The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , IQ Score 127/200
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air has an IQ Score of 127/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.
Engages without demanding much, watchable and reasonably crafted
Score Breakdown
IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)
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The TVI Take
Andy and Susan Borowitz's NBC sitcom anchored by Will Smith in his first major television role. The structural commitment, that class-and-race comedy between Philadelphia-working-class Will and Bel-Air-upper-class Banks family was the show's actual subject, is what gave the property its later cultural reach.
James Avery's Uncle Phil monologue scenes are rare network-sitcom dramatic work.
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air scored 127/200 (Competent tier) on TV Intelligentsia's published methodology. Source: tvintelligentsia.com/titles/the-fresh-prince-of-bel-air/
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