What is Burn Notice's IQ Score?

Burn Notice has an IQ Score of 108/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Competent tier. The score breaks down to 33/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 6/50 Educational Value, and 47/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Burn Notice educational?

Burn Notice is low on educational value, 6/50 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/.

Burn Notice , IQ Score 108/200

Burn Notice has an IQ Score of 108/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.

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

action proceduralespionage

108/ 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

Matt Nix's USA Network series anchored by Jeffrey Donovan as Michael Westen, a burned CIA operative stranded in Miami. The structural commitment to letting genuine espionage-tradecraft technical specificity (improvised explosives, surveillance evasion, social-engineering) be the show's actual subject, at register network procedurals typically skip, is what gives the property its enduring cult following.

Bruce Campbell and Sharon Gless anchor supporting work.

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