| Hospital room fixture | 21 |
| Family-room staple | 18 |
| Family room center | 18 |
| Entertainment system staple | 27 |
| Entertainment room appliance | 28 |
| Entertainment center center | 27 |
| DVR supporter, sometimes | 24 |
| DVR companion | 13 |
| DVD player attachment | 21 |
| DVD connection | 14 |
| Device with an HDMI input, these days | 37 |
| Device for boobs? | 17 |
| Den focal point | 15 |
| Den attraction | 14 |
| Den amenity | 11 |
| Console in a den | 16 |
| Common den fixture | 18 |
| Channel-surfing need | 20 |
| Cable outlet | 12 |
| Cable box holder | 16 |
| Box in a den | 12 |
| They can be fine-tuned | 22 |
| Rec-room fixtures | 17 |
| Items found in remote areas? | 28 |
| Couch potatoes' fixations | 29 |
| Best Buy array | 14 |
| Network offering | 16 |
| "Weeds" or "Scrubs" | 39 |
| Sitcom, for instance | 20 |
| ''ER'' or ''CSI'' | 49 |
| Pilot program? | 14 |
| Boob tube offering | 18 |
| A.C. Nielsen concern | 20 |
| "ER" or "The O.C." | 38 |
| "C.S.I." or "MASH" | 38 |
| ''CSI'' or ''The Sopranos'' | 59 |
| Some Emmy nominees | 18 |
| Lineup members | 14 |
| They were once picked up by rabbit ears | 39 |
| The 2005-06 season was the first since 1950-51 in which this type of show wasn't among Nielsen's top 10 | 111 |
| Tube plug | 9 |
| Tube commercial | 15 |
| Super Bowl ad, e.g. | 19 |
| Many an ad buy | 14 |
| Clio candidate | 14 |
| They're often skipped on recordings | 39 |
| Where a Sony might sit | 22 |
| Buy for the den | 15 |
| Emmy winner, often | 18 |
| Tube figure | 11 |
| Stephen Colbert, for one | 24 |
| Prime-time celeb | 16 |
| Notable two-dimensional performer? | 34 |
| Lucille Ball or Monty Hall | 26 |
| Kelsey Grammer, for one | 23 |
| Kelsey Grammer, e.g. | 20 |
| Johnny Carson, notably | 22 |
| Emmy winner, e.g. | 17 |
| Best Actor Emmy winner, e.g. | 28 |
| Emmy winners, often | 19 |
| The cast of "Jersey Shore," e.g. | 42 |
| Potential Emmy nominees | 23 |
| Morrow and Murrow, e.g. | 23 |
| Many Emmy winners | 17 |
| Broadcaster over airwaves | 25 |
| Repeat business? | 16 |
| FCC licensee | 12 |
| "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" workplace | 47 |
| Anchor milieu | 13 |
| 'Applause' sign settings | 32 |
| Stand for an idiot box | 22 |
| Plasma holders | 14 |
| Something a brat might lose | 27 |
| Period following homework completion, perhaps | 45 |
| Period after finishing homework, say | 36 |
| Hours set by parents, perhaps | 29 |
| Homework follower, maybe | 24 |
| Child's post-homework reward, perhaps | 41 |
| After-homework period, perhaps | 30 |
| After-homework period | 21 |
| Break in the action for spots | 29 |
| Small-screen performance of "Hamlet," e.g.? | 53 |
| Tube watcher's food holder | 30 |
| Tube addict's dining surface | 32 |
| It might hold a couch potato's potato | 41 |
| Holder in front of a tube | 25 |
| Dish setting for watching satellite programs? | 45 |
| Dinner might be served on it | 28 |
| Couch potato's table | 24 |
| Old electronic component | 24 |
| Pre-DVD dual den item | 21 |
| Outmoded combo appliance | 24 |
| Dual-purpose family room device | 31 |
| Den combo unit | 14 |
| Combo unit | 10 |
| '90s hybrid in the living room | 34 |
| '80s-'90s entertainment combo | 37 |
| Outmoded den appliances | 23 |
| Home entertainment combos | 25 |
| Boxes that beat out Beta | 24 |