| 100% | WHBLANKBLANKLOFFORTUNBLANK | 26 | When completed, popular TV program starting in 1975 |
| 36% | SOYUZ | 5 | Russian space program started in the 1960s |
| 36% | YOUREFIRED | 10 | TV catchphrase starting in 2004 |
| 36% | CSI | 3 | TV program set in Vegas |
| 34% | TODAY | 5 | TV program that debuted in January 1952 |
| 33% | CSI | 3 | Popular TV drama set in Las Vegas |
| 33% | SPACECAMP | 9 | Popular program in Huntsville, Ala. |
| 33% | LATESHOW | 8 | TV program with its time of day in its name |
| 32% | ONTHREE | 7 | When raids start, in movies |
| 32% | MEET | 4 | "___ the Press" (longest-running US TV program in history) |
| 32% | JUNE | 4 | When winter starts, in Wagga Wagga |
| 31% | MAHI | 4 | When doubled, a popular fish in Hawaiian cuisine |
| 31% | ADIEU | 5 | Most popular starting guess in Wordle |
| 31% | SNL | 3 | Inits. in TV comedy since 1975 |
| 31% | IDLE | 4 | State of TV when not in use |
| 31% | PREK | 4 | Like students in the Head Start program |
| 30% | ADS | 3 | Commercials in TV program breaks |
| 30% | COLORCAST | 9 | Like most TV shows starting in the 1960s |
| 30% | BREAKS | 6 | Gaps in TV broadcasts when commercials are shown |
| 30% | FRI | 3 | When the Sabbath starts in Isr. |
| 30% | THE | 3 | With 18-Across, TV program to be hosted by James Corden in 2015 |
| 29% | ADIEU | 5 | Farewell that's a popular starting guess in Wordle |
| 29% | NCIS | 4 | Long-running TV drama started in 2003 |
| 28% | DECEMBER | 8 | Month when summer starts in Australia |
| 28% | ACOL | 4 | Popular British bridge bidding system that started to evolve in the mid-1930s |
| 28% | DONAHUE | 7 | It was MSNBC's highest-rated program when canceled in 2003 |
| 28% | TNN | 3 | Original name of Spike TV, when it aired country music programming |
| 28% | SHARKTANK | 9 | Popular ABC reality show starting in 2009 |
| 28% | PRIMETIME | 9 | 8 to 11 p.m., for TV programming in the eastern and western US: 2 wds. |
| 28% | BARRYBERKMAN | 12 | Complete name of the titular character in the TV series in 18a: 2 wds. |