Emily Nussbaum (born February 20, 1966) is an American television critic. She served as the television critic for ''

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'' from 2011 until 2019. In 2016, she won the

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Early life

Nussbaum was born in the United States to mother Toby Nussbaum and Bernard Nussbaum, who served as

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to President

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. Nussbaum was raised in

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, and graduated from

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in 1988. She earned a master's degree in poetry from

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and started a doctoral program in literature, but decided not to pursue teaching.

Career

After living in

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, and

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, Georgia, Nussbaum began writing reviews of TV shows following her infatuation with the series ''

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'' and posting at the website Television Without Pity. She began writing for ''

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'' and served as editor-in-chief of ''

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''. She also wrote for ''

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'' and ''

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.'' Nussbaum then worked at ''

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'' magazine, where she was the creator of the "Approval Matrix" feature and wrote about culture and television. She was at ''New York'' for seven years and was the culture editor. In 2011, she became the television critic at ''

,'' taking over from Nancy Franklin. She won a

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for Columns and Commentary in 2014 and the

in 2016.

Personal life

Nussbaum is married to journalist Clive Thompson. They have two children.

Awards

* 2014:

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, Columns and Commentary. Honors political and social commentary; news analysis; and reviews and criticism * 2016:

Bibliography

Books

Essays and reporting

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Title in the online table of contents is "Robert Durst's new trial". * * * Title in the online table of contents is "David Letterman, revolutionary curmudgeon". * Title in the online table of contents is "'Getting On' and Aziz Ansari’s 'Master of None'". * On P. Jay SidneyOnline version is titled "One man’s crusade to integrate TV". * Online version is titled "The slapstick anarchists of 'Broad City'". * * * Online version is titled "'Call the Midwife,' a primal procedural". * Online version is titled "Empathy and 'Orange is the New Black'". * Online version is titled "The bleakness and joy of 'Bojack Horeseman'". * Online version is titled "Fox News, a melodrama". * Online version is titled "A millennial private eye on 'Search Party'". * Online version is titled "The disciplined power of 'American Crime'". * Online version is titled "The glitzy verve of 'GLOW' and 'Claws'". * Online version is titled "Celebrity delirium on 'The Masked Singer' and 'The Other Two'". * Online version is titled "Middle-school mortification on 'PEN15'". * Online version is titled "TV's reckoning with #MeToo".

Blog posts and online columns

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nussbaum, Emily 1966 births Living people 21st-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American women writers American people of Polish-Jewish descent American television critics American women journalists Jewish American writers The New Yorker critics Pulitzer Prize for Criticism winners Oberlin College alumni New York University alumni 21st-century American Jews