| 100% | GREYSANATOMY | 12 | TV drama with Joe's Bar, where doctors and nurses unwind after work (2 wds.) |
| 52% | TRUEBLOOD | 9 | TV drama with Bellefleur's Bar and Grill, where vampires and locals mingle (2 wds.) |
| 36% | HOSPITAL | 8 | Place where doctors and nurses work |
| 33% | CHICAGOPD | 9 | TV cop drama with "Med" and "Fire" cousins: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 33% | TWINPEAKS | 9 | TV drama with the Double R Diner, which serves cherry pie and "a damn fine cup of coffee" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | GILMOREGIRLS | 12 | TV comedy-drama with Luke's Diner, where many mother-daughter heart-to-hearts take place (2 wds.) |
| 29% | GOSSIPGIRL | 10 | TV series with Blake Lively and Leighton Meester that is based on Cecily von Ziegesar's novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 29% | THEVIEW | 7 | Daytime TV show with Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg: 2 wds. |
| 29% | THECHEW | 7 | Daytime TV show with Mario Batali and Carla Hall: 2 wds. |
| 29% | THETALK | 7 | Daytime TV show with Julie Chen and Sara Gilbert: 2 wds. |
| 28% | LALAW | 5 | Classic TV drama starring Corbin Bernsen and Jill Eikenberry (2 wds.) |
| 28% | NCIS | 4 | TV drama with Los Angeles and Sydney spin-offs |
| 27% | NCIS | 4 | TV drama with spinoffs set in Hawaii and New Orleans |
| 27% | GERALDORIVERA | 13 | Radio and TV journalist with a degree from Brooklyn Law School: 2 wds. |
| 27% | THEREAL | 7 | Daytime TV show with Tamera Mowry-Housley and Adrienne Bailon: 2 wds. |
| 27% | GETSMART | 8 | 1965-1970 TV show with Agents 86 and 99: 2 wds. |
| 27% | RAGINGBULL | 10 | 1980 biographical film with Joe Pesci as boxer Jake LaMotta's brother: 2 wds. |
| 27% | THESIMPSONS | 11 | TV show with an iconic yellow family whose members are a hint to solve 17a, 30a, 8d and 25d: 2 wds. |
| 27% | SEE | 3 | Apple TV+ sci-fi drama where activities revolve around the twins Kofun and Haniwa, born with a surprising talent |
| 26% | NCIS | 4 | Long-running TV drama with "Los Angeles" and "New Orleans" spin-offs |
| 26% | ALMOSTFAMILY | 12 | Fox TV drama starring 18-Across and 32-Across based on the Australian series "Sisters" (2 wds.) |
| 25% | JERRYSEINFELD | 13 | TV comic with the classic catchphrase "Not that there's anything wrong with that": 2 wds. |
| 25% | THEWIRE | 7 | Former HBO drama with such characters as Omar Little and Stringer Bell: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ARTSTUDIO | 9 | Loft where a painter might live and work: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ISPY | 4 | 1960s TV drama, or a kids' guessing game: 2 wds. |
| 25% | SOPHIESCHOICE | 13 | 1982 Meryl Streep drama with a possessive title: 2 wds. |
| 25% | MAGNUMPI | 8 | '80s TV drama starring Tom Selleck as a detective: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ALMONDJOY | 9 | Candy bar with milk chocolate, coconut, and nuts: 2 wds. |
| 25% | LALAW | 5 | Former legal drama with such characters as Michael Kuzak and Grace Van Owen: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 24% | QUINCYME | 8 | '70s-'80s TV drama starring Jack Klugman as a coroner: 2 wds. |