What is Six Feet Under's IQ Score?

Six Feet Under has an IQ Score of 189/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Masterclass tier. The score breaks down to 48/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 45/50 Educational Value, and 49/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Six Feet Under educational?

Six Feet Under is strong on educational value, 45/50 on TVI's rubric, which covers academic content, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, life skills, and knowledge transfer.

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/.

Six Feet Under , IQ Score 189/200

Six Feet Under has an IQ Score of 189/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.

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

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189/ 200

Masterclass TVI Essential

Measurably increases domain knowledge or cognitive capacity

Six Feet Under poster, IQ Score 189/200, Masterclass tier on TV Intelligentsia

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

Cinematic Score/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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TVI Essential · Consensus

Six Feet Under scores 189/200 on the TVI IQ Score, placing it in the Masterclass tier. Alan Ball's five-season series treats mortality and family dysfunction with the patient observation that earned Cultural Impact, Rewatch Value, and Lasting Significance as a sustained examination of the human condition. TVI Essential is an editorial designation; IQ Score is a content rating, not an intelligence measurement.

The TVI Take

Alan Ball's 2001-2005 HBO series, the Fisher family running a Pasadena funeral home, each episode opening on a different death and following the Fishers as the consequence ripples through them. Nate, David, Claire, Ruth, and Rico are the ensemble; Federico Diaz's working-class struggle against the Fishers' upper-middle bohemia is the show's class architecture.

The final episode's montage of every character's death is the most-praised series finale in television history.

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