| BOBMOULD | Leader of Husker Du whose "Dog On Fire" became the Daily Show theme |
| SST | Indie home to Husker Du, Dinosaur Jr, Minutemen etc. (3) |
| ZENARCADE | Husker Du album about a man trying to escape his miserable home life |
| GO | Who plays the last note in The Muppet Show theme song? (5) |
| EARLE | He wrote The Andy Griffith Show theme (and did the whistling himself), ___ Hagen |
| SWEET | According to the TV show's theme song, "Sesame Street" is a place where the air is ___ |
| GUNN | '50s-'60s title detective whose show's theme was composed by Mancini |
| FLINTSTONES | TV family you "meet" in the show's theme song |
| CURATE | Cleric whose dog upset the tea (6) |
| ANKA | Paul who composed the "Tonight Show" theme |
| THEONLYWAYISUP | Song by Yazz And The Plastic Population that is a noted reality TV show theme tune (3,4,3,2,2) |
| UNL | Sch. with the mascots Lil' Red and Herbie Husker |
| TONYSOPRANO | TV character "born under a bad sign with a blue moon in your eyes," per the show's theme song |
| BILLSIKES | Dickens character whose dog is called Bull's-eye |
| ACEVENTURA | Movie detective whose dog helps him crack a case |
| MANCINI | Mini can transport Pink Panther Show theme tune composer Henry (7) |
| TINTIN | Young reporter in a Belgian comic series whose dog is called Snowy (6) |
| DASTARDLY | Wacky Races character whose dog is called Muttley (4,9) |
| DICK | Wacky Races character whose dog is called Muttley (4,9) |
| TYRA | Banks who had India.Arie write and sing her talk show's theme song |
