What is Modern Family's IQ Score?

Modern Family has an IQ Score of 129/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Competent tier. The score breaks down to 34/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 26/50 Educational Value, and 38/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Modern Family educational?

Modern Family is moderate on educational value, 26/50 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/.

Modern Family , IQ Score 129/200

Modern Family has an IQ Score of 129/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.

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

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129/ 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

Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan's ABC mockumentary about three interlinked Los Angeles families whose ensemble-comedy register won five consecutive Outstanding Comedy Emmys. The structural commitment, that three different family architectures (traditional, gay-male couple, blended) share equal narrative weight, was network-comedy progressive for its 2009 launch.

Ty Burrell and Jesse Tyler Ferguson anchor.

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