What is Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's IQ Score?

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend has an IQ Score of 151/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Stimulating tier. The score breaks down to 41/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 31/50 Educational Value, and 42/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Crazy Ex-Girlfriend educational?

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is moderate on educational value, 31/50 on TVI's rubric. Some learning happens, but it isn't the show's primary work.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's IQ Score is calculated as round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers: Masterclass (≥160), Stimulating (≥130), Competent (≥100), Passive (≥70), and Numbing (<70). The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend , IQ Score 151/200

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend has an IQ Score of 151/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Stimulating tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MPH·Updated 2026-06-06·Methodology

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151/ 200

Stimulating

Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

Cinematic Score/50

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Why you should trust this score

Methodology reviewed by Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician scientist. Master of Public Health, with substantial coursework in research methodology. Reviews the rubric and its application across the adult catalog.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4

Database scale

2,324 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna's CW musical comedy whose structural argument, that mental illness is the actual subject and the romcom framing is the cover, is one of the most carefully-executed bait-and-switches in 2010s television. The musical numbers are sustained genre parody and clinically literate emotional-content delivery at once.

The Borderline Personality Disorder diagnosis arc is rare honest screen mental-illness work.

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