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Leaving Neverland (2019) poster
2019
global pct
34.4

TV Mini Series · 2019 · TV Mini Series · 2010s

Leaving Neverland

Two parallel scores from 366 z-qualifying reviewers and 404 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: TV Mini Series · 2010s (702 peers).

34.4%
Z · Global
23.0%
Z · Cohort
TV Mini Series · 2010s
17.5%
Raw · Global
13.2%
Raw · Cohort
TV Mini Series · 2010s
Two scores · one item
↑ critic-elevated · 17-pt gap
Z-normalized · global
34.4
Z-normalized · cohortTV Mini Series · 2010s
23.0
Raw average · global
17.5
Raw average · cohortTV Mini Series · 2010s
13.2

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 17-point gap is the rating-inflation signature for this title — discriminating reviewers liked it more than the casual crowd.

Where this title sits

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Z-normalized percentile · 702 peers in TV Mini Series · 2010s

Mean reviewer z-score-0.187
DB1 raw-mean rating5.26 /10
DB2 raw-mean rating5.25 /10
90% CI-floor (z)-0.273
Reviewers (DB1 / DB2)366 / 404

Summary

A two-part documentary in which two men, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, describe in detail their childhood relationships with Michael Jackson and allege he sexually abused them over a period of years. Their families also speak about how Jackson drew them into his orbit and the long-term emotional aftermath the men say they have lived with as adults.

Pipeline applied to this title

The math, in this order

01
Z-score per reviewer

366 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.

02
Aggregate

Mean z = -0.187. DB2 raw mean = 5.25.

03
CI-floor

90% CI-floor = -0.273. Thin samples penalized.

04
ECDF percentile

Global 34.4 / cohort 23. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.

Cohort: TV Mini Series · 2010s

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