What is The Ugly Truth's IQ Score?

The Ugly Truth has an IQ Score of 120/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Competent tier. The score breaks down to 30/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 29/50 Educational Value, and 31/50 Craft & Quality.

Is The Ugly Truth educational?

The Ugly Truth 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 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/.

The Ugly Truth , IQ Score 120/200

The Ugly Truth has an IQ Score of 120/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.

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

romancecomedy

120/ 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

Robert Luketic's 2009 Katherine Heigl / Gerard Butler vehicle whose retrograde central premise (men are simple, women overthink) the screenplay treats with more knowing distance than the marketing suggested. The Sacramento-television-newsroom setting is rendered with industry specificity.

Late-2000s romcom whose tonal limitations are the genre's, not the film's.

Where to Watch

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