| 100% | HOLEYMOLEY | 10 | Sports reality competition show on ABC featuring games of 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 48% | THEBACHELOR | 11 | Dating reality show on ABC featuring a rose-giving ritual: 2 wds. |
| 46% | AMERICANIDOL | 12 | Reality competition show that featured 30-Across judging people's singing skills: 2 wds. |
| 39% | WORLDOFDANCE | 12 | Reality competition show that featured 30-Across judging people's hoofing skills: 3 wds. |
| 39% | THEBACHELOR | 11 | ABC reality dating show featuring a single man who dates a pool of eligible women to choose a fiancé (2 wds.) |
| 37% | EMMABUNTON | 10 | Former Spice Girl featured on the ABC reality show "Boy Band": 2 wds. |
| 35% | OREGONDUCKS | 11 | College team of 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 34% | KIMJONGUN | 9 | Main character (and target) of 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 33% | AMAZINGRACE | 11 | American reality competition show "The ___," which began in 2001 and which has Phil Keoghan as the host: 2 wds. |
| 32% | STAR | 4 | "Rising ___" (singing competition show on ABC) |
| 32% | CUPCAKEWARS | 11 | Cooking competition show featuring desserts (2 wds.) |
| 32% | SWEETGENIUS | 11 | Cooking competition show featuring desserts (2 wds.) |
| 32% | PINBALLWIZARD | 13 | Song performed by Elton John in the film adaptation of 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 32% | PHILCOULSON | 11 | Main character on ABC's "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.": 2 wds. |
| 31% | PRINCESSLEIA | 12 | Twin sister of 31-Across played by Carrie Fisher: 2 wds. |
| 31% | BUFFALOBOB | 10 | Host of the show featuring 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 31% | REAL | 4 | "___ Chance of Love," 2008 American reality dating game show featuring brothers Ahmad and Kamal Givens |
| 31% | AMERICANIDOL | 12 | Singing competition show that returns to TV on March 11, 2018 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | FASHIONPOLICE | 13 | E! show on which 18-Across commented on celebrities' clothing choices: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ZEBRACROSSING | 13 | Prominent feature of the street on the cover of 48-Across (2 wds.) |
| 31% | LUKECAGE | 8 | Netflix superhero show on which 26-Across played a Harlem councilwoman: 2 wds. |
| 30% | HORSERACING | 11 | Equestrian sport featured in most of 36-Across's books (2 wds.) |
| 30% | MICHAELCHE | 10 | Current co-host (with Colin Jost) of 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 30% | CHEVYCHASE | 10 | Comedian who was the first host of 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 29% | ISEE | 4 | 2 wds to show understanding of something |
| 29% | CHEVYCHASE | 10 | Original host of 31-Across (1975) (2 wds.) |
| 29% | LORENZOSOIL | 11 | 1992 film featuring 31-Across as the mother of a boy with a rare disease (2 wds.) |
| 29% | ISPY | 4 | Game of guessing what's seen: 2 wds. |
| 29% | LEOPOLDBLOOM | 12 | Partner of 31-Across portrayed by Gene Wilder in 1967 and Matthew Broderick in 2005: 2 wds. |
| 29% | SHARKTANK | 9 | Entrepreneurial reality series on ABC with a fierce ocean menace in the title: 2 wds. |