How many ranked lists does TV Intelligentsia publish?

As of today the catalog publishes 224 ranked lists, spanning filmographies, decade hubs, year hubs, genre-by-decade matrices, character rankings, streaming-platform lists, and editorial curations. New lists are added on the Monday update cycle.

How often are the lists refreshed?

Weekly. Every Monday the catalog re-ranks every list against the current database, including any newly scored titles and any rescored entries. Streaming-platform lists also refresh their availability data weekly via the JustWatch-via-TMDB providers feed.

The Ranked Catalog

Every Ranked List, By IQ Score

Q: How are TV Intelligentsia's ranked lists scored?

Every list ranks titles by IQ Score, a 0-200 weighted composite of Cognitive Score (40%), Educational Value (35%), and Craft & Quality (25%). The full methodology, including reviewer credentials and scoring rubrics, is published at /methodology/.

One published rubric, named accountable editors. 224 lists. Every entry citable.

224Ranked Lists

29Years Covered

13Character Lists

2,176Titles Scored

Every list on this page ranks its entries by IQ Score, a 0-200 weighted composite of Cognitive Score (40%), Educational Value (35%), and Craft & Quality (25%). The full methodology is published, signed by named reviewers, and citable per title. Children's lists carry a second dimension, an SEL Score built on the CASEL framework, reviewed by Cordelia Witty, EdS., NCSP.

Lists are refreshed every Monday against the current database. New scores enter the rankings the same week. Streaming availability inside each list updates weekly from JustWatch via TMDB.

Filmographies

Every director and actor whose body of work the catalog covers. 50 lists

Ranked by Cognitive Quality

The smartest titles the rubric measures, the IQ-native cluster nobody else can rank. 7 lists

Character Rankings

Best characters from individual series, ranked by IQ. 13 lists

Genre × Decade

Every major genre, sliced by decade. 30 lists

Decade Hubs

Every decade as a single ranked surface. 5 lists

Year Hubs

Year-by-year ranked lists, oldest to newest. 29 lists

Genre Depth

Single-genre lists that cross decades. 33 lists

Masterclass Tier by Genre

Top scores per genre, ≥160 IQ. 5 lists

Shows Like…

Adjacency lists for the catalog's most-searched series. 16 lists

By Streaming Platform

What's worth watching on each service. 8 lists

Kids

SEL-scored children's lists under the TVI Kids methodology, shaped and reviewed by Cordelia Witty, EdS., NCSP. 10 lists

Curated & Editorial

Cross-cutting picks the database earned the right to make. 18 lists

Want the methodology?

Every score on every list traces to a published rubric, weighted dimensions, and named human accountability. Read the full version 1.3.1 methodology.

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