| FIDDLER | "Tradition" show, familiarly |
| LAUGHIN | "Sock it to me!" show, familiarly |
| SNL | Colin Quinn's show, familiarly |
| IDOL | Simon Cowell's TV show, familiarly |
| ABFAB | BBC show, familiarly |
| SCTV | Candy show, familiarly |
| OPRY | Nashville show, familiarly |
| THRONES | HBO's most popular show, familiarly |
| PARTSKNOWN | 2010s Anthony Bourdain show, familiarly |
| GMA | Start-the-day ABC talk show, familiarly |
| TOPMODEL | Tyra Banks reality show, familiarly |
| THEOSCARS | *Big awards show, familiarly |
| SVU | Mariska Hargitay's show, familiarly |
| OSCARS | Annual movie awards show, familiarly |
| CMAS | Nashville-based awards show, familiarly |
| THEDONALD | Real estate mogul with a reality game show, familiarly |
| SHAQ | Hoopster who didn't know what an "easel" was on the 2015 finale of his namesake show, familiarly |
| ELLEN | Popular afternoon talk show, familiarly, and a homophonic hint to this puzzle's four longest answers |
| STRICTLY | Rigorously observing glam BBC talent show, familiarly (8) |
| NATGEO | Cable channel with many science shows, familiarly |
