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Curated viewing plans built around what you want to learn, develop, or explore.

Post-Work TV, New

Brain Diets for people with jobs.

Five playlists matched to the state you are actually in. Curated by Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH, surgeon, Navy veteran.

01 Quiet

Post-Call

You finished a long shift. Your cortisol spiked and crashed. Your patience is spent.

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02 Release

Post-Deadline

The pitch shipped. The paper submitted. The launch went live. The pressure is gone, but the wiring has not caught up.

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03 Drift

Post-Travel

Jet lag. Hotel bed. Time zone eight hours off the one your body still believes in.

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04 Eve

Sunday Reset

Sunday evening. Monday is circling. The week needs a soft landing, not a screen full of noise.

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05 Low Power

Can't Peak

You are sick, or running on three hours of sleep, or simply hollow. Plot is too much. Dialogue is too much. Watch this instead.

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How It Works

The IQ Score Explained

Three weighted dimensions. One published formula. Every score in the catalog reproducible from it.

[IQ]TVI Methodology
v1.2
IQ = round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25 ) × 4
C
Cognitive Stimulation
40%
E
Educational Value
35%
Q
Entertainment Quality
25%
Numbing
<70
Passive
70+
Competent
100+
Stimulating
130+
Masterclass
160+
tvintelligentsia.com/methodology

About the scale: TV IQ is a proprietary 0 to 200 score, not a psychometric IQ test. It measures the intellectual demand a title places on its audience across three weighted dimensions. A score of 160+ (Masterclass) means peak cognitive engagement, not that you need a 160 IQ to watch it. The scale is purpose-built for media comparison, not human intelligence measurement.

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