My So-Called Life — IQ Score 167/200
My So-Called Life has an IQ Score of 167/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.
Measurably increases domain knowledge or cognitive capacity
Score Breakdown
IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)
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The TVI Take
Winnie Holzman's 1994-95 ABC single-season drama anchored by Claire Danes as 15-year-old Angela Chase. The structural commitment to letting adolescent-female-cognitive register be the actual subject — at register network YA drama had not previously sustained — established the canonical prestige-YA template subsequent shows (Freaks and Geeks, Felicity, Buffy) worked inside.
Cancelled after 19 episodes; subsequently canonized.
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