What is House's IQ Score?

House has an IQ Score of 157/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Stimulating tier. The score breaks down to 40/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 37/50 Educational Value, and 41/50 Craft & Quality.

Is House educational?

House is strong on Educational Value, 37/50 on TVI's rubric, which rates the density and integration of substantive information within the 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/.

House IQ Score 157/200

House has an IQ Score of 157/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Stimulating tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-08-19·Methodology

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157/ 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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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.
Cinematic Score: composition quality, emotional impact, and how the music integrates with the work. Does not affect the IQ Score.

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The Verdict

Best forViewers who want detective fiction where the culprit is a disease and the sleuth is a misanthrope

Skip ifYou need a lead worth rooting for without friction; Laurie's cruelty is the engine, not a flaw

Use it asA diagnostic puzzle procedural that rewards guessing along before the final reveal

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

2,605 titles, version-controlled

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Correction history

Correction, July 26, 2026: duplicate catalog records for this work were merged. The surviving score remained 157/200. This was an identity cleanup, not a new viewing.

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The TVI Take

Hugh Laurie's misanthropic diagnostic genius became one of television's most iconic characters, in a medical procedural that functions as detective fiction with diseases as the culprits. Cognitive engagement comes from the mystery-of-the-week structure and the differential-diagnosis method, which the show stages as a formal reasoning process rather than a montage.

People & Production David Shore · Peter Medak · Universal Television 62 connections

On screen & sound

Selected cast

Hugh Laurie Lisa Edelstein Robert Sean Leonard Omar Epps Jennifer Morrison Jesse SpencerSelected in source order; not represented as billing order.

Selected voice cast

Féodor Atkine Frédérique Tirmont Pierre Tessier Lucien Jean-Baptiste Cathy Diraison Guillaume LebonSelected in source order; not represented as billing order.

Production & release

Production company

Universal Television

Original broadcaster

Fox Broadcasting Company

Distributor

NBCUniversal Syndication Studios Netflix

Country of origin

United States

Original language

English

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The Trailer

Official trailer, embedded from YouTube.

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