What is Homeland's IQ Score?

Homeland has an IQ Score of 155/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Stimulating tier. The score breaks down to 45/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 31/50 Educational Value, and 40/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Homeland educational?

Homeland 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 current published formula is round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers. TVI publishes a three-dimension breakdown only when those values reproduce the displayed composite. The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Homeland IQ Score 155/200

Homeland has an IQ Score of 155/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Stimulating tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-09-07·Methodology

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155/ 200

Stimulating

Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention

Score Breakdown

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Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4) · How we score →

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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Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.3.1

Formula

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

Database scale

2,607 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

A CIA officer believes a rescued POW is a terrorist mole. Educational about surveillance and paranoia.

Cognitive engagement from the cat-and-mouse game. Entertainment from the political thriller.

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Direction & creation

Creator

Howard Gordon Alex Gansa Gideon Raff

Producer

Alex Gansa

On screen & sound

Selected cast

Claire Danes Damian Lewis Mandy Patinkin Morena Baccarin David Harewood Sarah SokolovicSelected in source order; not represented as billing order.

Composer

Sean Callery

Cinematography

Dave Klein

Production & release

Production company

Keshet

Original broadcaster

Showtime

Distributor

20th Television Netflix Hulu

Country of origin

United States

Original language

English

Related works

Based on

Prisoners of War

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147

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The Trailer

Official trailer, embedded from YouTube.

Characters Scored Here

People search for these characters by name. TVI doesn't invent fictional-character IQ numbers, but Homeland's score is the honest answer to how seriously the work treats each mind.

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