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TV Intelligentsia in the press
Coverage, journalist contacts, and downloadable assets. For interview requests, methodology questions, or expert commentary on television and child development, reach out below.
Recent coverage
This School Psychologist Is Rating Kids' TV In A New Way And It's Incredible
"She evaluates children's media through a developmental lens — not just 'is this safe?' but 'is this actually building cognitive, emotional, and social skills?'"
Read the full article →About TV Intelligentsia
TV Intelligentsia is a rating platform for the intellectual quality of television and film. Every title is scored on a 0–200 IQ Score across three weighted dimensions: Cognitive Stimulation (40%), Educational Value (35%), and Craft & Quality (25%). The result places each title in one of five tiers — Masterclass, Stimulating, Competent, Passive, or Numbing.
Children's content receives an additional SEL Score (0–50) built on the CASEL framework — the five-domain social-emotional learning model used in over twelve thousand U.S. schools — and is reviewed by school psychologist Cordelia Witty, EdS., NCSP. The two scores are reported separately because they measure different things.
The platform's positioning: where Common Sense Media focuses on age-appropriateness and safety, TV Intelligentsia focuses on intellectual quality. Where Rotten Tomatoes aggregates critic opinion, TV Intelligentsia applies a published, structured rubric with credentialed review for children's content. The methodology is open and citable.
Founders & reviewers
Jordan Robinson
MD, MPH · Founder & Methodology
Built the TVI Intelligence Quotient framework. Surgeon and Navy LCDR with a Master of Public Health (substantial coursework in research methodology). Author of the methodology document and the cognitive-rating rubric.
Cordelia Witty
EdS., NCSP · Head of Children's Content
Nationally Certified School Psychologist with an Education Specialist degree. Reviews every children's title on TVI Kids against the five CASEL social-emotional learning competencies. Public-facing voice for TVI's parent-focused communications.
Downloadable assets
Full methodology document, founder bios, and high-resolution brand assets are available for press use without permission. Citation: TV Intelligentsia, Rating Methodology v1.2 (2026).
What we are available to speak about
Cordelia Witty, EdS., NCSP — children's media and development; CASEL framework and social-emotional learning; screen time and attention; what parents should look for in kids content; the difference between safe content and developmentally valuable content; the meme-format phenomena (Italian Brainrot, Skibidi Toilet, Brain Rot Memes) and what they're doing to developing brains.
Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH — the IQ Score methodology; cognitive stimulation and television; why a published rubric matters; competitive landscape (Common Sense Media, Rotten Tomatoes, IMDb); operator perspective on building a credentialed rating platform.
Press inquiries
Direct email for interview requests, methodology questions, or expert commentary.
jordan@tvintelligentsia.com