| 100% | SOULTRAIN | 9 | TV dance show hosted by Don Cornelius from 1970 to 1993: 2 wds. |
| 58% | SOULTRAIN | 9 | Music show hosted by Don Cornelius from 1971 to 1993 |
| 48% | SOULTRAIN | 9 | Music-based TV show first hosted by Don Cornelius: 2 wds. |
| 45% | LOVECONNECTION | 14 | Dating game show hosted by Chuck Woolery from 1983 to 1994: 2 wds. |
| 44% | SOULTRAIN | 9 | TV show hosted by Don Cornelius |
| 39% | JERRYSPRINGER | 13 | TV talk show host with a law degree from Northwestern University: 2 wds. |
| 37% | THEVOICE | 8 | American reality show hosted by Carson Daly, which works in a format similar to 21-Across: 2 wds. |
| 36% | AMERICANIDOL | 12 | American reality show hosted by Ryan Seacrest, where contestants compete to be the best singer, chosen by the viewers: 2 wds. |
| 35% | WHEELOFFORTUNE | 14 | Hangman-style game show hosted by Chuck Woolery from 1975 to 1981: 3 wds. |
| 34% | PROJECTRUNWAY | 13 | Lifetime fashion show hosted by Heidi Klum: 2 wds. |
| 34% | BEATSHAZAM | 10 | Musical game show hosted by Jamie Foxx: 2 wds. |
| 34% | MASTERMINDS | 11 | GSN game show hosted by Brooke Burns: 2 wds. |
| 34% | CHAINREACTION | 13 | GSN game show hosted by Dylan Lane: 2 wds. |
| 34% | WHOWANTSTOBEA | 13 | With 19-Across, quiz show hosted by Regis Philbin from 1999 to 2002 (5 wds.) |
| 33% | DRAGQUEEN | 9 | Contestant on a reality show hosted by RuPaul: 2 wds. |
| 33% | SPLITSECOND | 11 | GSN game show hosted by John Michael Higgins: 2 wds. |
| 33% | THEFLOOR | 8 | Fox picture-recognition game show hosted by Rob Lowe: 2 wds. |
| 32% | WEAKESTLINK | 11 | BBC TV quiz show hosted by Anne Robinson from 2000-12 |
| 32% | TOPCHEF | 7 | TV cooking competition hosted by Padma Lakshmi: 2 wds. |
| 32% | THEVIEW | 7 | TV talk show moderated by Whoopi Goldberg: 2 wds. |
| 31% | GREED | 5 | Trivia game show hosted by Chuck Woolery from 1999 to 2000 |
| 31% | BIGBROTHER | 10 | CBS reality show hosted by Julie Chen whose first version aired in the Netherlands: 2 wds. |
| 31% | OPRAHWINFREY | 12 | TV talk show host who received the NAACP's Spingarn Medal in 2000: 2 wds. |
| 30% | NEXTTOPMODEL | 12 | "America's ___," American reality show hosted by Rita Ora, where models compete to be the best: 3 wds. |
| 30% | INSIDEEDITION | 13 | TV show anchored by Bill O'Reilly from 1989 to 1995 |
| 29% | LINGO | 5 | Word-based game show hosted by Chuck Woolery from 2002 to 2007 |
| 29% | SNAPPERFOSTER | 13 | Role played by David Hasselhoff from 1975 to 1982 in the TV soap opera "The Young and the Restless," which helped him gain recognition: 2 wds. |
| 29% | EDSULLIVAN | 10 | Sports/entertainment reporter who hosted a musical variety show from 1948 to 1971: 2 wds. |
| 29% | CAROLBURNETT | 12 | Comedic actress/singer who hosted her own variety show from 1967 to 1978: 2 wds. |
| 29% | HELLSKITCHEN | 12 | Reality cooking show hosted by 40-Across whose theme song is "Fire" (2 wds.) |