What is Sherlock's IQ Score?

Sherlock has an IQ Score of 148/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Stimulating tier. The score breaks down to 43/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 29/50 Educational Value, and 39/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Sherlock educational?

Sherlock is moderate on educational value, 29/50 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/.

Sherlock IQ Score 148/200

Sherlock has an IQ Score of 148/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Stimulating tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-10-05·Methodology

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148/ 200

Stimulating

Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention

Score Breakdown

Legacy score. Published under our earlier workflow, before the current standard took effect in August 2026. A founder reviewed and approved it against our methodology, under a process that does not meet the standard we hold now. What this means →

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Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

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

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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

2,608 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Modernizes detective stories with visual deduction, demand for rapid-fire logic, and character arcs around trauma and partnership beneath puzzle-solving.

People & Production Steven Moffat · Euros Lyn · British Broadcasting Corporation 21 connections

Direction & creation

Director

Euros Lyn Rachel Talalay Nick Hurran Paul McGuigan

Creator

Steven Moffat Mark Gatiss

Writer

Mark Gatiss

Producer

Sue Vertue

On screen & sound

Selected cast

Rupert Graves Louise Brealey Mark Gatiss Vinette Robinson Zoe Telford Andrew ScottSelected in source order; not represented as billing order.

Composer

David Arnold

Production & release

Production company

British Broadcasting Corporation

Original broadcaster

Distributor

Country of origin

Original language

Related works

Based on

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The Trailer

Official trailer, embedded from YouTube.

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