For 43 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 44% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 50% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 3.2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Emily Nussbaum's Scores

  • TV
Average review score: 66
Highest review score:
Critic Score 100
Lowest review score:
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 43
  2. Negative: 5 out of 43
43 tv reviews
    • Metascore: 38
    • Emily Nussbaum 30
    If series like In The Motherhood are designed as Trojan horses for product placement, they won’t have much impact if they’re as weakly written as this Frankensteinian mulch of mommy-war cliches and "Santa is dead" gags.
    • Metascore: 35
    • Emily Nussbaum 30
    In place of Saget’s real-life comic shtick, which is genuinely outrageous and dirty, we get sour, rehashed Honeymooners, misanthropy without insight.
    • Metascore: 49
    • Emily Nussbaum 30
    The problem is that Whitney is a terrible show, though in ways that resonate with our culture's debates about women and humor.
    • Metascore: 57
    • Emily Nussbaum 30
    The Newsroom treats the audience as though we were extremely stupid.