| WHOSHOTJR | Aired on 11/21/1980, it was then the highest rated episode in TV history |
| ROME | The treaty that created the European Union (EEC as it was then) was signed here (4) |
| VIRUNGA | ___ (formerly Albert) National Park, established in 1925 in what was then the Belgian Congo (7) |
| PILOT | Test episode in television |
| THEFLINTSTONES | The pet in this sitcom was probably the biggest anachronism in TV history |
| THESKYATNIGHT | The longest-running programme with the same presenter in TV history |
| ROOTS | Most-watched drama in TV history |
| FRANKEL | The highest-rated racehorse in the world from May 2011 (7) |
| RHODA | It had the highest-rated '70s episode until "Roots" |
| MASH | Show with the most-watched episode in scripted TV history |
| TWEEDLEDEE | Who says "Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't" |
| LOGIC | "Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's _____" |
| AGROUND | The highest-rated stadium on earth (7) |
| THREESTAR | Like the highest-rated restaurants in Michelin Guides |
| TOPSEEDS | Surrender, say, overwhelmed by spinners who are the highest-rated (3,5) |
| AHOUSEDIVIDED | Name of the "Dallas" episode aired March 21, 1980 |
| DONAHUE | It was MSNBC's highest-rated program when canceled in 2003 |
| WHODONEIT | Apt name of the Nov. 21, 1980, episode of "Dallas" that answered "Who Shot J.R.?" |
| ILOVELUCY | No. 36: Arguably "the most important series in television history" |
| LOWESTOFT | Rarely the highest-rated resort? |