| 100% | CAKEBOSS | 8 | Reality show set in a bake shop (2 wds.) |
| 68% | PAWNSTARS | 9 | Reality show set in a hock shop |
| 63% | CAKE | 4 | "___ Boss" (TLC reality show set in Carlo's Bake Shop) |
| 56% | MIAMIINK | 8 | Onetime reality show set in a Florida tattoo parlor |
| 55% | MIAMIINK | 8 | Former TLC reality show set in a Florida tattoo parlor |
| 55% | NEEDFULTHINGS | 13 | Stephen King novel set in a gift shop (2 wds.) |
| 54% | OZZYOSBOURNE | 12 | Heavy metal singer who starred in a 2002-2005 MTV reality show about his family: 2 wds. |
| 53% | THEVOICE | 8 | American reality show hosted by Carson Daly, which works in a format similar to 21-Across: 2 wds. |
| 53% | WEREHERE | 8 | HBO reality show, where drag queens visit small-town America, that won a Peabody Award in 2023: 2 wds. |
| 52% | TVCAMERA | 8 | Equipment on a reality show set (2 wds.) |
| 52% | MAGNUMPI | 8 | CBS detective show set in Hawaii: 2 wds. |
| 50% | PAWNSTARS | 9 | History Channel reality show with a chess piece in its name: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ADDIN | 5 | Instruction in a cookery show: 2 wds. |
| 49% | SOUTHPARK | 9 | Animated Comedy Central series set in a small town in Colorado: 2 wds. |
| 49% | NURSEJACKIE | 11 | Showtime comedy-drama set in a hospital that ended this summer: 2 wds. |
| 48% | JERSEYCOUTURE | 13 | Oxygen reality show featuring a family fashion boutique: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ORANGEIS | 8 | With 33- and 52-Across, television series set in a women's prison: 2 wds. |
| 47% | THEBACHELOR | 11 | Dating reality show on ABC featuring a rose-giving ritual: 2 wds. |
| 47% | SALADFORK | 9 | Utensil on the far left in a standard place setting: 2 wds. |
| 46% | LUCILLEBALL | 11 | Comedic actress who costarred in a 1950s TV show with Desi Arnaz: 2 wds. |
| 46% | AUDREYMEADOWS | 13 | Comedic actress who costarred in a 1950s TV show with Jackie Gleason: 2 wds. |
| 46% | GRACIEALLEN | 11 | Comedic actress who costarred in a 1950s TV show with George Burns: 2 wds. |
| 46% | VALERIEHARPER | 13 | She played Rhoda Morgenstern in a "Mary Tyler Moore Show" spin-off: 2 wds. |
| 46% | PLAYMONEY | 9 | Cash in a Monopoly set, for example: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ALLTHAT | 7 | "She's ___," 1999 rom-com set in a high school featuring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Cook: 2 wds. |
| 45% | IRONCHEF | 8 | Japanese show set in a kitchen |
| 45% | TIL | 3 | "Shop ___ You Drop" (1990s game show set in a mall) |
| 45% | BLADERUNNER | 11 | 1982 science fiction film set in a dystopian future Los Angeles and about synthetic humans known as replicants: 2 wds. |
| 45% | WESTWORLD | 9 | TV show set in a theme park |
| 45% | SCHITTSCREEK | 12 | Sitcom set in Canada with a 2020 same-sex wedding between David and Patrick: 2 wds. |