Emily Nussbaum

{{short description|American television critic (born 1966)}}

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| name = Emily Nussbaum

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|2|20|mf=y}}

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| education = {{ubl|Oberlin College (BA)|New York University (MA)}}

| occupation = Television critic

| spouse = Clive Thompson

| relatives = Bernard Nussbaum (father)

| children = 2

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Emily Nussbaum (born February 20, 1966){{citation needed|date = June 2019}} is an American television critic.{{cite magazine|title=Three Pulitzers for New Yorker Writers|url=http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/three-pulitzers-for-the-new-yorker|access-date=April 19, 2016|magazine=The New Yorker|date=April 18, 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Rosenberg|first1=Alyssa|title=Why everyone is freaking out over Emily Nussbaum's Pulitzer Prize for criticism|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2016/04/18/why-everyone-is-freaking-out-over-emily-nussbaums-pulitzer-prize-for-criticism/|access-date=April 19, 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=April 18, 2016}} She served as the television critic for The New Yorker from 2011 until 2019.{{cite news|title=New Yorker Reshuffles: Emily Nussbaum to 'Expand Her Writing,' Doreen St. Félix Named New TV Critic|url=https://www.thewrap.com/new-yorker-reshuffles-emily-nussbaum-to-expand-her-writing-doreen-st-felix-named-new-tv-critic/|access-date=May 8, 2020|work=TheWrap|date=December 3, 2019}} In 2016, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.

Early life

Nussbaum was born in the United States to mother Toby Nussbaum and Bernard Nussbaum, who served as White House Counsel to President Bill Clinton.{{cite news|title=Paid Notice: Deaths Nussbaum, Toby A.|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F05E4D81130F937A35752C0A9609C8B63|access-date=April 15, 2016|work=The New York Times|date=January 4, 2006}}{{cite news|title=Toby Nussbaum, 66, Philanthropist and Activist|url=http://www.nysun.com/obituaries/toby-nussbaum-66-philanthropist-and-activist/25394/|access-date=April 15, 2016|work=The New York Sun|date=January 5, 2006}}

Nussbaum was raised in Scarsdale, New York, and graduated from Oberlin College in 1988.{{cite news|title=I wasn't a journalism major, but...|url=http://oberlin.edu/alummag/fall2011/features/journalist.html|access-date=April 11, 2016|work=Oberlin Alumni Magazine|date=Fall 2011}}{{cite news|last1=Milstein|first1=Larry|title=Nussbaum talks technology, journalism|url=http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2013/10/10/nussbaum-talks-technology-journalism/|access-date=April 11, 2016|work=Yale Daily News|date=October 10, 2013}} She earned a master's degree in poetry from New York University{{cite news|title=Creating Television Today: Industry Perspectives |url=http://ontelevision.commons.yale.edu/schedule/ |access-date=April 11, 2016 |work=Yale Conference On Television |date=February 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426185149/http://ontelevision.commons.yale.edu/schedule/ |archive-date=April 26, 2016}} and started a doctoral program in literature, but decided not to pursue teaching.{{cite news|last1=Anaheed|title=Why Can't I Be You: Emily Nussbaum|url=http://www.rookiemag.com/2014/04/why-cant-i-be-you-emily-nussbaum/|access-date=11 April 2016|work=Rookie|date=9 April 2014}}

Career

After living in Providence, Rhode Island, and Atlanta, Georgia, Nussbaum began writing reviews of TV shows following her infatuation with the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer{{cite news|last1=French|first1=Lisa|title=Speaking with: The New Yorker TV critic Emily Nussbaum|url=http://theconversation.com/speaking-with-the-new-yorker-tv-critic-emily-nussbaum-30033|access-date=April 11, 2016|work=The Conversation|date=August 18, 2014}} and posting at the website Television Without Pity.{{cite news|title=The Emily Nussbaum Interview|url=http://zulkey.com/2013/07/the-emily-nussbaum-interview.shtml#.VwsovBMrLXE|access-date=April 11, 2016|work=Zulkey|date=July 12, 2013}}{{cite news|last1=Patel|first1=Nilay|title=New Yorker TV critic Emily Nussbaum: 'Social watching just sounds like wishful thinking'|url=https://www.theverge.com/2012/11/16/3649592/emily-nussbaum-new-yorker-interview-future-of-tv|access-date=April 11, 2016|work=The Verge|date=November 16, 2012}}[https://twitter.com/emilynussbaum/status/738036873835216896 Nussbaum tweet], June 2, 2016 She began writing for Lingua Franca and served as editor-in-chief of Nerve.{{cite news|last1=Doig|first1=Will|title=Emily Nussbaum|url=http://www.nerve.com/dispatches/oralhistoryofnerve/nussbaum|access-date=April 15, 2016|work=Nerve|date=September 7, 2007}} She also wrote for Slate and The New York Times.

