | TV channel whose logo is an eye |
| 41% | TNT | 3 | Cable channel whose first broadcast was "Gone With the Wind" |
| 41% | HOLE | 4 | Black ___ (space phenomenon whose first ever image was captured in 2019) |
| 39% | ESPN | 4 | Cable channel whose first telecast, in 1979, was the debut episode of "SportsCenter" |
| 38% | BLUES | 5 | NHL team whose home games are played in St. Louis |
| 36% | NICKELODEON | 11 | Pay TV network which was launched as the first cable channel for children and airs "Dora the Explorer" |
| 36% | STL | 3 | Mo. city whose MLS team will play its first game in 2023 |
| 36% | MIGHTYDUCKS | 11 | NHL team whose first game was played October 8, 1993 (and the team featured in the Disney films that had cameos by the answers to the starred clues) (2 wds.) |
| 35% | MATTHEWQUIRK | 12 | 30-Across novelist whose first novel, "The 500," was nominated for an Edgar Award in 2012 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | HBO | 3 | Cable channel that pioneered pay TV in 1972 |
| 34% | LAST | 4 | "The ___ of Us," TV adaptation of a video game series, whose release date is in 2023 |
| 34% | DEMILOVATO | 10 | "Heart Attack" singer whose first TV series lead role was on the Disney Channel's "Sonny with a Chance": 2 wds. |
| 34% | MTV | 3 | Channel whose first video was "Video Killed the Radio Star" |
| 34% | IKEA | 4 | Furniture store that was the first company to show a gay couple in an American TV commercial |
| 33% | CYNTHIANIXON | 12 | "The Gilded Age" actress whose first screen appearance was playing an impostor on the classic game show "To Tell the Truth" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | TNT | 3 | Cable channel whose first showing was "Gone With the Wind" |
| 33% | HATTRICK | 8 | Sports feat whose "Gordie Howe" variant is collecting a goal, an assist, and a fight in the same game |
| 33% | RUPAULSDRAGRACE | 15 | TV series whose first winner was BeBe Zahara Benet |
| 32% | IKEA | 4 | Chain whose first store was in Älmhult |
| 32% | THETWILIGHTZONE | 15 | TV series whose first episode was titled "Where Is Everybody?" |
| 32% | HOPI | 4 | Language whose first dictionary was published in 1998 |
| 32% | AMC | 3 | Chain whose first theatre was in Kansas City |
| 32% | USAIR | 5 | Bygone carrier whose first hub was in Pittsburgh |
| 32% | ARE | 3 | Word whose first letter is dropped in contractions |
| 32% | NICOLASCAGE | 11 | Actor whose first credited role was in "Rumble Fish" |