Zeros and roots of unity in character tables

For any finite group $G$, Thompson proved that, for each $\chi\in {\rm Irr}(G)$,$\chi(g)$ is a root of unity or zero for more than a third of the elements $g\in G$, and Gallagher proved that, for each larger than average class $g^G$, $\chi (g)$ is a root of unity or zero for more than a third of the irreducible characters $\chi \in \mathrm{I}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{r}(G)$. We show that in many cases “more than a third” can be replaced by “more than half”.