What is American Murder: The Family Next Door's IQ Score?

American Murder: The Family Next Door has an IQ Score of 127/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Competent tier. The score breaks down to 42/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 9/50 Educational Value, and 47/50 Craft & Quality.

Is American Murder: The Family Next Door educational?

American Murder: The Family Next Door is low on educational value, 9/50 on TVI's rubric. Watch for entertainment, not for learning.

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/.

American Murder: The Family Next Door , IQ Score 127/200

American Murder: The Family Next Door has an IQ Score of 127/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-06-17·Methodology

documentarytrue crime

127/ 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

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, v1.2

Formula

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

Database scale

2,338 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Jenny Popplewell's 2020 Netflix documentary about the Chris Watts murder of his pregnant wife Shanann and their two daughters, constructed entirely from existing footage (Shanann's Facebook live videos, police bodycam, interview tapes). The structural commitment, no narration, no talking-head interviews, just the existing record, is rare documentary work that lets the source material make its own argument.

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