| 100% | PHILDONAHUE | 11 | Tabloid talk-show host (1967-1996) who wore a skirt during an episode featuring cross-dressers (2 wds.) |
| 41% | GEORGELOPEZ | 11 | Talk show host who plays a teacher in "Spare Parts": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ELLENDEGENERES | 14 | Daytime talk show host who is a vegan: 2 wds. |
| 40% | TAVISSMILEY | 11 | PBS talk show host who formerly had a show on NPR: 2 wds. |
| 40% | MARIEOSMOND | 11 | Singer and talk show host who has been a spokesperson for Nutrisystem: 2 wds. |
| 40% | JERRYSPRINGER | 13 | Tabloid talk-show host (1991-present) who sometimes enters the set sliding down a stripper pole (2 wds.) |
| 40% | JIMMYKIMMEL | 11 | Talk show host who recently hosted the Oscars for the second year in a row: 2 wds. |
| 38% | JIMMYKIMMEL | 11 | Late-night talk show host who hosts the prime-time game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire": 2 wds. |
| 36% | RICKILAKE | 9 | Former talk show host with a "watery" name: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ROSIEODONNELL | 13 | Talk show host who played one of Murphy Brown's many secretaries: 2 wds. |
| 35% | JERRYSPRINGER | 13 | TV talk show host with a law degree from Northwestern University: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ELLENDEGENERES | 14 | Talk show host and star of a 1990s ABC sitcom, whose title was her first name: 2 wds. |
| 34% | JIMMYKIMMEL | 11 | Late-night talk show host who voiced the father in "The Boss Baby": 2 wds. |
| 34% | JIMMYKIMMEL | 11 | ABC talk show host who performed at the 2012 White House Correspondents' Dinner: 2 wds. |
| 34% | CONANOBRIEN | 11 | TBS talk show host who performed at the 2013 White House Correspondents' Dinner: 2 wds. |
| 34% | OPRAHWINFREY | 12 | TV talk show host who received the NAACP's Spingarn Medal in 2000: 2 wds. |
| 34% | CHARLIEROSE | 11 | PBS interview show host who's also a CBS journalist: 2 wds. |
| 33% | ROSIEODONNELL | 13 | Host of a self-titled talk show who hosted the 1999 and 2000 Grammy ceremonies: 2 wds. |
| 33% | RICKILAKE | 9 | Former talk show host who premiered her documentary "Weed the People" at the SXSW festival in Austin: 2 wds. |
| 32% | RISEANDSHINE | 12 | 43-Across novel about a morning talk show host who is fired because of an on-air gaffe (3 wds.) |
| 32% | MILTONBERLE | 11 | Early TV variety show host who was a charter inductee into the Television Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 32% | JOHNNYCARSON | 12 | American talk show host and comedian who hosted "The Tonight Show" for three straight decades: 2 wds. |
| 32% | GERALDORIVERA | 13 | Tabloid talk-show host (1987-1998) whose nose was broken in an on-air brawl (2 wds.) |
| 32% | JOANRIVERS | 10 | Late comedian/talk show host with a "watery" name: 2 wds. |
| 31% | DREWCAREY | 9 | Comedian and game show host who's maintained a weight loss of over 100 pounds since 2010: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ARSENIOHALL | 11 | Talk show host who won a season of "Celebrity Apprentice" |
| 31% | CONANOBRIEN | 11 | Redheaded late-night talk show host: 2 wds. |
| 30% | THECABLEGUY | 11 | 1996 dark comedy film featuring Jack Black which is about an acquaintance who turns into a psycho stalker: 3 wds. |
| 30% | DRPHIL | 6 | Daytime talk show host whose surname is McGraw: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 29% | KELLIEPICKLER | 13 | Former "American Idol" contestant who's hosting a new daytime talk show with Ben Aaron: 2 wds. |