Nussbaum then worked at New York magazine, where she was the creator of the "Approval Matrix" feature and wrote about culture and television.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cjr.org/the_delacorte_lectures/new-yorker-television-emily-nussbaum.php|title=What's 'worth seeing' on TV? Emily Nussbaum knows|last=Allsop|first=Jon|date=November 16, 2017|work=Columbia Journalism Review|access-date=July 22, 2018}} She was at New York for seven years and was the culture editor.{{cite news|last1=Tanzer|first1=Myles|title=How New York Magazine{{'}}s Approval Matrix Went From The Back Page To TV|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/mylestanzer/how-new-york-magazines-approval-matrix-went-from-the-back-pa#.jsMAbReJr|access-date=April 15, 2016|work=BuzzFeed|date=August 13, 2014}}

In 2011, she became the television critic at The New Yorker,{{cite news|last1=Silvarole|first1=Georgie|title=TV critic Emily Nussbaum fields questions on everything from "Buffy" to "Broad City"|url=http://newhouse.syr.edu/news-events/news/tv-critic-emily-nussbaum-fields-questions-everything-buffy-broad-city|access-date=April 11, 2016|publisher=Newhouse School of Public CommunicationsSyracuse University|date=November 11, 2015}} taking over from Nancy Franklin.{{cite news|last1=Koblin|first1=John|title=Emily Nussbaum Headed to The New Yorker|url=http://wwd.com/globe-news/fashion-memopad/emily-nussbaum-to-new-yorker-5294260/|access-date=April 11, 2016|work=Women's Wear Daily (WWD)|date=October 13, 2011}} She won a National Magazine Award for Columns and Commentary in 2014 and the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2016.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2016/04/18/why-everyone-is-freaking-out-over-emily-nussbaums-pulitzer-prize-for-criticism/|title=Opinion {{!}} Why everyone is freaking out over Emily Nussbaum's Pulitzer Prize for criticism|last=Rosenberg|first=Alyssa|date=April 18, 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=July 22, 2018}}

Personal life

Nussbaum is married to journalist Clive Thompson.{{cite news|last1=Zuckerman|first1=Esther|title=Emily Nussbaum: What I Read|url=http://www.thewire.com/entertainment/2012/10/emily-nussbaum-what-i-read/57466/|access-date=April 11, 2016|work=The Wire|date=October 5, 2012}} They have two children.{{cite news|last1=Simons|first1=Seth|title=New Yorker Critic Emily Nussbaum on Recurring Dreams and Her Trick For Beating Insomnia|url=https://vanwinkles.com/how-i-sleep-emily-nussbaum|access-date=April 11, 2016|work=Van Winkle's|date=January 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420054301/https://vanwinkles.com/how-i-sleep-emily-nussbaum|archive-date=April 20, 2016|url-status=dead}}

Awards

  • 2014: National Magazine Awards, Columns and Commentary. Honors political and social commentary; news analysis; and reviews and criticism{{cite news|last1=Holt|first1=Sid|last2=McCarthy|first2=Margaret|last3=Lowe|first3=Jonathan|title=National Magazine Awards 2014 Winners Announced|url=http://www.magazine.org/industry-news/press-releases/asme-press-releases/asme/national-magazine-awards-2014-winners#sthash.07FBeH35.dpuf|access-date=April 19, 2016|work=MPA – the Association of Magazine Media|date=May 1, 2014|archive-date=July 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150719142738/http://www.magazine.org/industry-news/press-releases/asme-press-releases/asme/national-magazine-awards-2014-winners#sthash.07FBeH35.dpuf|url-status=dead}}
  • 2016: Pulitzer Prize for Criticism{{cite web|url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pulitzer-prizes-2016_n_5715107be4b06f35cb7024f7 |title= 2016 Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced: 'Hamilton' Wins For Drama, AP Wins For Slavery Investigation |first= Michael |last= Calderone |work= HuffPost |date= April 18, 2016 |access-date= December 27, 2023 |archive-date= December 27, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231227105610/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pulitzer-prizes-2016_n_5715107be4b06f35cb7024f7 |url-status=live}}

