Lifetime access to Personal IQ Tracking, weekly Brain Diets, Sunday deep dives, and the founders wall. One payment. No renewals. This offer exists once.
You're the person who asks "is this worth my brain right now?" before pressing play. You've stopped finishing shows you resent. You don't trust algorithms to pick what you spend your evenings on.
You've been reading TVI for free. You'd like to keep reading it a year from now. And you'd like to help the only TV scoring system on the internet that refuses to rank by vibes stay independent.
This is the one chance to lock in lifetime access at founder pricing.
Personal IQ Tracker with cross-device sync
Mark what you watch. See your Personal IQ, dimension profile, and streak across phone, laptop, TV. Weekly email digest of what your diet is saying about you.
Weekly Brain Diets — curated, ahead of publication
Founders get Monday's Brain Diet on Sunday night. Seven titles picked for a mood, skill, or life stage. The prompt-and-score substack version, but curated.
Sunday Deep Dives — long-form essays on one title
One show or film each Sunday, dismantled across the three dimensions. Why it scores what it scores. What it costs you to watch it. What it gives you back.
Founders Wall — your name, permanent
Listed on /founders/ for the life of the site. Number assigned in order. #1 through #500. Gets mentioned in the about page.
Score a title — we'll add it to the database
Two requests per year. Founders skip the public queue. We score it, write the rationale, and add it within 14 days. Your name credited on the title page if desired.
Quarterly "Scored Together" video call
Jordan + one title per quarter. Live Zoom, founders only. We score a recent release in real time, take questions, and argue about craft.
Early access to everything we ship
New tools, playlists, kids features, and the Intelligentsia API (when it exists) hit founders first. 14 days before public launch. Feedback shapes the roadmap.
The Founding Circle closes when 500 people join or 90 days from launch, whichever comes first. After that, premium becomes a $9/month subscription. No grandfathering. No "oh let me in at the old price." It's 500 and done.
This matters to us for one reason: the people who join now are paying for a product most of which doesn't exist yet. You're underwriting the build. In exchange, you never pay again.
Not "improved" better — measurably better, by your own Personal IQ trend. You decide. Email us any time in the first year and we return your $99 in full, no questions, and you keep founder access as our thank-you for trying.
Jordan Robinson — HPB surgeon, Navy LCDR, AI/disparities researcher — built TV Intelligentsia because he got tired of algorithms that mistake engagement for value. The kids vertical is reviewed by Cordelia Witty, EdS., NCSP, a credentialed school psychologist. The main database uses a three-dimensional rubric grounded in published cognitive science.
We don't run ads. We don't do affiliate links. We don't take money from studios. The only way to fund this work is readers paying for it directly.
One payment. Lifetime access. 12-month guarantee. If you're going to join, join before 500.
Great. You keep getting the free newsletter. Founding Circle is a separate tier that unlocks the tracker sync, Brain Diets, Sunday deep dives, quarterly calls, and the founders wall. Your existing subscription continues unchanged.
Yes. One payment of $99 buys lifetime access to everything listed above for as long as TV Intelligentsia exists. If we shut the site down, we'll refund pro-rata. If the price goes up for new members, you still pay zero.
Right now it lives only in your browser. When you join the Founding Circle, we sync it to your account so it follows you across devices and powers the weekly email digest. You can export or delete it any time. We never sell it.
Email us within 12 months and we refund $99 in full. You keep any notes, exports, or content you've saved. No claw-back.
Personal IQ Tracker with email sync ships within 60 days of your purchase. Weekly Brain Diets start the Sunday after you join. Sunday Deep Dives are already running. Quarterly calls begin once we hit 100 founders.
Yes. At checkout, add a recipient email. They'll get a welcome with their founder number. Use it to lock in a friend who still watches Netflix autoplay.
Stripe issues one automatically. If you need anything additional for a W-9 or reimbursement, just email us.
$99 once. Lifetime premium. 500 spots, then the door closes. 12-month full-refund guarantee so the downside is zero.
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