I made TV Sort, a web-based game for ranking TV show episodes
Over this Christmas break, while discussing the best episodes of Frasier with my mother (as we tend to do when I get to see her), I thought about coming up with something that's less arbitrary than 1-10 ratings. The result is TV Sort. It just uses a sorting algorithm, but... it's human powered. When the algorithm needs to compare two items, it asks you to compare them, and with that you end up with a full, thoroughly sorted episode list. It uses TMDB, IMDB, and Wikipedia to extract episode information for any show, to help jog your memory when making episode comparisons. It was a fun little…
I made TV Sort, a web-based game for ranking TV show episodes launched on January 1, 2024 with 69 votes, #818 of 4,437 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
TV Sort is a web-based tool that helps users rank TV show episodes through pairwise comparisons rather than arbitrary numerical ratings. The application uses a sorting algorithm that asks users to choose between two episodes at a time, gradually building a complete ranked list. It pulls episode information from TMDB, IMDb, and Wikipedia to provide context during comparisons. Designed for TV enthusiasts who want a more systematic way to determine their favorite episodes, it offers a methodical alternative to traditional rating systems.
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In the maker’s words, at launch
Over this Christmas break, while discussing the best episodes of Frasier with my mother (as we tend to do when I get to see her), I thought about coming up with something that's less arbitrary than 1-10 ratings. The result is TV Sort. It just uses a sorting algorithm, but... it's human powered. When the algorithm…
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