Bibliography

{{Incomplete list|date=June 2016}}

=Books=

  • {{cite book |author=Nussbaum, Emily |title=I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution |location=New York |publisher=Random House |year=June 25, 2019 }}
  • {{cite book |last=Nussbaum |first=Emily |title=Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV |date=2024-06-25 |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-0-525-50899-1 |publication-place=New York}}{{Cite web |last=Stowell |first=Olivia |date=June 26, 2024 |title=To Be Real: On Emily Nussbaum's "Cue the Sun!" |url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/to-be-real-on-emily-nussbaums-cue-the-sun/ |website=lareviewofbooks.org}}{{Cite web |last=Bell |first=Carole V. |date=June 25, 2024 |title='Cue the Sun!' is a riveting history of reality TV |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/06/25/nx-s1-5017620/book-review-cue-the-sun-emily-nussbaum |website=NPR}}{{Cite web |last=Cunningham |first=Kyndall |date=2024-06-26 |title=Cue The Sun! tackles the splendor and squalor of reality TV |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/356854/cue-the-sun-review-emily-nussbaum-book-reality-tv-history-bethenny-frankel-survivor |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=Vox |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Deggans |first=Eric |date=2024-06-26 |title=Getting Real About Reality TV in 'Cue the Sun!' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/26/books/review/cue-the-sun-reality-tv-emily-nussbaum.html |access-date=2024-06-26 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

