TV Series · 1997 · TV Series · 1990s
Oz
Two parallel scores from 120 z-qualifying reviewers and 125 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.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 630 peers in TV Series · 1990s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.598 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 8.30 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 8.37 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.448 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 120 / 125 |
Summary
Set inside the experimental Emerald City unit of the Oswald State Correctional Facility, this gritty HBO drama follows the inmates, guards, and administrators navigating violence, race and gang politics, drugs, and power struggles behind bars. Manager Tim McManus pushes a rehabilitation-focused model while factions of Aryans, Muslims, Latinos, Italians, gays, and others fight for control, narrated in part by wheelchair-bound inmate Augustus Hill.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
120 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.598. DB2 raw mean = 8.37.
90% CI-floor = +0.448. Thin samples penalized.
Global 92.4 / cohort 70.6. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: TV Series · 1990s
