What is Failure to Launch's IQ Score?

Failure to Launch has an IQ Score of 115/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Competent tier. The score breaks down to 31/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 27/50 Educational Value, and 28/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Failure to Launch educational?

Failure to Launch is moderate on educational value, 27/50 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/.

Failure to Launch , IQ Score 115/200

Failure to Launch has an IQ Score of 115/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.

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

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115/ 200

Competent

Engages without demanding much, watchable and reasonably crafted

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/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

Tom Dey's 2006 Matthew McConaughey / Sarah Jessica Parker vehicle whose adult-still-living-with-parents premise is the cover for delayed-adolescence comedy at thinner register than the genre's better entries. McConaughey and Parker are genre-competent; the screenplay is the film's limiting factor.

Late-2000s romcom whose IQ reflects craft floor rather than ambition.

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