TV Series · 1990 · TV Series · 1990s
Law & Order
Two parallel scores from 146 z-qualifying reviewers and 152 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: TV Series · 1990s (630 peers).
Z-normalized corrects for reviewer bias (every reviewer re-centered onto their personal scale). Raw average uses simple mean across the broader pool including stddev=0 reviewers. The 31-point gap is the rating-inflation signature for this title — discriminating reviewers liked it more than the casual crowd.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 630 peers in TV Series · 1990s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.139 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 5.93 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 5.93 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.003 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 146 / 152 |
Summary
A long-running NBC procedural set in New York City, telling each case in two halves: police detectives investigate a crime, often a homicide, then prosecutors from the Manhattan District Attorney's office take it to trial. Storylines are frequently ripped from real headlines and explore the legal, political, and moral complications that arise between arrest and verdict.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
146 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.139. DB2 raw mean = 5.93.
90% CI-floor = +0.003. Thin samples penalized.
Global 61.8 / cohort 31. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: TV Series · 1990s
