Dutton Ranch IQ Score 105/200
Dutton Ranch has an IQ Score of 105/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.
Engages without demanding much, watchable and reasonably crafted
Score Breakdown
IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)
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What these dimensions mean
- Cognitive Stimulation: observable narrative complexity, conceptual density, ambiguity, inference, and sustained intellectual demands in the work.
- Educational Value: the density and integration of substantive academic, historical, scientific, cultural, ethical, or practical information in the work.
- Craft & Quality: production excellence in service of the work, its direction, writing, performance, and aesthetic intent.
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The TVI Take
Taylor Sheridan's fifth Yellowstone-universe series, Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser reprising Beth and Rip after the couple decamps from Montana to a South Texas spread bordered by a rival dynasty. Annette Bening, Ed Harris, and Jai Courtney fill out the antagonist apparatus.
Critics rated 83% on Rotten Tomatoes, a step above the late-Yellowstone reception. The commitment is to the land-as-stakes neo-western register the parent codified, the limitation is that the form is now familiar and the territory mapped.
People & Production Chad Feehan · Paramount Television Studios · Paramount+ 18 connections
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Dutton Ranch scored 105/200 (Competent tier) on TV Intelligentsia's published methodology. Source: tvintelligentsia.com/titles/dutton-ranch/
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