Across
- 5. Jackie behind the wheel of a bus, forever one outburst away from outer space
- 7. Sheriff who keeps order in Mayberry mostly with a drawl and a whistle
- 10. Brooklyn bus driver with big plans and even bigger threats of “sending you to the moon”
- 11. Entity that interrupts the drama to talk about soap and saves the show by doing it
- 12. Numbers that could end a long-running drama quicker than any villain could
- 14. Old method of filming a TV screen so live shows could live past opening night
- 15. Audience that somehow laughs perfectly on cue even when nobody’s actually there
- 17. Star who reliably reported emergencies without ever dialing a number
- 19. Episode that keeps coming back like it never got the memo about being canceled
- 20. Town where the crime rate is low but the front-porch whistling per capita is sky-high
Down
- 1. TV couple who brought their actual kids to work and called it a series
- 2. Show that wanted “just the facts,” yet somehow delivered weekly cliffhangers
- 3. Old anthology where being “on TV” might mean you’re trapped inside it
- 4. Man in a suit who steps out of the shadows to tell you everything’s about to get weird
- 6. Early TV “emperor” whose “palace” hosted sketch-comedy royalty in black and white
- 8. Low-number band where many classics lived long before cable elbowed in
- 9. Kind of script written with the assumption its lines will be seen as much as heard
- 13. Sitcom where chocolate moves faster than human reflexes in a certain factory scene
- 16. Attorney whose closing arguments tend to sound a lot like sudden confessions
- 18. Rabbit-eared household sculpture adjusted with great ceremony before every show