===Essays and reporting===

  • {{cite magazine |author=Nussbaum, Emily |title='Community' had low ratings. So what? |department=Culture Desk |magazine=The New Yorker|date=November 15, 2011 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/community-had-low-ratings-so-what |access-date=}}Available on website only.
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=November 28, 2011 |title=Crass warfare : raunch and ridicule on 'Whitney' and '2 Broke Girls' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=87 |issue=38 |pages=72–74 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/11/28/crass-warfare }}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=December 12, 2011 |title=Final cut pro : the devolution of 'Dexter' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=87 |issue=40 |pages=92–93 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/12/12/final-cut-pro }}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=January 2, 2012 |title=Warming trend : the sentimental smarts of 'Parenthood' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/01/02/warming-trend }}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=January 23, 2012 |title=Horsey Set : the upscale temptations of 'Luck' and 'Downton Abbey' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/01/23/horsey-set }}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=February 13–20, 2012 |title=It's good enough for me : the renaissance in children's programming |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/02/13/its-good-enough-for-me }}
  • {{cite magazine |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |title='Smash' : it had me at 'Hello!' |department=Culture Desk |magazine=The New Yorker|date=February 6, 2012 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/smash-it-had-me-at-hello }}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=February 25, 2013 |title=Shark Week : 'House of Cards,' 'Scandal,' and the political game |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/02/25/shark-week}}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=April 8, 2013 |title=To stir, with love : the modern cooking show, from 'Hell's Kitchen' to 'Barefoot Contessa' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=89 |issue=8 |pages=86–87 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/04/08/to-stir-with-love }}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=May 6, 2013 |title=Crass roots : 'Veep' grows up |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=89 |issue=12 |pages=72–74 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/05/06/crass-roots }}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=June 3, 2013 |title=L.A. confidential : Steven Soderbergh's gorgeous homage to Liberace |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=89 |issue=16 |pages=68–69 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/06/03/l-a-confidential }}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=June 10–17, 2013 |title=Trauma Queen : the pulp appeal of 'Law & Order: SVU' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=89 |issue=17 |pages=108–109 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/06/10/trauma-queen }}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=July 8–15, 2013 |title=Vice versa : good and bad in 'Orange is the New Black' and 'Ray Donovan' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=89 |issue=20 |pages=90–91 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/07/08/vice-versa-2 }}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=July 29, 2013 |title=Difficult women : how 'Sex and the City' lost its good name |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=89 |issue=22 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/07/29/difficult-women}}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=October 7, 2013 |title=Private practice : the hot-to-trot pleasures of 'Masters of Sex'|department=The Critics. On Television|journal=The New Yorker |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/10/07/private-practice}}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=October 28, 2013 |title=Faint praise : the new network shows, from 'Trophy Wife' to 'The Blacklist' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=89 |issue=34 |pages=80–81 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/10/28/faint-praise-2 }}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=November 25, 2013 |title=Below the belt : comic aggression in 'Moms Mabley' and 'Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=89 |issue=38 |pages=128–129 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/11/25/below-the-belt }}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=February 10, 2014 |title=Sweet and low : 'The Fosters' and 'Broad City' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=89 |issue=48 |pages=80–81 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/02/10/sweet-and-low-2 }}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=March 3, 2014 |title=Cool story, bro : the shallow deep talk of 'True Detective' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=90 |issue=2 |pages=78–79 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/03/cool-story-bro }}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=March 31, 2014 |title=Change agents : breaking code on 'The Americans' and 'Silicon Valley' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=90 |issue=6 |pages=66–68 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/31/change-agents }}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=April 21, 2014 |title=Castles in the air : the gorgeous existential funk of 'Adventure Time' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=90 |issue=9 |pages=106–107 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/04/21/castles-in-the-air }}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=August 4, 2014 |title=Gut reaction : gross-outs and grief in 'The Strain' and 'The Leftovers'|department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=90 |issue=22 |pages=70–71 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/04/gut-reaction }}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=December 15, 2014 |title=Small differences : he-said, she-said on 'The Affair' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=90 |issue=40 |pages=74–75 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/15/small-differences }}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=February 23 - March 2, 2015 |title=Last girl in Larchmont : Joan Rivers was a survivor of a sexist era : a victim, a rebel, and, finally, an enforcer |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=91 |issue=2 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/23/last-girl-larchmont }}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=March 23, 2015 |title=What about Bob? The strange allure of Robert Durst and 'The Jinx' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=91 |issue=5 |pages=96–97 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/03/23/what-about-bob }}Title in the online table of contents is "Robert Durst's new trial".
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=March 30, 2015 |title=Candy girl : the bright-pink resilience of 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/03/30/candy-girl}}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=May 11, 2015 |title=The little tramp : the raucous feminist humor of 'Inside Amy Schumer' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/05/11/the-little-tramp }}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=May 25, 2015 |title=Good night : David Letterman's last weeks |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=91 |issue=14 |pages=76–77 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/05/25/good-night-on-television-emily-nussbaum }}Title in the online table of contents is "David Letterman, revolutionary curmudgeon".
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=June 29, 2015 |title=To serve man : the savory spectacle of 'Hannibal' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=91 |issue=18 |pages=62–64 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/06/29/to-serve-man }}Title in the online table of contents is "The savory spectacle of 'Hannibal'".
