| 100% | ALF | 3 | TV series from the 80s with a friendly extraterrestrial creature playing the title character |
| 39% | PEER | 4 | With 32-Across, Henrik Ibsen play whose title character has a series of disastrous adventures |
| 38% | SPOCK | 5 | Vulcan character with pointed ears from "Star Trek: The Original Series" played by Leonard Nimoy who has a perfect poker face |
| 37% | ANDOR | 5 | Title character played by Diego Luna in a "Star Wars" TV series |
| 37% | BIG | 3 | ___ Gay Al, a character from the "South Park" TV series |
| 37% | MORRISCHESTNUT | 14 | Actor who plays the title character of 47-Across in a CBS series that premiered in January: 2 wds. |
| 37% | MCCOY | 5 | Sylvester —, actor who played the title role in BBC TV series Doctor Who from 1987-89 |
| 36% | BUSH | 4 | "Skippy the ___ Kangaroo," Australian TV series with a kangaroo as the main character |
| 36% | MRPIM | 5 | A.A. Milne's play "___ Passes By" starring a title character with the first name of Carraway |
| 36% | MABEL | 5 | ___ Pines, character from the TV series "Gravity Falls" who wears a variety of colorful sweaters |
| 36% | PEG | 3 | ___ Bundy, character from the series "Married... with Children" who qualifies to be a couch potato |
| 35% | RACHELGREEN | 11 | NBC TV character with a colorful last name, played by Jennifer Aniston from 1994 to 2004: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ERICA | 5 | Character from the TV series "BoJack Horseman" whose name is called out but never makes a single appearance |
| 35% | HOLMES | 6 | Sherlock ___, character from the eponymous series played by Benedict Cumberbatch who has a perfect poker face |
| 35% | DOUG | 4 | ___ Funnie, character from the eponymous TV series about a shy boy who wears a green sweater vest |
| 35% | SIMPSONS | 8 | "The ___," animated TV series by Matt Groening, with a crossover episode featuring "The X-Files" characters |
| 35% | ALF | 3 | A furry extraterrestrial who appeared on the self-titled TV series |
| 34% | PAW | 3 | "___ Patrol," Canadian animated TV series with animals as the main characters that was made into a feature movie |
| 34% | GETSHORTY | 9 | Epix series derived from a 1995 John Travolta film with the same title: 2 wds. |
| 34% | MURPHYBROWN | 11 | CBS TV character with a colorful last name, played by Candice Bergen from 1988 to 1998 and 2018 to 2019: 2 wds. |
| 34% | KATEY | 5 | With 35-Across, "Sons of Anarchy" actress who plays the title character in "Rebel" |
| 33% | BATWOMAN | 8 | DC Comics superhero series on the CW with a flying mammal in the title |
| 32% | WHITE | 5 | Carol —, actress who played the title character in 1966 BBC TV play Cathy Come Home |
| 32% | SHARKTANK | 9 | Entrepreneurial reality series on ABC with a fierce ocean menace in the title: 2 wds. |
| 32% | POLDARK | 7 | TV series based on the title character and Demelza |
| 32% | ARI | 3 | ___ Gold, character from the TV series "Entourage" |
| 32% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MCSHANE | 7 | Ian —, actor who played the title role in BBC TV series Lovejoy |