What is Me and Orson Welles's IQ Score?

Me and Orson Welles has an IQ Score of 135/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Stimulating tier. The score breaks down to 34/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 32/50 Educational Value, and 36/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Me and Orson Welles educational?

Me and Orson Welles is moderate on educational value, 32/50 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/.

Me and Orson Welles , IQ Score 135/200

Me and Orson Welles has an IQ Score of 135/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Stimulating tier.

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

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135/ 200

Stimulating

Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention

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

TVI Canon

Richard Linklater →

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The TVI Take

Linklater's 2008 backstage period piece. A teenage Richard Samuels (Zac Efron) talks his way into the 1937 Mercury Theatre cast of Julius Caesar.

Christian McKay's Orson Welles is the achievement, an uncanny performance that holds the screen without slipping into impression. Educational about theatrical history, the Welles myth, and the ecology of an early-twentieth-century repertory company. Cognitive engagement from the apprenticeship arc and the precise period detail.

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