| Tube commercials | 16 |
| They fill some breaks | 21 |
| Super Bowl highlights, for some | 31 |
| Spots that cost a lot to get out | 32 |
| Spots on the boob tube | 22 |
| Prime-time purchases | 20 |
| Certain sponsors' spots | 27 |
| Boob tube commercials | 21 |
| 30-second spots, e.g. | 21 |
| Largely passe conduction device | 31 |
| Largely bygone rooftop sight | 28 |
| Viewers like you | 16 |
| Nielsen concern | 15 |
| Major advertising target | 24 |
| "American Idol" judges, ultimately | 44 |
| Nielsen targets | 15 |
| Sitcom outtakes | 15 |
| What anchors face | 17 |
| What a news anchor looks into | 29 |
| Sitcom set sight | 16 |
| News anchors often face this | 28 |
| It may be in front of a live audience | 37 |
| Closed-circuit device | 21 |
| An anchor often faces it | 24 |
| They're panned in Hollywood | 31 |
| Equipment in a studio | 21 |
| Surfer's stop? | 18 |
| Surfing choices | 15 |
| Just 2 to 13, once | 18 |
| Piece of den furniture | 22 |
| Studio staff | 12 |
| Reality show workers, e.g. | 26 |
| "Survivor" folks | 26 |
| Swanson product | 15 |
| Microwaveable meal | 18 |
| Fare for a couch potato | 23 |
| Easy-cook item since 1954 | 25 |
| Banquet product | 15 |
| Tube-watcher's fare | 23 |
| Takeout alternative | 19 |
| Source of a couch potato's potatoes? | 40 |
| Meal in front of the small screen | 33 |
| Grocery debut of 1953 | 21 |
| Easy eats | 9 |
| Convenient meal named for what it was designed to be eaten in front of | 70 |
| Compartmentalized meal | 22 |
| Banquet offering | 16 |
| Bachelor's supper, maybe | 28 |
| Swanson products | 16 |
| Part of 1950s nostalgia | 23 |
| Oven meals | 10 |
| Couch potato fare | 17 |
| Compartmentalized cuisine? | 26 |
| Many an HBO show | 16 |
| 'Mad Men' and 'Scandal' | 39 |
| Old name for Kalinin | 20 |
| Kalinin, formerly | 17 |
| Former name of Kalinin, U.S.S.R. | 32 |
| Stooges "Fun House" song | 34 |
| Some satellite signals, briefly | 31 |
| Family-friendly program rating | 30 |
| "Wheel of Fortune" rating | 35 |
| "The whole family can watch" program rating | 53 |
| Plug-and-play entertainment | 27 |
| It may be blacked out | 21 |
| "Twenty-One" | 22 |
| Weekly founded by Walter Annenberg | 34 |
| Surfer's aid? | 17 |
| Supermarket checkout staple | 27 |
| Magazine with a "Cheers & Jeers" section | 54 |
| Couch potato's must-have | 28 |
| "Emmy" winner | 23 |
| Shows that top the Nielsens | 27 |
| Entry on a media Power Grid | 27 |
| Ryan Seacrest, e.g. | 19 |
| Regis or Oprah | 14 |
| Colbert and Stewart | 19 |
| Letter man Sajak and Letterman | 30 |
| Trebek and Sajak, e.g. | 22 |
| Sajak, Smiley, and Springer | 27 |
| Program guides | 14 |
| Oprah and Ellen | 15 |
| Small-screen heartthrob | 23 |
| Sitcom star, perhaps | 20 |
| Tube sensation | 14 |
| Tube favorite | 13 |
| Many an "S.N.L." cast member | 38 |
| Henry Winkler was one in the 1970s | 34 |
| Dreamy sitcom hunk | 18 |
| "Hannah Montana" star Miley Cyrus, for one | 52 |
| The Fonz and Hannah Montana | 27 |
| Stars of "90210," e.g. | 32 |
| Davy Jones or any other Monkee | 30 |
| Cable network that reruns old series | 36 |
| Cable channel with the slogan "Laugh More" | 52 |
| Source of funding for the BBC | 29 |
| Weekly cable guide | 18 |
| "I really appreciate that," while texting | 51 |
| "South Park" rating | 29 |
| Strong-language indicator | 25 |