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Mister Rogers' Neighborhood , IQ Score 192/200

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood has an IQ Score of 192/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH and Cordelia Witty, EdS., NCSP·Updated ·Methodology

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192/ 200
Masterclass

Measurably increases domain knowledge or cognitive capacity

Ages 2-5SEL 50/50
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood poster, IQ Score 192/200, Masterclass tier on TV Intelligentsia

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50
42
Educational Value/50
50
Craft & Quality/50
50
SEL Score/50
50
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Cordelia Witty, EdS., NCSP
Reviewed by Cordelia Witty, EdS., NCSP
Licensed school psychologist. Reviews kids content against the published rubric and the CASEL social-emotional learning framework.
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

Fred Rogers ran the show for 33 years (1968-2001), every script developed in weekly consultation with Margaret McFarland, the Pittsburgh developmental psychologist who co-founded the Arsenal Family & Children's Center with Benjamin Spock and Erik Erikson. McFarland's teaching, the part most Rogers coverage misses, made the show's gentleness a technical achievement rather than a temperamental one.

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Mister Rogers' Neighborhood scored 192/200 (Masterclass tier) on TV Intelligentsia's published methodology. Source: tvintelligentsia.com/titles/mister-rogers-neighborhood/

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