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=November 23, 2015 |title=Sickness and health : stages of life in 'Gettin On' and 'Master of None' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=91 |issue=37 |pages=118–119 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/23/sickness-and-health }}Title in the online table of contents is "'Getting On' and Aziz Ansari’s 'Master of None'".
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=December 7, 2015 |title=American untouchable : the actor who fought to integrate early TV |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=91 |issue=39 |pages=79–81 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/12/07/american-untouchable }}On P. Jay SidneyOnline version is titled "One man’s crusade to integrate TV".
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=February 22, 2016 |title=Waiting on the Man : big shots on 'Vinyl' and 'Billions' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=2 |pages=78–79 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/02/22/vinyl-and-billions-reviews }}Title in the online table of contents is "This season's big dirty dramas".
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=March 7, 2016 |title=Laverne & Curly : the slapstick anarchists of 'Broad City' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=4 |pages=59–61 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/07/broad-citys-slapstick-anarchists }}Online version is titled "The slapstick anarchists of 'Broad City'".
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=March 21, 2016 |title=Swing states : the 'Realpolitik' of 'The Middle' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=6 |pages=102–103 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/21/the-middles-realpolitik }}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=April 25, 2016 |title=In living color : with 'black–ish,' Kenya Barris rethinks the family sitcom |department=Letter from Hollywood |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=11 |pages=58–69 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/04/25/blackish-transforms-the-family-sitcom }}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=May 23, 2016 |title=Big gulp : drinking and drama on 'Vanderpump Rules' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=15 |pages=82–83 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/05/23/drinking-and-drama-on-vanderpump-rules }}
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Crowning glory : the sneaky radicalism of 'Call the Midwife' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=84–85 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/call-the-midwife-a-primal-procedural }}Online version is titled "'Call the Midwife,' a primal procedural".
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=July 11–18, 2016 |title=Empathy for the Devil : radical loss on 'Orange is the New Black' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=21 |pages=86–87 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/11/empathy-and-orange-is-the-new-black }}Online version is titled "Empathy and 'Orange is the New Black'".
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=July 25, 2016 |title=Counting sheeple : political paranoia on 'Mr. Robot' and 'BrainDead' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=22 |pages=60–62 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/mr-robot-and-braindead-political-paranoia-on-tv }}Online version is titled "TV dramas of political paranoia".
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=August 8–15, 2016 |title=Neigh sayer: the melancholy pleasures of 'Bojack Horseman' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=24 |pages=78–79 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/08/08/bojack-horseman-bleakness-and-joy }}Online version is titled "The bleakness and joy of 'Bojack Horeseman'".
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=November 7, 2016 |title=Fox eats crow : the crisis of Fox News and the rise of Megyn Kelly |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=36 |pages=64–66 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/11/07/fox-news-a-melodrama }}Online version is titled "Fox News, a melodrama".
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=December 19–26, 2016 |title=Wikipedia Brown : a millennial private eye on 'Search Party' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=42 |pages=126–127 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/12/19/a-millennial-private-eye-on-search-party }}Online version is titled "A millennial private eye on 'Search Party'".
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=March 20, 2017 |title=Arch nemeses : bittersweet catfights on 'Feud' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=93 |issue=5 |pages=98–99 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/20/feud-a-bittersweet-beauty }}Online version is titled "'Feud' : a bittersweet beauty".
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=May 1, 2017 |title=Field notes : the disciplined power of 'American Crime' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=93 |issue=11 |pages=76–77 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/01/the-disciplined-power-of-american-crime }}Online version is titled "The disciplined power of 'American Crime'".
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=July 3, 2017 |title=Bling ring : the glitzy verve of 'GLOW' and 'Claws' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=93 |issue=19 |pages=70–71 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/03/the-glitzy-verve-of-glow-and-claws }}Online version is titled "The glitzy verve of 'GLOW' and 'Claws'".
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=February 11, 2019 |title=Star 69 : the perils of fame on 'The Masked Singer' and 'The Other Two' |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=94 |issue=48 |pages=70–71 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/02/11/celebrity-delirium-on-the-masked-singer-and-the-other-two }}Online version is titled "Celebrity delirium on 'The Masked Singer' and 'The Other Two'".
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=March 4, 2019 |title=Cherry bomb |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=95 |issue=2 |pages=68–69 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/04/middle-school-mortification-on-pen15 }}Online version is titled "Middle-school mortification on 'PEN15'".
  • {{cite journal |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |date=June 3, 2019 |title=In the current climate |department=The Critics. On Television |journal=The New Yorker |volume=95 |issue=15 |pages=60–64 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/06/03/tvs-reckoning-with-metoo }}Online version is titled "TV's reckoning with #MeToo".

===Blog posts and online columns===

  • {{cite magazine |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |title='Homeland' : the antidote for '24' |department=Culture Desk |magazine=The New Yorker|date=November 29, 2011 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/homeland-the-antidote-for-24 |access-date=}}
  • {{cite magazine |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |title=I hate top ten lists |department=Culture Desk |magazine=The New Yorker|date=December 6, 2011 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/i-hate-top-ten-lists |access-date=}}
  • {{cite magazine |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |title='Raising Hope' and 'The Middle' : two sneakily good sitcoms |department=Culture Desk |magazine=The New Yorker|date=December 21, 2011 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/raising-hope-and-the-middle-two-sneakily-good-sitcoms |access-date=}}
  • {{cite magazine |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |title=Dear PBS : the Laura Linney 'Downton Abbey' intros are freaking me out |department=Culture Desk |magazine=The New Yorker|date=January 9, 2012 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/dear-pbs-the-laura-linney-downton-abbey-intros-are-freaking-me-out |access-date=}}
  • {{cite magazine |author=Nussbaum, Emily |author-mask=1 |title=In defense of Liz Lemon |department=Culture Desk |magazine=The New Yorker|date=February 23, 2012 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/in-defense-of-liz-lemon |access-date=}}

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