| 100% | PONIES | 6 | The equines Applejack and Rainbow Dash of a children's TV show |
| 50% | MASH | 4 | Acronym in the names of a children's game and a classic TV show |
| 37% | GUYSWITHKIDS | 12 | A TV series co-created and written by Jimmy Fallon, chronicling the lives of three friends and their children: 3 wds. |
| 36% | DISAPPEARINGACT | 15 | Part of a magic show, and the key to understanding this puzzle's one-word clues |
| 35% | GLEE | 4 | TV show whose fandom name is a portmanteau of its title and “geeks” |
| 35% | SMASH | 5 | 2012-2013 TV show about the creation of a Broadway musical |
| 34% | SPORTSNIGHT | 11 | TV show featuring Robert Guillaume as the managing editor of a TV show (2 wds.) |
| 34% | DESIARNAZ | 9 | Co-star of a #1 TV show for four seasons in the 1950s |
| 34% | COLDOPENS | 9 | Scenes before TV shows' title sequences, and a hint to the starred answers |
| 34% | BREAKINGBAD | 11 | #3 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time (as of 2016) ... and a hint to what the black squares are doing in four rows of this puzzle |
| 34% | JAYLENO | 7 | TV host of You Bet Your Life and The Tonight Show |
| 34% | THAT | 4 | "___ 70's Show," a popular TV series that centers around the lives of six teenagers from the 70s |
| 34% | ALANHANSEN | 10 | Former Liverpool and Scotland footballer whose credits as a pundit include BBC TV's Match of the Day |
| 34% | HAYDNGOSEEK | 11 | Part of a children's game with the Father of the Symphony? |
| 34% | MURDOCH | 7 | Iris —, author of novels The Bell and A Word Child |
| 34% | DEEN | 4 | Last name of the chef whose TV cooking shows have included "Paula's Party" and "Paula's Best Dishes" |
| 33% | RAYED | 5 | Like a child's drawing of the sun |
| 33% | BAA | 3 | Start of a children's rhyme with the line "Have you any wool?" |
| 33% | LOVEBOAT | 8 | The __, TV Show about a ship cruise and its crew |
| 33% | RAY | 3 | Line in a child's drawing of the sun |
| 33% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 33% | ASL | 3 | It's sometimes shown in the corner of a TV screen, for short |
| 33% | VIEIRA | 6 | Meredith of the "Today" show and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" |
| 33% | BONANZA | 7 | Top-rated TV show of the 60's |
| 33% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Children's author of The BFG and Matilda |
| 33% | NIELSEN | 7 | ___ ratings (measures of a TV show's popularity) |
| 33% | DVD | 3 | Part of a TV show's box set |
| 32% | ICKE | 4 | David —, former footballer and TV presenter whose books include Children of the Matrix |
| 32% | WILLIAM | 7 | ___ S. Burroughs, author of "Naked Lunch" and a major figure of the Beat Generation |
| 32% | APSE | 4 | Part of the Hagia Sophia with a celebrated mosaic of Mary and child |