How TV shows are rated

TV shows are rated by a set of 10 criteria:

• Writing - Is the story engaging and entertaining?
• Rewatchability - How well does the series hold up to multiple viewings?
• Production - How innovative, beautiful, or appropriate is the direction, production, music, and other presentation?
• Actors - Was the casting done well, or are there a lot of good actors cast?
• Acting - How did the actors perform in their roles?
• Depth of characters - Did the characters entice exploring their histories or backgrounds?
• Setting - Was the setting appropriate or presented well?
• Pacing - Did the story move along in a fashion that is unnoticeable?
• Design - Was the aesthetic of the movie appropriate and/or pleasing?
• Extra - Personal extra preference

What’s excluded

• Must have seen 2 whole seasons, or all of the only season
• Doesn’t include:
  • Variety shows (SNL)
  • Talk shows (Tonight Show)
  • Most children’s cartoons
  • Sports shows
  • Documentaries
  • Reality series
  • Limited series (that definitely will not continue)

Scoring

Each category is rated out of 10 possible points, and then totaled together to create a score out of 100. This is the final percentage score.

Top 10 scoring

The top 10 is scored a bit differently to present a clear and consistent separation of the best-of-the-best. The scoring is a sum of:

• The show’s score, compiled from the 10 criteria listed above
• The show’s Metacritic critics score, converted to a decimal (to help level-set personal preferences)
• The age of the show in years (since it debuted), converted to a decimal (Older shows get scored slightly higher)
• The percentage of complete seasons watched, based on total seasons produced (having seen a complete series will score it higher)